...Overcoming obstacles and barriers is a difficult thing to do. In ‘The Osage Firebird” and “A Life Painting Animals” it talks about two women who overcome tough barriers to gain and achieve success. They both tell how they never got discouraged nom matter how many times they we told “No” or “You will never make it”. Although, I believe the story “The Osage Firebird” tells more information about overcoming barriers and difficulties. “The Osage Firebird” is a story of a girl named Betty Marie Tallcheif who overcame many obstacles to become a great ballerina. It shows the purpose more in this passage because she goes through many things that most people with a fixed mindset would be put-down about, but she never got discouraged so she kept going....
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...“The Osage Firebird” by Sudipta Bardham- Quallenn “A Life Painting Animals” by Diana Childress “The Osage Firebird” by Sudipta Bardham- Quallenn, and “A Life Painting Animals” by Diana Childress are two short stories that both tell a story about a woman who had to overcome obstacles and barriers to become successful. In my opinion the story “The Osage Firebird” better develops the purpose. It states in the story that Betty Marie Tallcheif was almost “living in two different worlds.” This would be very challenging for her since she was a Native American going into the American world with being the first Indian ballerina. In the story “A Life Painting Animals” it states that Rosa Bonheur just painted all of her life and learned from her father...
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...The Osage Firebird by Sudipta Bardhan shows about Betty Marie Tallchief’s life and how she became famous. Her life exemplified overcoming challenges and hardships in order to do what she loved. In the passage, Bardhan ordered the subsections in a way that would be the most chronological of Betty’s life. This makes it very convenient to do research on her biography. This essay will be divided into three different topic paragraphs: Betty’s early life, her hidden talent, and her Legacy. Betty Marie’s early life was influenced by her grandmother’s heritage and Indian culture. She spent some of her childhood on the reservation in Oklahoma. Betty treasured the tales and the pride of the Osage culture that Grandmother Tallchief taught her. In her...
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