Tom Sawyer, By John Hammond

What drives us to undertake missions John Hammond wants to get the rich, Tom Sawyer wants to find treasure, and Walt Masters wants to help Loren Hall file his claim. However they all wanted to make a lot of money.
The first character is John Hammond. John Hammond is a rich old man and because of that he can afford an island. Due to the fact that he is rich he can do whatever he wants. Also Hammond absolutely adores dinosaurs,that is why he got the idea to make dinosaurs in the first place. In the story he says “We have investors to consider."(Crichton) He wants to make sure the investors will still give him the money. Also in the story he states "And we can never forget the ultimate object of the project in Costa Rica to make money, Hammond said" (Crichton), this shows his ultimate goal is to make money.
Second is Tom Sawyer.
He is not smart with general knowledge, it shows the reader he is uneducated so he won't make good decisions. So it explains why he looks for treasure in an abandoned house. Tom is very clever however, he can trick people into doing what he wants. An example of this shows when in the book he tricks his friend into doing his chores,“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”(Twain) Also he is a very social kid, because of that he can call on friends to help him in his adventures. An example in the book is when Tom and his friend Huck finds the treasure he says, " Six hundred dollars was money enough to make half a dozen boys rich!" (Twain) He had found the money and is now celebrating that his mission to find the gold was a
success.

Lastly is Walt Masters.Walt and his Dad want to find gold and that is why Walt is in the Klondike. He is a young child so he is not so strong or smart yet. Since he is still young he doesn't stop when the claim jumpers chase him with guns. " the ping of a bullet on the ice beside him, and the report of a gun, told him that they were this time shooting at him with a rifle." (London)Walt takes the claim jumpers dogs and try to help Hall.He does this because Walt pities the old and lame man Loren Hall,Walt is sad that he is hurt and is trying to get to Dawson with no dogs that is why Walt goes to help him. This shows in the text when it says " Walt was worried, however; the claim was liable to be jumped at any moment because of this delay, and a fresh stampede had started in on the Mazy May." (London)His starting goal was to get rich with his Dad by looking for gold but after a while his mission changes to go and help Loren Hall.