A goal is the object of an aim or desired result, but what drives one to accomplish them? Ambition causes people to strive to reach their intended goal. I had a goal to to make it onto a central Alberta rugby team. Although I knew I was not as strong, fast, or as skilled of a player as most girls trying out, I knew that if I wanted to be on the team, it would require a lot of hard work and many hours of training. So that’s what I did, Twice a week I would go to the gym, and I joined a rugby training program. I kept doing this for many weeks until the tryout. I felt I had prepared myself enough for this and was very confident. After the tryout, I had a good feeling about it. I finally got the result. I was so thrilled that my hard work had paid off. My goal was reached through hard work and ambition. In “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee suggests that ambition results in changed opinions, achieved goals, and conflict.
When someone has the ambition to reach their goal, it will impact the people around them. The ambition of an individual will change other people’s opinions and views. For example, in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch has a goal to prove Tom Robinson innocent. Atticus took on the task of defending this man, knowing and accepting all the risk that came along with it. This resulted in many changed opinions within the community and his family. Unfortunately, he did not reach his goal of proving him innocent, but he changed many opinions along the