Character's Goals & Motivation

What is the character's overall goal(s)?

What is ultimately motivating them?

Use evidence (direct quotes) from the text to support your answer.  
Analyze what you think this character's choice says about them.

Based on these observations, why do you think they wanted to achieve their goal?

Ma and Da's goal is to get Simon home, and their motives are so that Simon can bring the blueprints back to Ireland, and they do not want to get caught with Simon because then they would all get sent to a concentration camp and get torched to spill information about important information and what move the Allied Forces would do next, and all sorts of secret information that only they know of. I know this because in the text it says "It's set Michael," Ma said "He leaves tomorrow night." Pg 170. They also want to get Simon home because he was like a brother to Michael and if they did not, Simon could get caught and get killed. The evidence I found supports my claim because it tells you that if they do not get Simon home he might get killed, and they could send him home with the blueprints for the Sparrow to give to Allied Forces. Then they could build the Sparrow too and it would be a fair war. 

Emma K

February 22, 2024