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ELA Drills, Intermediate: Comparing and Contrasting 3. How do Bobby's motivations compare and/or contrast with Kenny's?

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by zoos what if

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all of the earth is a zoo extraterrestrials visit in their spare [Planet Earth with a zoo entrance]

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time. Alright so read the following paragraph, Kenny and Bobby both wanted to

00:15

buy a zoo for Kenny whose love of marmosets was his life purpose the zoo

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was the ultimate location for Bobby who wanted Kenny's happiness above all else [Paragraph appearing]

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the zoo was the most boring location on earth

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clearly Bobby's never been to the DMV but anyway here's our question how do [Long queue outside a DMV building]

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Bobby's motivations compare and or contrast with Kenny's and here are the

00:35

potential answers (reading through the answers quickly) alright well remember to

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compare and contrast Bobby and Kenny's motivations we need to figure out what's [Magnifying glass on Kenny and Bobby]

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going on inside their heads they might be on the exact same page but they also

00:50

might be worlds apart great minds don't always think alike and

00:53

not everyone's forward-thinking enough to imagine breakdancing unicorns [Kenny and Bobby thinking of animals]

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you know you do Kenny, so let's get back to the paragraph and try to figure out

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what Kenny and Bobby are each thinking well let's first look at Kenny's

01:03

motivations we see that his love of marmosets was his life purpose which made [Kenny petting a Marmoset]

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the zoo the ultimate location well this gives us

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a very clear picture of Kenny he's really into the zoo on account of his

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plentiful and maybe unhealthy marmoset love all right our pal Bobby however [Love hearts come from Kenny's eyes as he thinks of marmosets]

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thinks that the zoo is the most boring location on earth eesh we wonder if Bobby

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maybe took one for many trips to the zoo with one too many accountants what [Bobby looks bored as the accountant is talking]

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do you think, however despite all that he still wants to buy the zoo because he

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wanted Kenny's happiness above all else checking the available options we see [Bobby looks happy]

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that the only one that matches with Bobby and Kenny's motivations is D

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Bobby wants to buy a zoo to make Kenny happy while Kenny wants to buy a zoo for

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his love of marmosets so that's our answer no fuss no muss no coconuts which [Answer D is highlighted]

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is disappointing because we were really hoping for a coconut... [Aliens]

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