Question:
Based on "How I Met Myself by David A. Hill", write about a character that shows determination (perseverance / persistence)
Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.
Advanced Answer:
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Based on "How I Met Myself" by David A. Hill, a character that showed determined was John Taylor.
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- A man rushed into John at Felka Utca.
- The man looked alike as John.
- John Taylor was determined to follow and find the man.
- He followed the man to Zsolt's cafe in Gergely utca.
- He looked for the man in the cafe.
- He asked the cafe's owner whether he saw anybody there.
- He tottered to the toilet to investigate.
- He was in vain in the cafe.
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- He did not surrender. He kept on going to Felka utca after his routine work daily. He waited patiently at number 7 Felka utca. He hoped to meet the man again.
- He went to each flat at Felka utca. He checked all the names beside the doorbells for each flat.
- Furthermore, he visited the cafe in Gergely utca every night. However, no good news had been found.
- He went to Felka utca with Andrea. He asked the housekeeper whether she knew any man who looked like him. Unfortunately, the housekeeper did not realize anybody.
- Even though he was in vain, John did not lose hope.
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- John was determined to find out about any related incident that happened on 18 January.
- He went to Budapest City Library. He learnt that a mother and her child who died in an explosion in Gergely utca. The explosion happened on 18 January 1945. The mother's name ws Mrs. Szabo.
- Upon learning about Mrs. Szabo, he went to Gergely utca.
- He went to Felka utca. He met a man named Mr. Szabo but it was not the right guy.
- Then, he met with Mrs. Fischer who told John that his face looked exactly like Janos.
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- 18 January was an important date.
- John read many old newspaper.
- On 18 January 1945, a mother and her child died in an explosion in Gergely utca.
- He met with Mrs Fischer.
- Firstly, John learnt about Janos Szabo.
- Secondly, Janos had a wife and daugther was Kati. They died in an explosion in Gergely utca.
- Thirdly, she told Joh that his face looked like Janos.
- John and Janos were born on 23 October.
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- John's determination helped him to solve the mystery of his doppelganger. He believed that every cloud has a silver lining. His doppelganger saved Andrea and Kati from a terrible explosion.