The Theme Of Determination In No Safe Place
Dana Linn Bailey once said, “If you have discipline, drive and determination nothing is impossible.” If you put your mind to anything, and have confidence you can accomplish things. When you let the hard times get to you it will bring your confidence down. Determination will help you get through the hard times even if you don’t think you can overcome them. In the book No Safe Place, the author uses conflict to develop the theme; Determination is key, even if you are doing it all by yourself. For example, in the book Abdul thinks he loses his family in one of the attacks on his city. From there on he has to live on his own, at the age of 13, and learn how to go through life by himself. Furthermore, living by himself put him in bad conditions,
difficult situations and encounters with things that were violent. In the book, it says “The tower he’d slept under had been built in the 1200s, rattled by an earthquake in the 1500s, hit by a cannonball in the 1600s and bombed by the Germans in the 1900s.” He lived in conditions on his own that could have killed him, hurt him, and his health could have gone down hill. He kept with it even though his life wasn’t going to well. The theme determination is key. Even if you are doing it all by yourself, it can be related to teenagers today. Some teenagers are so dedicated to the things they want to accomplish that they do very well at it. Also, many teenagers if they do not have that connection with someone they can easily get depressed. Teenagers these days have to have that connection with someone so they can talk to that person about life, the troubles and the good times. In my opinion, determination is a key thing in life. We have to be confident in what we do and have the motivation to do it, otherwise we will not get things accomplished. Just like Dana Linn Bailey believed, I also believe that having determination will not stop anything. If more people would have confidence in themselves than they could accomplish very much more. Personally, if I put my mind to something and have determination I can accomplish things much more easier than I would with my head down, stressed out over little things. Just put your mind to situations in life and you can overcome anything.
difficult situations and encounters with things that were violent. In the book, it says “The tower he’d slept under had been built in the 1200s, rattled by an earthquake in the 1500s, hit by a cannonball in the 1600s and bombed by the Germans in the 1900s.” He lived in conditions on his own that could have killed him, hurt him, and his health could have gone down hill. He kept with it even though his life wasn’t going to well. The theme determination is key. Even if you are doing it all by yourself, it can be related to teenagers today. Some teenagers are so dedicated to the things they want to accomplish that they do very well at it. Also, many teenagers if they do not have that connection with someone they can easily get depressed. Teenagers these days have to have that connection with someone so they can talk to that person about life, the troubles and the good times. In my opinion, determination is a key thing in life. We have to be confident in what we do and have the motivation to do it, otherwise we will not get things accomplished. Just like Dana Linn Bailey believed, I also believe that having determination will not stop anything. If more people would have confidence in themselves than they could accomplish very much more. Personally, if I put my mind to something and have determination I can accomplish things much more easier than I would with my head down, stressed out over little things. Just put your mind to situations in life and you can overcome anything.