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This is the main idea of the great writer Montaigne “To Philosophize is to die” essay. “Live in the moment." This phase constitutes a form of responsibility that is placed on our shoulders. What exactly does it mean to live in the moment? According to Montaigne he states “But nature compels us to it. "Go out of this world," says she, "as you entered into it; the same pass you made from death to life, without passion or fear, the same, after the same

Happiness is not something that only lucky people come across, but rather, happiness is uncovered through a positive mindset and an optimistic outlook on life. People who take the time to appreciate the little things in life and view

Speaking realistically, most people live in the moment. We focus on things happening in our lives now. Life itself is a constant quest for happiness and security in a world that is very often uncertain, and even

Luck is many times considered silly or just part of someone’s imagination, but it can really play a big role in what becomes of an individual. In the first chapter, titled “The Matthew Effect”, we

According to Marian Erickson, “Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.” Real people’s lives depend on this quote everyday, which leads to the outcome of each problem individuals face. In the passages, characterization of the main personas helps one understand the theme. Conflict and symbolism also help lead to the overall idea that life is not always guaranteed to be full of success. The book The Other Wes Moore, the poem “If,” and the informational text “The Art of Resilience” all share a common theme of how choices and luck contribute to the success of life.

Joseph Conrad once said, “It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck”. Nailer, the main character of Paolo Bacigalupi’s book Ship Breaker, wasn’t born lucky, he was born a ship breaker. Ship breakers are child and adult laborers who spend their days starving, poor, and working away to take the anything valuable off old ships for the big companies. Throughout Nailer’s life, he has suffered through various unfortunate events. However, with a strong belief of luck and having other superstitions, his life becomes more manageable. In Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi demonstrates that being superstitious and believing in various degrees of luck allows people to more easily feel in control of uncontrollable situations.

There are times in life that we attribute good luck to our hard work, dedication or talent but there are some other times when we can say that luck is just a chance that we get. As we can see on the work of this two authors James H. Austin the author of “Four kinds of chance” published in Saturday Review and Robert H. Frank author of “why luck matters much more than you think” published in The Atlantic (May 2016) they show the reader how chances can influence in different ways. After reading their work I consider Robert H Frank article more effectively fulfills his thesis.

In the book “Strength in what remains” by Tracy Kidder, the main protagonist named Deo was a man that faced many hurdles in his life. From escaping the Genocide in Rwanda and Burundi, which was because of the domestic racial dispute between Hutus and Tutsi (groups of ethnic people) to his time in New york. Deo faced insurmountable odds and opposition. Despite this set back, it seemed as if providence was on Deos side, granting him countless fortunes and blessings. Many different factors can be attributed to Deo’s success but nevertheless, luck and his hard work was what paved his path forward. To attribute all of Deo’s success to luck would be to undermine the sheer willpower he possesses and his willingness

But of the people who do achieve success, I say it is luck far more than anything else that drives it.

People achieve their goals through hard work. Michael Jordan isn't great basketball player because he was born that way. Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, didn't get to her spot without any effort. When I started playing guitar, I didn't learn the instrument without any work. Instead of luck, it's through dedication, perseverance, and commitment that people succeed.

“Philosophy argues that misfortune is more beneficial than good fortune, for good fortune deceives, but misfortune teaches” (Boethius, 40). The valuable lessons that bad luck and misfortune teaches a person is to live life modestly, appreciate everything that you have, be humble, and don’t take anything for granted. Lady Philosophy advises to reach the point in the wheel where good and bad fortune are equal and then a person won’t need either to be happy. If you have God and know yourself, than a person doesn’t need either to be truly happy.

There are always going to be people in this world that aren't as lucky and fortunate as

But the reality of life is that success does not come from pure luck, status, or

Chance is a very interesting concept. The belief things happen unknowingly and by mere luck. In the play chance is over shadowed by fate, a pre-determined destiny. A prime example of

Generally speaking, it is equated with good things coming to you, but what about when luck saves you from a negative situation. It would be easy to say that luck can’t come from bad things, but it is a fact that it happens. In an example, similar to Spelman, if a person was texting and driving and hit a car head on, killed the other person, but survived, would that make them worse than someone who was texting but missed the other car? If you asked someone this today, they would automatically say that the person that was responsible for a death is both more ethically and morally wrong. This all would fall under the type of moral luck Spelman refers to as resultant moral luck. However, if you scrutinize the details, you start to wonder, did the driver that missed have more luck or was he better at texting and driving? In, all reality both drivers were texting and driving, regardless of the outcome they were both wrong, just in different capacities. So, since I believe this, Spelman would say I am not a follower of resultant moral luck. In my opinion, this does define both