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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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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was young‚ I have gone through many life lessons. Some of them I go by‚ but some of them I get rid of. There are some you should only keep for a short time‚ and there are some you should keep for a long time‚ because you never know when they will come in handy. The lessons I have decided to keep are very good. You should always keep the good ones and throw away the bad ones‚ because why should you keep lessons that won’t help you in life. The main lesson I use all the time is to never be a
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Wednesday‚ April‚ 30th Life Lessons of Victor Frankenstein Mary Oliver once said that the instructions for living life are to “Pay attention‚ be astonished‚ tell about it.” This profoundly speaks about life lessons and that they key is to pay attention‚ learn from them and be astonished and then share our own wisdom to benefit others. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly‚ Victor Frankenstein learns many lessons throughout the course of the story. Victor learns three main lessons; that keeping scientific
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Life is not perfect; sometime we succeed and sometime we fail. But‚ the good thing is we can learn from our mistakes. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there are many useful life lessons. These lessons can teach us how to be a considerable person and live a better life with others. The main three lessons are optimistic even in tragedy‚ see things from others’ perspective and respect others. Firstly‚ Harper Lee shows us that we should feel optimistic even in tragedy. As Miss Maudie
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Jimmy Shantcheat - A lesson for life When we are born‚ we know nothing and therefore everything we do‚ we do from scratch. We are bound to have a first time experience with everything. Whether we like it or not. Some of these first times will be memorable. A lot of them will not‚ but those we do remember have marked us for life. It is not important whether it is your first A grade in school‚ seeing your mother mourn or realizing that everybody at some point are going to die. It will affect you
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youthful boy can develop into a knowledgeable man by letting time and others lessons influence how he will evolve his way of living. This lesson became noticeable in the novel The Phantom Tollbooth‚ written by Norton Juster‚ when the main character‚ Milo‚ let time and other’s lessons metamorphosize him into a grown-up. Fortunately‚ Milo attains three essential lessons that help him turn into a well informed man. These lessons include how everyone’s perspective is different‚ how to appreciate everything
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Annie Thermidor Life Lessons from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. Main theme: In this book‚ Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross teamed up with end-of-life specialist David Kessler to write for the first time about life and living. The authors present fourteen lessons passed on to us from the dying to help us deal better with the issues we face in life. Both authors consider the dying as great teachers because‚ "it’s when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see life more clearly" (Kessler
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To Kill a Mockingbird Life Lessons In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ both Scout and Jem learn many important life lessons as they journey from childhood into young adolescence. Both Jem And Scout first learn about empathy from Atticus. Then Later on in the novel they both learn about Mockingbirds and how it is a sin to kill them. Also they start to understand and learn about what the real courage is. Lastly Atticus shows Scout integrity from defending the black man in the case
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Morrie‚ a memoir by Mitch Albom‚ narrates the final Tuesdays of dying Morrie Schwartz life. Mitch was Morrie’s past college student‚ and during Mitch’s college days they shared a great bond. Every Tuesday‚ after Mitch viewed Morrie’s interview on the news program Nightline‚ Morrie would share stories and valuable life lessons with Mitch. Although all of these lessons held great value‚ the most important lesson of all is‚ “ Once you learn how to die‚ you learn how to live.” Morrie wants Mitch to accept
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