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Hidden Figures, We Meet Dorothy: An Analysis
. In life, there are risks that are taken in order to have a better life. To have a better life we have to go through struggles to get where we want to be in. In the book, Hidden Figures, we meet Dorothy. She was a mother of four and had to leave her home in order to get a good job. She did this because of the better pay she was offer, which caused her to leave her family behind. From books I’ve read and people among me, I see that these sacrifices are done for a better life. I’ve met people who have maybe left his/her family back in their home country to seek jobs to have their family well stable. To do this, is a hard decision to decide on because of leaving people you love behind, not being able to have one another near each other.
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