...Perseverance is the persistence in carrying on with something despite the delay in achieving success. The theme of perseverance in runs through both ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe and ‘Alive’ by Piers Paul Read. ‘Robinson Crusoe’ is a fiction adventure novel about a young man who manages to survive for many years on an island before returning home to Europe. However; ‘Alive’ is a literary non-fiction text that provides a detailed account of a rugby team along with their friends and family, who managed to survive for 72 days and get off the mountains after their plane crashed into the Andes in 1972. In Alive, perseverance is shown through the extract many times, in trying to maintain a society up in the mountains, and perseverance to eat the flesh of their friends through reasoning with their conscience. In contrast, the extracts from Robinson Crusoe show perseverance is shown through Robinson feeling desolate and isolated on the island but manages to persevere through the reasoning with conscience and religion when he tells himself he is in a better condition than he could be in. In the second extract I have chosen from Robinson Crusoe is where he starts to lose faith, and he feels empty and alone in his deserted island, but then he regains his faith in God through reading the bible, which gives him strength to persevere. The writer’s use of language changing over time, settings and the reasoning with characters conscience through religion and their actions demonstrate...
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...yourself a better person afterward. Survivors have common traits that help them get through unfortunate events in their lives. Traits rooted in one’s emotional, mental and physical state such as calmness, perseverance, and physical strength are portrayed in both fictional and nonfictional stories. For example, characters in “A Boy and A Man”, “Into Thin Air” and “Soul Surfer”all have characteristics of a survivor. There are three main similarities between Bethany Hamilton’s survivor traits and those of Captain Winter, Rudy, and the mountain trekkers. In spite of being attacked by a Great White Shark, Bethany remained calm and collected throughout all the chaos. Similarly, despite falling down and 20 foot crevice, Captain Winter remained calm. This is an emotional survival skill. To be calm is probably one of the most important trait someone can have. In the article “Boy and a Man” Captian Winter had to remain calm when he was freezing to death in a 20 foot crevice. He had no idea if someone or something would come and help him out. In the same way, Bethany Hamilton had to stay calm when a Great White Shark bite off the majority of her left arm. She was bleeding continuously and was...
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...The stories “Sharon Woods: No Limits” and “The True Story of Lake Ontario, both have characters which are seen as role models. Sharon Wood and Marilyn Bell Di Lascio both overcome their challenges by not giving up and through determination. However, Marilyn Bell Di Lasico is a better role model for she had determination to swim to Toronto, even though she believed that she was not going to succeed. On the other hand, Sharon Wood thought that she would not have been able to climb back up the mountain, so she decided to just stay at the bottom to wait for her partner. In The story of Sharon Woods, She is climbing Mt. Everest, which happens to be one of the tallest Mountain in the world. By such an act, it requires a lot of determination and...
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...Jack London, the writer behind the prominent and well-known story, The Call of the Wild, shows readers what it is like to survive and get through tough times. His book follows a dog named Buck, the protagonist of the story. He is taken from his home to work up north near the Klondike Mountains. Buck struggles in the freezing and blizzard-like climate, outsmarts his owners, defeats his enemies, becomes a leader, and is finally set free. With every twist and turn, the dog stood strong and powered through life with perseverance and courage. Jack London’s writing is a clear example of surviving by having determination and persistence. In the beginning of Jack London’s masterpiece, an antagonist arose. Spitz, the lead dog of Francois and Perrault’s...
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...between the Appalachian Mountains and the beautiful east coast. While in Aberdeen you can visit its many castles, see dolphins, and “you can roam for miles across great estates, expanses of moorland, ancient Caledonian forests, rolling farmland, vast dunes, wide sandy beaches and expansive coastlines” ("Visit Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Guide"). Aberdeen is known for its historical features and Scottish culture ("Visit Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Guide"). Myrtle Beach is on the north east coast of South Carolina right on the coast. Myrtle Beach is known as a spring break spot with many activities to do near the ocean. A great deal of hotels are near the ocean where families can stay and enjoy the view and swim in the ocean. Walking the boardwalk, fishing at the countless amount of piers, and checking out the tremendous restaurant options are a few other options a family may enjoy ("Myrtle Beach 2017: Best of Myrtle Beach, SC Tourism - TripAdvisor"). Pigeon Forge is a beautiful family vacation spot in the Smoky Mountains. Lodging areas include hotels, cabins, and many campgrounds, if you want to camp. Cades Cove is a site you do not want to miss out on if you are in the smokies; it is a valley surrounded by mountains ("Welcome to Pigeon Forge”). The Ripken Way is the main idea and reason for the event. Coaches and parents are to assess each player and get them ready to be the best they can be on and off the field. “The Ripken Way is about perseverance, integrity, and the unwavering...
