Through out the movie October Sky the Rocket Boys faced many obstacles that they didn't always pass through quickly. But in the end they overcame those and proved to be successful. Through these unsuccessful and successful events the Rocket Boys challenged themselves and the people around them to believe in the unbelievable. If everyone thought they were to grow up to be miners like everyone else in the town of Coalwood, then they certainly proved them wrong.…
In the story of Tom Brennan many individulas venture into new experiences but coming across new experices you may have to encounter obstacles. In the end its all worth it because you may also gain significant rewards.…
A few miles away, a boy is growing up in Rosedale, a wealthy neighbourhood, which thrives on the motto “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” His situation may not be perfect, but he is told that he can accomplish anything, regardless of any obstacles that befall him. Each individual has vastly different ideas of what opportunity is. This is reality.…
Likewise, when people try challenges on their own it can “bring out [the] worst or [the] best” experiences. Furthermore, when going through an obstacle it can explain how positive or negative a situation can be, such as when athletes train and injure themselves they get to know their true talents and limits. People will not understand how well they can do during a real obstacle or challenge if no barriers exist. On the other hand, others claim even when talents are known they will not help people during a difficult moment, because Louie, Mac, and Phil still “cling to one another” on the raft in the excerpt, Unbroken. Louie goes though many challenges after the plane crashes and finds his abilities, but in some conditions people will always be afraid about their surroundings and rely on a friend. The society will learn how to conquer an obstacle on their own if no one assists them even when in…
Americans in our society have a dream that consist of a vivid plan and multiple goals. Often times this dream has a realistic goal but may not be fulfilled due to obstacles created by antagonist. The dynamic character in each of the stories has a constant struggle with an obstacle which requires persistence and consistency to overcome. The most prevalent causes of failure are their environment, internal conflict and obligations to friends and family. Each character in these stories has a one in a million chance of success and only those who are willing to make a persistent and consistent effort will able to achieve their dream despite their struggles.…
Imagine, as a child a girl’s dream is to graduate high school, complete her degree, marry the ideal partner, have remarkable children and live the American dream; but then reality came into perspective and at eighteen years old she is pregnant with no college education and no job security. Growing up a boy’s dream is to become a professional baseball player; being the MVP in little league and continued to be the all-star player through adolescence and college he has his heart set in achieving his goal . His confidence is soaring and he knows it is his destiny to become a professional baseball player. Unfortunately, he was not chosen in his first year to be drafted. These are the times when the world seems to be against a dream, and then the dream seems to be out of reach. Do they give up or do they take a different course? “Wake Me UP” by Avicii claims in which dreamers and believers have a chance of making their desires become a reality, regardless of what society and pessimistic people have to say. Even though there might not be a written proposal on how to achieve their dreams, they are still hoping to achieve their goal.…
[A] Countless psychological studies show the truth: hope, dreams, and goals are the psychological vehicles driving success. [B] In Of Mice and Men, the dream is to leave the life of work and travel behind and live on a ranch, in War Dance, the goal is to do well at the national music competition, and in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Walter Mitty hopes for a more interesting life in a series of daydreams, to ultimately find that he has been living the true daydream. [C] Hope, dreams, and goals allowed the people portrayed, fictional or not, to strive for more. [D] Hopes, dreams, and goals allow people to increase their motivation, perform better, and seek new concepts.…
A New Kind Of Dreaming by Anthony Eaton is a story about a town’s haunted past and a boy’s troubled present. When Jamie Riley was sent to Port Barren, he did not realize that he would be drawn into the town’s shadowy past and into a web of secrets. As soon as Jamie stepped off the bus he felt “a sense of uneasiness and foreboding” [P.31]. Port Barren is described as a town “full of menace and shadows” [P. 42]. Jamie’s social worker, Lorraine, warns him against “digging around in the past…Let people have their secrets.” However, Jamie ignores Lorraine’s advice and so uncovers a number of terrible secrets.…
How curiosity drove the pioneers, greed drove gold diggers, and freedom drove the slaves. Langston shows the reader that all American dreams have one thing in common, determination. Taking a look at regular people seeking out their dreams, determination still seems to be the key. When asked how do you achieve the American dream, April Gordon responded, “by working as hard as you can, never giving up and staying dedicated”. By looking at dreams from this perspective, dreams are proven to be more than an endgame it becomes the process that takes you there.…
As our fragile minds go through adolescence and on to adulthood, we face obstacles that are put in our way that shape and define us as human beings. Some people tend to crack under the pressure others trudge through it challenging and pushing themselves to their limits. We aren’t always alone we have people that are there to help us along the way and sometimes they leave their mark on you like on the last shot in which a man talks about a lost friend who died in war (Source G). We find the strength and character in our hardship to develop and function in society. Hardship some times teaches us how to work harder and not to be afraid to fail and start all over again making people stronger and resourceful. It isn’t how you face the challenge that matters it’s how you react and respond to it that counts.…
The novel tells us that the fear of failure is the greatest obstacle to happiness. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” So often we hide behind excuses of not being able to do this or that, but the real story is that we are too afraid to take a chance. It is our fear of failing or looking foolish in front of others that keeps us from being who we want to be.…
The most important message of A New Kind of Dreaming is that everyone needs someone to relate to. Do you agree?…
(A) Hope, goals, and dreams are all things everyone has. Whether it's realistic, or impossible all human beings retain hope, goals, or dreams.(B) In the following paragraphs you will learn how the two psychological articles, “ How We Lose Hope and How We Get It Back”, and “ The Will and Ways of Hope”, support the reasoning for hope, goals, and dreams in three very different films. The three films, Of Mice and Men, the documentary War Dance, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, are all material that represent the struggles and gains from having hope, chasing dreams, and setting goals. (C) The examples will help support the thesis that hopes, dreams, and goals allow people to keep a positive attitude toward life.…
One thing that stands out is the persistence to overcome, to reach a goal, in spite of seemingly impossible obstacles.…
Everyone will behave differently when they face adversity. Some of them might give up easily, or they fight with their courage instead of accepting adversity and tragedy. In True Notebooks, Mark Salzman shows us how the boys deal with obstacles. If those boys can’t overcome obstacles, obstacles overcome them. Therefore, they must persist in the end when they face adversity. Sometime, some of them are lucky to overcome obstacles by persisting in the end, but many of them can’t overcome obstacles because of the situation, or they don’t even want to overcome obstacles.…