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    One theme that Helen Keller offers in her story is about Perseverance and Determination. She develops this theme because in her story she did go through a major change in her life. The impact and lessons readers took away from The Story of My Life is the value of perseverance. Without the ability to see or hear‚ Keller learned to function and interact within the community in a meaningful and healthy way. Her motivation‚ commitment‚ and determination to make a place for herself in the world started

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    BISMILLAHIR – RAHMANIR – RAHIM In the name of Allah‚ the compassionate‚ the merciful‚ all praises are due to you O Allah; all thanks belong to you O Allah We thank you for all you have done in our life‚ we appreciate you‚ we adore you and we glorify your only name‚ O Allah! Guide us among those you have guided O Allah! Forgive us among those you have forgiven O Allah! Empower us among those you have empowered O Allah! Put your blessing on those things you endowed us with O Allah! We seek

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    completely different opinions on how it went. If approached with optimism‚ events in life become more manageable. The themes of staying positive and being thankful even in the worst of times are shown in Yann Martel’s novel‚ The Life of Pi‚ by Piscine’s perseverance when facing unexpected events. These themes are demonstrated by the use of vivid imagery‚ metaphors‚ and in intense moments of action. Pi’s full name‚ Piscine Molitor Patel‚ is the cause of teasing and bullying in his younger years. When children

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    The importance of perseverance and doing the right thing even in difficult circumstances is the theme of Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. One of the main characters‚ Kady‚ perseveres through the mess around her and sacrifices numerous things for the greater good. The book setting is mainly in a cramped space ship on course to a warp station and the sci-fi plot carries the theme throughout the story. The symbols in the story‚ death‚ illness and the artificial intelligence‚ as well as the

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    Perseverance and work ethic: the two most important character traits that I have learned from my dad. He was born into a family of fifteen living in poverty‚ and‚ because of his hard work and determination‚ he has proven to me that anything is accomplishable. My father worked numerous jobs to put himself through college. After obtaining a BS degree in Engineering‚ a Masters in Business‚ raising a family‚ and balancing life and work‚ my father has left a lasting impact on my life and core values.

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    our mistakes and survive. To this day‚ both Faulkner’s and Golding’s ideas are relevant today to looking at mankind and society as a whole. In The Lord of The Flies‚ Golding has illustrated Faulkner’s idea of reminding the reader of hope and perseverance. In the book‚ the children on island eventually forget about

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    Perseverance many people have to do it even dogs. Buck for example had to persevere when he was thrown into the life of a sled dog. Like how Jerry my grandpa had to persevere when his wife decided to get divorced. They have many similarities and differences but they both persevered. For example in The Call of the Wild‚ Buck is removed from a normal life and thrown into a new hard working life where he has many tough experiences to go through. When Buck was first shipped to the Yukon he was taught

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    Virtue ethics can be described as a hybrid theory‚ which encompasses both teleological and deontological elements. This theory tells us that instead of looking a the action itself and whether it is right or wrong‚ or looking at the consequences a action a bring. Instead we should focus on our character‚ and develop the cardinal virtues in order to achieve ultimate happiness and become truly virtuous. Virtue ethics was first devised from the times of Ancient Greece by Aristotle‚ however has been adapted

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    Aristotle Virtue Ethics

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    Virtue ethics asks What kind of person should I be? What kind of person should I strive to be? I should strive to be virtuous. Thus‚ the notion of virtue becomes fundamental. What is a virtue? A fixed positive character trait that involves various dispositions. For Aristotle morality is about living in accordance with virtue. Every activity has some goal or end and his project here is to figure out what the Good consists in According to Aristotle something is good to the extent that it fulfills

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    people who say that happiness is virtue‚ or arête. “Virtue‚ then‚ is a state of character concerned with choice‚ lying in a mean‚ i.e.‚ the mean relative to us‚ this being determined by a rational principle‚ and by that principle by which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Now it is a mean between two vices‚ that which depends on excess and that which depends of defect (…) Hence‚ in respect of its substance and the definition which states its essence virtue is a mean‚ with regard to what

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