Shirin Ebadi was the first Iranian woman who defended journalists and protestors through her perseverance? According to dictionary .com‚ perseverance means that steady persistence in a course of action‚ a purpose‚ especially in a spite of difficulties‚ obstacles‚ and discouragement. The Synonyms of perseverance commonly suggest an activity maintained in spite of difficulty. The Origin word is from old French and means persistence and endurance. 2- Did you know Ebadi was the first woman in Iran
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when you persevere that you can overcome those obstacles. Just having a mindset of persevering is all it takes for someone to face and overcome their troubles. There is know one understanding of perseverance‚ but in this essay I will explain what perseverance means to me. The dictionary definition of persevere is “ to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty‚ obstacles‚ or discouragement; continue steadfastly
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Silko’s Ceremony and Syaman Rapongan’s Old Men of the Sea Impacted by Western cultures‚ Native American’s traditions gradually disappear. Similar to Native American‚ The Tao (達悟 Dawu) traditions are threatened by Han influences. To preserve indigenous customs‚ native writers either portray how dominant cultures impact aborigines or portray how native traditions do good for their lives. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Syaman Rapongan’s Old Men of the Sea (老海人 Laohairen)1‚ both indigenous writers
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and they are always kind. Candor value honesty‚ Dauntless are brave‚ and Abnegation are selfless. The system works because everyone knows where they belong; everyone except for Tris. In the novel Divergent‚ by Veronica Roth‚ Tris demonstrates perseverance; this is shown through how she is able to step out of her comfort zone‚ always remains undeterred‚ and can overcome obstacles. Tris steps out of her comfort zone several times throughout the book; when she changes factions‚ jumps off a roof‚ and
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wrong. When my father was diagnosed with cancer it completely shook my family. The moment my parents broke the news to me is still crystal clear in my mind. To this day I can’t imagine how much courage it took for them to tell me. I was thirteen years old and I was back for spring break from boarding school. My parents sat me down and began to explain the circumstances of my father’s condition. They told me that the doctors were able to catch the cancer at an early stage‚ but there was no guarantee that
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Theme essay Well My Question is what is the theme of the novel thus far‚and I would have say The theme of the novel thus far is perseverance.And perseverance is a type of thing that someone would persevere through something huge they have to face‚but then that obstacle can almost anything. My first Detail from the text of perseverance is”But our family sticks together like a couple of wet pages”. Ok i think of this quote as a piece of her life and that her family will stick together through everything
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Hemingway Hero? Old Man and the Sea “… A very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity.” This excerpt is from Ernest Hemingway’s A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚ but it could have easily been mistaken for‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ also written by Hemingway. In both stories‚ the old man and Santiago‚ both become very unsteady at the end of the tale; but‚ they manage to maintain their dignity. For the old man‚ in A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚ the reason he is so unsteady is because he is drunk. He
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war to improve the country and the lives of people living in it. This is why they’re known as the land of the free and the home of the brave. The two principles that I will be discussing are perseverance and loyalty. I think that one of the best guiding principles that represents the Age of Reason is perseverance because it represents how the colonists never gave up or showed weakness during the Revolutionary War. They wanted to separate from Britain and were determined to not give up so they could
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In the story so far‚ I think that the theme is perseverance. The story shows how Salva‚ and Nya represent perseverance. Both characters express perseverance throughout the book at some point. They each never give up during the text. Salva and Nya persevere during each chapter. In the story Nya persevered by still going on her trip to the pond‚ even though she was injured. “ There it was‚ a big thorn that had been broken off right in the middle of her heel. She was in a lot of pain but still kept
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“The Man Who Lost the Sea” Response Paper The short story “The Man Who Lost the Sea” by Theodore Sturgeon is told from both the second person and the third person points of view. This is atypical of most stories‚ as they are either told in the first person or third person point of view. It is unusual that the second person perspective is given‚ and very rare that two different points of view are given. Since this is so out of the ordinary‚ the question of why Sturgeon chooses to give two perspectives
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