The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. An obstacle can be a setback and anything that challenges you. I have faced many of challenges‚ but all of them have made me stronger. For example‚ when I was in 7th grade I broke my ankle at the beginning of football season. Another example is when I was in 8th grade I found out I had ADD‚ which makes it really hard to stay focused. Also this past summer I gained 30 pounds‚ which was really hard when football season
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with the elderly. In both King Lear by William Shakespeare and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ the protagonists were able to acquire wisdom after undergoing trials and tribulations. However‚ both these men began their quest as completely different people‚ polar opposites even. Morrie always emphasized the value of family and love‚ while King Lear saw these as trivial pursuits which at best can be used to elevate his ego. Morrie was disappointed by the way things were in his society‚ while initially
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tense‚ and will not have conversation about their death until about a year later. I think the author may have felt compelled to include these accounts of deaths because it was the true meaning of why Morrie wanted to share his story‚ experience‚ and life’s greatest lesson. When Morrie’s father passed‚ Morrie was a lost and a confused child
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English Assessment Plaster cast and Fresh bait The stories I have chosen to talk about today are Plaster Cast by Archimede Fusillo‚ and Fresh Bait by Sherryl Clark. I have chosen to talk about these particular stories‚ because the ways in which they are similar captured my interest when reading them. Both stories feel as if they are written from end to beginning. They unfold slowly‚ keeping the reader in rapt suspense‚ on the edge of their chair‚ until the very end‚ when the story takes its last
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To Kill a Mockingbird Life Lessons It’s no secret that not every student who reads To Kill a Mockingbird will not exactly jump for joy to read it. But it is not as bad as it seems‚ as there are some valuable things to learn when it comes to this novel. It ’s an inspiring novel to learn from and to take in when it is thought through. This essay is about three lessons to be learned; racism‚ courage‚ and loyalty. To Kill a Mockingbird was set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. In this
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One lesson I learned from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is that challenges are there for a reason‚ and I have to push through them. He said‚ “the brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” (Pausch 59) By this he means that challenges will be present throughout life‚ but they test the individual’s determination. He said “they’re there to stop the other people.” (Pausch 80) The “other people”
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Night and Tuesday’s with Morrie Throughout the novels Night and Tuesday’s with Morrie both Elie Wiesel from Night and Mitch from Tuesday’s with Morrie watched someone slowly die or suffer. Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor who tells his story and explains his experience in the different camps he was placed in. Mitch‚ after 16 years of no contact with his old college professor Morrie‚ Mitch finds out that Morrie has ALS and spends every Tuesday with Morrie until the last Tuesday(hence the title). They
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Tuesday’s with Morrie is a memoir by Mitch Allen‚ it talks about a friendship that is between a man that is always on the run doesn’t take breaks keeps moving and his old professor. His old professor is dying from ALS which is Lou Gehrig’s disease. Throughout the book which is a memoir the professor‚ Morrie Schwartz provides life lessons that help Mitch see and think about what he is living for. Towards the end of the memoir Morrie tells Mitch “Don’t give up your life because they left keep going
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OVERVIEW The document we are about to study is an extract/excerpt from a report entitled “Caught in the Backlash‚ Stories from Northern California” published in November 2002 by the ACLU (whose aim is to defend individual rights and liberties.) The main character is called Charlotte Wu and is a 22-year-old sophomore who’s fond of/keen on/crazy about videogames. One day in late 2001‚ Charlotte played a videogame with her friends. Then she left the game. Later‚ a player phoned her and she helped him
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2013 A Father’s Lesson Parents have the responsibility to teach and to protect their children. In teaching them while they are young parents hope to save them from making mistakes later in life. In the novel Life of Pi‚ Santosh‚ Pi’s father wishes to save his boys from future fatal blunders. His lesson was done in somewhat a harsh way but it was necessary‚ any other way may not have been effective‚ and it accomplished what he wanted it to. Some would view this father’s lesson as harsh and a little
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