If a person continues to try to achieve something, even after they have not achieved that something the first or second or even third time around, is their lack of achievement failure? Why or why not?

No

Explanation:

Just because you give up the first,second or even third time it doesn't mean they lack of achievement failure it just means they need to try harder the next time and try not to do what they did the first or second time then they will achieve

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.

i will have to go with 1.

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