Essay about Slumdog Millionaire & David and Goliath

We are often exposed to face daily obstacles in our lifetime, however as much as these obstacles seem to have an appearance of bad luck, they can sometimes be turned out to help us in our advantage. These impediments often help us find another solution for complications that we have no power over, like my mother always said, “When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.” Therefore, whenever I am involved in a specific hurdle I tend to make the best out of whatever I can. I believe that by having these certain complications in your life, you are taught to overpower these difficulties, become a stronger individual, and also to become independent.

Just like the questions Boyle proposed at the beginning of the chapter; there was difficulty in making a connection between the death of a child and the idea of success. With further evaluation it became evident that success was not in what happened, but what did not happen. It is safe to assume that the majority of people would consider the death of a child a failure, but the majority of people fail to look past this isolated event. The gang members were ready to claim vengeance as theirs and continue the cycle of pain, death, and violence. But because of a tragedy stricken mother the cycle was broken right then and there. The breaking of this negative downward spiral is a success in its own right. Another mother would not need to receive the news of her son being shot, another confused gang member would not end up in the penitentiary system, and another child would not be left fatherless. Just as every cloud has its silver lining; unfathomable sadness has positive aspects within itself.

Why do difficult challenges exist? There seems to be no point in hardships, they just cause pain and sorrow. But after a hardship, everything seems brighter, you are grateful for everything and your eyes are opened to a completely different perspective. Hardships are challenging but after overcoming hardships, you will be satisfied with excellent results.

Any obstacle or disadvantage can be turned into something good because no matter how hard the obstacle is to overcome there can always be a positive outcome. For example, in the novel “The Outsiders” no matter how bad Ponyboy was treated and all the problems

Life isn't worth living if you are not willing to accept the challenges thrown your way. How I grew up wasn't easy. It, instead, was rousing from being adopted out of China, learning a new culture, to facing some hindrance. Nevertheless, I couldn't have done this on my own. With the help of God all things are possible.

The Millionaire Next Door is a book was written by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. The book is a collection of research done by the two authors in the profiles of America’s millionaires. The term 'millionaire' refers to U.S. households with a net-worth exceeding one million dollars.

Facing challenges help us discover what we can do in difficult situations. It is necessary to face your reading and writing challenges in order to become successful. Reading and writing are the first stepping stones in education, if you can read and write you are able to learn how to do anything. The benefits Clarke has encountered was seeking help before it is too late. Whereas for Lee he is seeking help after the fact which relates to my challenge with math that I am dealing with now. Even though challenges can be difficult to go through, if you live a life without them you will not get the experience to grow and get stronger. We all live and learn, and each challenge becomes a lesson for the

The lovely book “Billionaire Boy” is about 12-year-old billionaire Joe Spud who lives with his billionaire father, Len Spud, who invented the most famous toilet tissue "Bum Fresh". Both have everything anybody could ever ask for, such as an orangutang butler, 21 bathrooms, a cinema and servants. Joe is very sad about not having any friends and being bullied at a private school, which he leaves and joins a comprehensive or public one. There he meets another 12-year-old, Bob, with whom he becomes friends.

In the book Remember Goliad, Craig H. Roell provides in-depth reasons for Fannin’s delay in retreating to Victoria that ultimately lead to the massacre of hundreds of Texans and volunteers in the battle for independence from Mexico. The significance of the Texan military holding on to Goliad was overshadowed by the massacre that provided a second reason beyond the Alamo in sparking a fire compelling many Texans to defeat Santa Ana in San Jacinto. Soldiers defeated Santa Ana proclaiming “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad”. While Goliad was considered key at the outset of the battle for independence, once San Antonio and the Alamo were lost to Santa Ana, Goliad was no longer of importance and was to be destroyed and abandoned in the

The part in life that shapes us as people tends not to be the challenges and hardships that people face but how they choose to go about them. For instance, when people are met with a challenge and they choose to back away from it, they are conditioning themselves to run away from the things they don’t like and therefore developing a personality trait that can be seen as cowardly. On the other hand when someone chooses to face that challenge head on they are building their character to not back down but to push on forward against the tide. Two people with the same event that happened to them in the past could turn out to be incredibly different people based on how they chose to deal with the event; such is the case with Ceecee and her dad Carl in the way they went about dealing with Ceecee’s mom. With the illness plaguing Ceecee’s

How does one earn the title of wealthy? Authors Dr. Thomas J. Stanley and Dr. William D. Danko have studied how people become wealthy for over twenty years. They have conducted research, written books, conducted seminars, and advised major corporations on whom the wealthy are and what are the characteristics of the affluent in America. The research for The Millionaire Next Door was comprised of personal, as well as focus group interviews, with more than 500 millionaires. A survey of 1,115 high net worth and/ or high income respondents was also compiled. The authors define the threshold for being wealthy as having a net worth of $1 million or more. This is one distinction that the authors make in comparison

Goliath laughs at the size of David while David is confident with God by his side. David then uses his sling-shot to launch a stone at Goliath’s head which knocks him down on his face. The giant fell allowing David to take his sword and behead Goliath with it. David took advantage of Goliaths mistakes. He underestimated David’s ability and failed to move out of the way of the rock. If you are prepared for all obstacles and keep an open mind you are more likely to come out victorious. David’s own intellect and knowledge of his own abilities made Goliath the smaller, but stronger opponent.

There seems to be en everlasting conflict between science, and between faith. Man has always chosen between the two, giving the world great leaders of science, and great leaders of faith. In Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle, the viewer is thrusted into an ultimate tale of destiny versus coincidence. A young man who has made it onto the popular game show, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” is shown being questioned by the authorities, who refuse to believe that this young man, who has been brought up from the slums and forced into a world of poverty and violence, can simply know all the answers. They accuse him of being a cheat, and a liar. Throughout the story the viewers are shown, through

​ A man’s economic status is based solely on his wealth and his material possessions, or lack thereof to define him as being “rich” or “poor.” Similarly, these two words, “rich” or “poor,” should also describe a man’s character.

In Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers, Gladwell defines success as hidden advantages and “social predestination” as stated by critic Michiko Kakutani. Kakutani argues that Gladwell’s hypotheses are not cohesive and are selective to support his idea. I concur with Kakutani. Gladwell does not provide adequate examples and counterarguments to give his theory a concrete foundation. This creates a very unconvincing argument. Gladwell asserts that success comes from factors and advantages that are mostly overlooked such as birth dates and cultural backgrounds; however, his ideas are loosely based, overly generalized, and unreliable.