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...leading factor in success. Without it we may never reach our goals. Other people have the power to help motivate you to try harder, but in the end you need to be the one to have the determination, drive and dedication to keep going and to continue fighting for your goals. Time and time again, it has been necessary to have strong will and determination. 2. PERSERVANCE Perseverance Perseverance is continued application to a work once begun. It is the one great secret of success in life. There are men who are disheartened by failures. They will find it hard to attain success in the world. Perseverance is the key to success. Instead of being disheartened by failures we should make greater efforts, and return back to the task till the success is achieved. People who doesn’t give up, even when there doesn’t seem any hope at all, are sure to achieve success. It is exactly in this way that men who have left their ‘footprints on the sands of time’ acted. Instances of Perseverance Napoleon rose from the humble position of a Corsican solider to be the most powerful monarch in Europe by virtue of perseverance. The story of Robert Bruce and the Spider is well-known. This Scottish king whose memory is still revered by his countrymen made several attempts to free his country from the English rule, but in vain. It was when his...
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...Analysis American culture value through the film The Pursuit of Happiness The reason why the Hollywood films are popular, besides its wonderful plots, the characters in the films could always reflect the special American cultural values to audiences. The American spirit such as individualism, heroism, religious and pursuit of freedom are all reflect in the Hollywood films. However, the American dream is a unique American culture and has inspired many Americans to rely on personal struggle to make their dreams come true. Films from different culture have their different cultural values, in turn, the different cultures have reflect and strengthen their own culture values in their films, so that audiences could get to know the mainstream American culture values from Hollywood films. Hollywood as the largest American film media has created many motivation films to express the importance values of American dreams to the world. The film The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) by Gabriele Muccino is a very classical Hollywood biographical film which is based on Chris Gardner’s life story. The film talks about how a homeless man success from the hardship and finally became a famous investment expert through his struggle step by step. The narrative of the main character Chris’s story refers to the key aspect of American Dream which is the equity opportunity of everyone in the society. It has showed the thought that happiness will come to everyone as long as we do not give up and make unremitting...
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...of Tea, Greg Mortenson emphasizes the importance of perseverance and helping others through his own experience in educating the children, more specifically girls, residing in Pakistan. When Mortenson's goals of scaling the second highest peak in the world, the K2, failed, he lost his sense of direction. On his intense expedition down the mountain, Mortenson found himself wandering through a rural and hidden town named Korphe. There he discovered that the few male children who attended "school" sat outside in the brisk cold, and carved letters with branches in the mud. The villagers couldn't afford a full-time teacher, let alone a building. However, these people didn't hesitate to give Mortenson, someone at the time no more to them than a stranger, their best blankets, and precious sugar. Moved by their kindness, this was the tipping point when Mortenson lost interest in his own climbing goals and shifted his focus entirely on improving the lives of the people of Pakistan. He promised to build them a school on...
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...Krakauer to the top of the mountain. He also tells about Scott Fischer, who was the guide of Mountain Madness. Rob Hall is definitely the better guide to go on the climb with, because he is the more serious mountaineer, and he also was more careful about planning the climb up Mount Everest. Adventure Consultants is also a much more professional sounding name than Mountain Madness. Hall was more of a serious climber when it came to going up the mountain. He was said to have “impressive organizational skills” (34), and once the groups were at base camp, “Nobody commanded more respect on the mountain than Hall” (65). This shows that even Krakauer thought Hall was very good at planning, and that he really knew how to be a leader when it came down to climbing. These are essential when it comes to going up the summit, because without proper planning and a good leader, there wouldn’t be anyone to tell clients what to do to keep them safe and get them to the summit, which is what everyone on the trip is paying for. Fischer told a reporter “When accidents happen, I think it’s always human error. So that’s what I want to eliminate” (69). Yet, he still led his group by more of a “seat-of-the-pants, what-worry-me modus operandi” (70). Leading in this type of fashion could lead to several people taking unnecessary risks, and not being prepared when a dangerous situation came up. If something had arose that Fischer had not planned for like a certain part of the mountain being impassable, he would...
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...|Using a word document, write a response to the following question: | |Question: Who would be the better role model, Marilyn Bell Di Lascio or Sharon Wood? In your argument, you MUST discuss both passages. | |Guidelines For Your Response | | | |show your understanding of BOTH passages | | | | | |if you do not discuss BOTH passages you will not receive full marks | | | | ...
