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.
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