Analyzing Angela Duckworth's 'Grit'
Kyra Wright
Ms. Milliner
EES21QH05
January 20 ,2017 Final Paper
Some people have a personality trait called “grit” . Angela Duckworth defines grit as the determination to do something until you have obtained the skills to do it correctly . In her research she explains that one must have endurance to complete a race . In True Grit by Angela Lee Duckworth and Lauren Eskreis -winkler , the example they give of true grit is , “ At the starting line it is the hare who is expected to finish first . Sure enough , the hare quickly out spaces the tortoise , accumulating so great a lead that he lies down to take a nap mid -race. When the hare awakens , The tortoise , who all the while has been laboring towards his destination , is too close to the finish line to beat” ( paragraph 2) . This shows grit because the tortoise himself , and everyone watching thought he had no chance of winning , but he had the determination to finish the race and he won . A mindset is something you can change which makes it a belief . People can have one out of two mindsets , a fixed mindset or a growth mindset . Having a fixed mindset means that you believe in …show more content…
In the play he goes to Desdemona’s father , Brabantio , and tells him how Desdemona and Othello have married . He also put a bug in Othello’s ear that Desdemona is cheating . He also shows grit because he was successful with his goal of ruining their marriage by putting a lot of effort in planning his ideas . In the play , Othello , by William Shakespeare , Iago states , “ Call up her father . Rouse him . Make after him , poison his delight , proclaim him in the streets ; incense her kinsmen , and, though he in a fertile climate dwell , plague him with flies . Though that his joy be joy , yet throw such chances of vexation on’t as it may lose some color” ( 11 )
Ms. Milliner
EES21QH05
January 20 ,2017 Final Paper
Some people have a personality trait called “grit” . Angela Duckworth defines grit as the determination to do something until you have obtained the skills to do it correctly . In her research she explains that one must have endurance to complete a race . In True Grit by Angela Lee Duckworth and Lauren Eskreis -winkler , the example they give of true grit is , “ At the starting line it is the hare who is expected to finish first . Sure enough , the hare quickly out spaces the tortoise , accumulating so great a lead that he lies down to take a nap mid -race. When the hare awakens , The tortoise , who all the while has been laboring towards his destination , is too close to the finish line to beat” ( paragraph 2) . This shows grit because the tortoise himself , and everyone watching thought he had no chance of winning , but he had the determination to finish the race and he won . A mindset is something you can change which makes it a belief . People can have one out of two mindsets , a fixed mindset or a growth mindset . Having a fixed mindset means that you believe in …show more content…
In the play he goes to Desdemona’s father , Brabantio , and tells him how Desdemona and Othello have married . He also put a bug in Othello’s ear that Desdemona is cheating . He also shows grit because he was successful with his goal of ruining their marriage by putting a lot of effort in planning his ideas . In the play , Othello , by William Shakespeare , Iago states , “ Call up her father . Rouse him . Make after him , poison his delight , proclaim him in the streets ; incense her kinsmen , and, though he in a fertile climate dwell , plague him with flies . Though that his joy be joy , yet throw such chances of vexation on’t as it may lose some color” ( 11 )