Nine Worthies

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). In the memoir “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed, she decided to do what most people would be scared to do, especially a woman, she goes on a 1100 km hike across the Pacific Crest Trail. Everyone thought she would fail, and would come home earlier than expected, but will perseverance she gained insight and gained success through what was thought to be a failure. Perseverance is

The main character Joe Dirt in the movie says “Keep On Keepin’ on” He is saying that when life throws people off balance they have to just keep on keepin’ on and persevere. Life is not a straight path to success. There will always be something or someone in one’s way to success. But only an individual can determine if he or she will get through it or not. To demonstrate the idea of persevering and life being thrown off balance are three short stories: Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to

In 1957 in Little Rock Arkansas schools were integrated for the first time. The Little Rock Nine were a group that started the integration process. This group had nine black girls and boys that went to Central High school to start the integration. This was a huge contribution to the civil rights movement. These events were illuminated by using photographs, news, and television. Although the events were not always portrayed in the perspective of the African-Americans. With the Integration came a

In harsh moments, have you ever wanted or thought about giving up? Even at times when it feels like it should be the answer, it’s never the best choice. Three texts that demonstrate perseverance are “Saudi Arabia's Freedom Riders,” “The lost boys,” and “Mother to Son.” The first text with a theme of perseverance is “The Lost Boy’s.” Perseverance was clearly shown throughout the whole story. The main characters of “The Lost Boy’s” faced many obstacles from the beginning. Attempts to make friends

"Stay calm when things are hard or not going your way as you will get though it when you persevere instead of quitting quitting leads to less happiness in life than perseverance and hope."-Salva Dut. A boy that at the age of eleven walked with 1500 lost boys of south Sudan to a refugee camp and is now helping the people of south Sudan. I believe that everyone needs a hero and that should be universal, for me my hero is Salva Dut and i have three reasons why he should be your hero too. The first reason

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” Author Napoleon Hill tells us through this that you must go through the hard times to be able to progress as a person. If you go your own way it is going to be hard and you need to use your strength to make it your way. “Self-Reliance” reveals to us the mental strength you need to succeed in life and how you must express yourself in society. Tho movie Brave tells us the story of a princess who wont do what her parents want

“ClICkeTY cLaCK”, you hear the stairs under your feet as you are leaving to your tiny apartment to go to the marketplace in the dry desert of Kabul. You are helping your injured father who only has one leg, to sell things to make money for your many family members to survive this devastation time of the Taliban. Perseverance is when someone accomplishes something that is difficult.The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis is about a girl named Parvana who lives in Kabul during the reign of the Taliban, and

English essay “Life doesn't get easier you just get stronger”.Laura Hillenbrand wrote a book called Unboken.In this book Louie Zamperini had a rebellious childhood then, accomplishes great things in the Olympics and survives being a prisoner of war in World War II.How he does this is by having resilience developed in his childhood.Then by using that resilience it leads to his success in the olympics and helps him survive being a P.O.W. By showing Louis struggle as an olympic athlete and P.O.W he

Title The Little Rock Nine There was a girl named Elizabeth Eckford and eight other African American teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas. Like all other schools across the country, was segregated. Only white students were allowed. Everything was segregated, when I say everything I mean pretty much everything . The white people didn’t really want anything to do with the black people. The whites had the nice stuff, and blacks didn’t. All the restaurant segregated as well too. Whenever the blacks

“You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance,” -Lou Holtz. Lou Holtz was an American football coach. That means that he’s seen dozens of men have to persevere around personal obstacles in order to be united and play together. Perseverance plays an important role in success, whether is be something big, or something small, perseverance is always necessary. The idea of perseverance even in the face of obstacles is expressed in similar