'Grit: Power Of Passion And Perseverance'

Perseverance is steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Belief is trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something. In class, students were asked to read/watch the following three sources, “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” by Angela Duckworth, and “ It Couldn't be Done” by Edgar Albert Guest. In all these sources the main characters are faced with one hardship. The main character had to believe they could get through the hardship by persevering. Finally, the outcome made them look back and realize all the work they did was for something and it paid off. That means belief and perseverance are interrelated . In other words, they rely on each other to finish
Henry, a girl is faced with a heartbreaking diagnoses; which at that time they didn't quite understand how to treat it. She was accepting at first and was okay, but soon changed her mind based on her belief. She thought her existence depended on whether or not a leaf fell off or stayed attached to a vine. If it fell off it meant she would die. To find the answer to what she thought was her last day, she opened the blind to the window and saw her fate, “ But, lo! After the beating rain and fierce guests of winds that had endured through the livelong night, there yet still stood out against the brick wall one leaf.” (Henry 8). As that last leaf still hung there she knew it was a sign that she would persevere through the tough time. At first, the girl didn't believe that the leaf would stay on the vine through the fierce winds, but later in the story realized that the old man who lived below her had painted the leaf on the brick wall to give her hope. Hope that if the leaf could withstand the wind and strong rain, then so could she. Heroically, the old man died from pneumonia because he went into the cold rain to paint the leaf so the girl could believe she would get
She thought to herself: “And that got me thinking. The kinds of things you need to learn in seventh grade math, sure, they're hard. But these concepts are not impossible“ (Duckworth 1). The teacher knew that the kids could do this, but thought they needed to put in more effort. She finished out the year and later became a psychologist, and studied students’ behaviors. Particularly, the effects of putting in more study time at school, or practice at a military academy. Her results showed almost all the students and cadets in training that practiced perseverance through tough challenges made it through. She believed it was grit that made this happen. Grit is having stamina and sticking with your plan, day in and day, out until reaching the goal. She knew everyone had it in them, but they just needed to reach deep enough to find