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    of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” share the life lesson of people have to choice to rise above their own suffering and to survive this harsh life. No matter what obstacle you have in your life you can overcome it. In both “Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” they no matter what type of conflict you’re in, you can overcome any obstacle. For instance, in “Anne Frank” Anne is forced to leave in a small annex with her family and two more families that she has never met before. Anne feels frustrated that

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    filmmaker focuses on the interesting life of Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is an innocent honest man, who like many, has overcome adversity to achieve success. This same adversity helps Forrest and his general outlook on life. Through all these obstacles, he is an all star football, receives an honorary medal in the Vietnam war and sets up a successful shrimp business. As the film progresses, Robert Zemeckis, does an excellent job of adding important symbols that help the audience gain a better

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    My Definition Of Success

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    Daniel’s future. Basically, we were told that Daniel would never be as successful as someone without this injury. I was, understandably, very upset at this news, and I considered briefly the possibility that my child would not be able to overcome his obstacles. He might not be able to follow the path to success that I had always believed in. Traditional success was not in his

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    the meaning of our lives. The word mountain represents every type of obstacle that might get in the way of that goal, while the word “I” directly refers to the singer and metaphorically refers to humanity as a collective of individuals motivated by personal self-interest. Taken together with the first half of this stanza, we see the idea that the defining characteristic of human nature is to overcome, or conquer, every obstacle that obstructs the will to power or prevents us from discovering truth

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    Most people have to overcome obstacles in their lives. In the following passages, you will hear about how the narrators have overcome obstacles. In A Night to Remember, the Titanic is about to crash into an iceberg. In “Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger” Ronald Reagan talks about the Challenger explosion and how they need to move past that. In “A Kenyan Teens Discovery: Let There Lights to Save Lions” Richard is trying to keep lions from attacking livestock. In

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    How does one overcome hard obstacles? Odysseus is a man that overcomes many hard obstacles in the story The Odyssey. He isn’t the typical ‘strong man’ like Hercules, but he’s more of using his intelligence to overcome hard obstacles. Odysseus uses his intelligence to overcome hard obstacles at Troy, the Island of the Cyclops, and Ithaca. Odysseus uses his intelligence to overcome obstacles at Troy. To begin, the Greeks was losing the Trojan so Odysseus came up with the idea of the wooden horse.

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    I believe salamanca grows up throughout the novel “Walk Two Moons”. Sal demonstrates self determination, compassion, and acceptance by overcoming obstacles through the story. Which makes it a bildungsroman by showing Sal growing up and overcoming the obstacles she faced with her dad, grandparents, and her friends. Sal shows self-determination throughout the story by making her way to Lewiston to meet her mother on her birthday. Sal [Salamanca] explains her determination, “But I had to decided

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    reward of their effort. Some individuals are overwhelmed by the challenges before them. Others are able to get past the issues and obtain a reward. There are numerous obstacles in one’s life that must be overcome in order to obtain something of personal value. In the short story “Penny in the Dust” by Ernest Buckler, Peter faced the obstacle of being unable to communicate with his father. Over the years Peter spent with his dad, he developed the perspective that his father was “humorless and severe”.

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    skills, or even something irrelevant, like the noise level. I would then practice for hours trying to improve my groundstrokes. While my game improved, my mindset never changed, leading me to continue on a losing streak. Changing this mindset and overcoming this challenge took a while. I forced myself to not look at draws before a tournament and play the best I can. By doing this, I did not let my mind and my self-confidence become a hindrance to my game. In a couple of months, I got so used to playing

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    almost two years have passed, and after reflecting on it time and time again, I began to reclassify that memory as a learning experience rather than a negative experience. In life, we are faced with many obstacles, sometimes on a daily basis. Our society values stories of overcoming life’s obstacles because they are inspiring, interesting and may lead to personal growth. I believe that the way I wrote about my memory was very personal and unfiltered. I didn’t edit anything because I was

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