There are many characteristics‚ including talent and intelligence‚ that make a person successful. However‚ the most essential characteristic that makes a person successful is perseverance. Perseverance is defined as the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties‚ failure‚ or opposition. Perseverance can be shown by J.K. Rowling‚ who got rejected by twelve major publishers but worked hard to publish her book and sold over 120 million copies of it‚ and Elizabeth Blackwell‚ who
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Analysis A smile to remember Charles Bukowski The poem is really a short story about an ordinary family with tragic problems. The child of the mother and the father‚ who are mentioned in the poem‚ is the narrator. The likely scenario is that the child in the poem represents Charles Bukowski’s childhood. In the first lines of the story‚ it is mentioned that the family has goldfish. We hear about a boy‚ whose mother keeps telling him to be happy‚ even though she has a miserable life because
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the issue of cultural identity. In the story‚ Ma‚ who is Haitian‚ is not too happy about Caroline marrying Eric‚ who is Bahamian. We can see that Grace is the one that holds her family together and is who her mother and sister confide in. She understands both the Haitian values of her mother and Caroline’s American independence‚ but struggles with her own identity. She thinks about how her father had to marry a widow just to bring his actual family to America. Grace feels she is neither Haitian nor
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Mona Lisa Smile takes place in 1953 and tells the story of a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and left as a first-year teacher from Oakland State University. She also leaves her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles‚ California‚ to teach at Wellesley College‚ a conservative women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts‚ United States. Katherine Ann Watson tries to open her students’ minds to their freedom to do whatever they want with their lives. She encourages her students
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simple smile can work miracles.” When it comes to listening to public speeches‚ the speaker’s smile is usually one of the first things that an audience notices. It is the speakers’ job to sell himself to the audience. A nice friendly smile can catch an audiences attention and lore them in to pay attention to your every word almost instantly. That’s why it is critical to remember to always maintain a bright‚ sincere smile at all times during your presentation. A smile can lift a bad mood‚ help you bond
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the state of Maharashtra. With a population of approximately seven million‚ the city has its fair share of problems associated with overpopulation; such as: pollution‚ traffic jams and shortage of real estate to name a few. If I were to change one thing about Pune‚ it would be the excess population of our city. Over the past decade‚ the population of Pune has nearly doubled. This rise in population has resulted in a dramatic increase in pollution. Almost every household in the city now owns a car
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” in
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BABAIU13005 How to have a good relationship with your boss In the working environment‚ it takes a lot of effort to get the work done and also have a good relationship with your colleagues and even more important – your boss. Since his or her opinion about you will affect your future career so absolutely‚ you better look good in their eyes. Even though it’s not easy to do so‚ but if you follow these simple steps‚ you can achieve it in no time. First‚ don’t be late for work ever‚ make sure you will be
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Without a doubt‚ there is a strong connection between our emotions and our native language. I don’t have to look any further than my own marriage for evidence of this. You see‚ my wife is Japanese‚ and the two of us speak English with each other on a daily basis. However‚ as soon as she gets angry or excited‚ she immediately and quite naturally switches to Japanese. And I do the same: if I’m speaking Japanese with someone and I get upset about something‚ English comes flowing right out of my mouth
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YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO HAVE A DREAM! You are never too old to dream a new dream. Isn’t that a beautiful statement? Indeed‚ the thought of growing older is never appealing. Not only do we feel bad over the physical changes that take place‚ but with every passing year we look back and wonder what could have been. What could we have achieved if only we started getting serious about life when we were younger? What great things could we have done if only we had a good “start”? How sad it must
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