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...center so it easily catches the viewer's attention. The viewers, being the American people, are directly focused on the soldiers’ strive for greatness and not distracted on other unimportant things. Additionally, the color helped the viewers focus on the broad idea of the love for your country rapidly and precisely rather than other photographs that have a variety of colors and depth in many areas of the photo. Secondly, Rosenthal gave depth to the photo by taking it at an amazing angle where the courage of the soldiers was portrayed due to the extremely high altitude of the mountain . Therefore, the brave soldiers are viewed as fearless and valiant by being in such high ground raising the American flag and showing their patriotism to the whole world. Likewise, the clear sky indicated that the battle was over for good as it also helped to show the soldiers’ determination to reach the top of the mountain when it was clear that the difficult battle was...
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...American Spirit The American Spirit can defined by many people and by many events. The Alaska Purchase may not be an example of all the definitions of the American Spirit but it does cover a few. The Alaska Purchase at the time seemed like a great waste to the American people. It was given nicknames such as Seward's icebox and Seward's Folly. What Americans didn't know was how valuable it would become in the years to come. The Alaska Purchase is a good example of the American Spirit through intuition and perseverance. Almost everyone but William Seward, secretary of the state at the time, believed that Alaska was nothing but a barren ice block. However Seward knew what the new American frontier was actually like, mountain ranges, dazzling bays, lush forests and only in the upper quarter of Alaska was the barren frozen wasteland everyone expected. Seward knew that in this territory twice the size of France there had to be some useful resources from it (Gold 80). Seward was right, the territory already had an abundance of timber, a wealth of fisheries and fur, that could, when properly executed, could produce a healthy profit (Russell 45). Whales, more specifically, whale oil was a very important resource up until electricity and light bulbs lit up our world. Whale oil was used in virtually every oil lit lamp on the planet so when the whales would migrate north to Alaska, the valuable whale oil would be collected. These so far are only the resources Seward knew about and his...
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...English language. I realized that I must dedicate my free time to understanding the causes of my fear and the lack of courage to learn a language that will help me to continue a dream that I have interrupted. In addition, the fight to pursue my dream and the rejection of other people help me to learn several valuable lessons that will allow me to increase my knowledge understanding the English culture and language. Although the first journal to the acquisition of the knowledge of a new language make me hike a lot of mountains that I never thought I could reach. The courage to realize my dreams and finish my career was depending in the knowledge of a second and totally new language in order to enroll again in a college outside of my country. A few months of battle, missing my family, my culture and traditions was the adrenaline needed and the courage that impulse me to find the tools that will help me to learn English and reach the top of the mountain that I always taught will be a barrier for me. This takes a lot of effort, sacrifice and determination but is paying off. The feelings became spectacular once I climbed my goals and I start communicating with other individuals in their language. I sensed that the power of knowledge has started to open plenty of doors and fulfilling my needs on this new world. Real courage has helped me to fight the barriersthat I have encounter on this path. I realize that this journey will be my own interesting goal and will form...
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...No one believed in him when he had a vision to build a cool climate holiday resort on a mountain for local Malaysians to escape the tropical heat. At that moment, it was an impossible wild dream. Nevertheless he took the plunge against all odds proving his farsighted vision will eventually be one of Malaysia top holiday destinations, attracting approximately 19 million visitors annually in the last five years (Genting Malaysia 2012). This self-made magnate is no other than Malaysia’s highly praised Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. Goh Tong’s humble take on life and strong entrepreneurial qualities is the epitome of a true rag to riches story. Today’s his multinational empire is worth at RM $23 billion (AUD $7 billion) as of 31st December 2011, making it one of Malaysia largest and most respectful listed company (Genting Malaysia 2012). Goh Tong’s diverse business empire thrived slowly year by year because he believed in the simple approach of success through determination, perseverance, hard work and self-conviction (Lim 2004). His entrepreneurial qualities bloomed from a tender age of 16 and evidently the qualities became more apparent with age and experience (Lim 2004). His admirable qualities and success prompted Malaysia then Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad to correlate the country’s economic development during the economic boom of Southeast Asia to the success of Goh Tong’s story. Mahathir implied entrepreneurs such as Goh Tong will benefit the country’s economic development and growth...
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...My political philosophy has been molded by my family, the people around me, and the places I've been. My parents have been the greatest blessing in my life. Their wisdom has been instrumental in any successes I've ever had. They've instilled the value of perseverance and have taught me to never quit. They've explained how vital education is and shown me how important family is. My father has shown me what it means to be a leader and a true man of God. My mother has demonstrated what it means to genuinely love other people and to be a servant for others. I try to model my life after theirs because of how amazing and loving they are, and not just because they tell me to. They teach me what they believe, but they also encourage me to make my...
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