Answer:
The author's purpose in "Carry Your Own Skis" is To persuade readers to think or act a certain way
Step-by-step explanation:
"Carry Your Own Skis" By Liam Dolan is a persuasive essay which has the objective to convince people to become responsible of themselves and their acts, as his mother indirectly taught him when she never let them ski until they were able to carry their own skies as a metaphor of becoming responsible of their own.