Life certainly has been an adventure for John, the kind of adventure we wish no child may have. Fortunately, his ambition and character pulled him through.

One thing you might pay attention to in describing setting is to let us (as readers) 'see' the circumstances of John's life. In the first paragraph, for example, you might describe the home or parents who let him go so we can feel we are in John's circumstance.

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