Grit Essay

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Comparative Analysis on True Grit (1969) and True Grit (2010) Many modern adaptations of classical films have effectively been reinvented to successfully adapt the current market and cater audiences from the new generation. One such film is the 2010 movie “True Grit”, which is an artistic remake by the Coen brothers of the 1969 film of the same title by Henry Hathaway. While both films are adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit, the two versions differ in certain cinematic elements that make their variations artistic and inventive on their own right.

“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”-Colonel Stonehill (p.35). True Grit is a novel by Charles Portis, where we see that a young Mattie Ross goes on a manhunt with the help of one of the meanest U.S. Marshalls Rooster Cogburn, to avenge her father’s blood. The definition of “grit” is firmness of character; indomitable spirit, but in the novel you will find yourself thinking that grit can mean different things. As for me true grit is having a tough side and determination, like how the character Rooster Cogburn has a tough side while the character that lacks or might not even have true grit is Tom Chaney who’s a coward and the character that has determination is Mattie Ross.

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Grit, what is this? Is it success, is it failure, or is it talent? As Angela Duckworth said “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in and day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Grit is a combination of strength, persistence, focus, and dedication that helps a person to maintain the optimism and discipline needed to persevere in their goals even if they are head to head with failure. Grit does not depend on talent, IQ, or success. Grit is the ability to fail and learn from your mistake, in order to come back next

If you were to see Rocky for the first time and you were anything like most people, you would be overcome by a feeling of repugnancy and disgust. This is because he is a homeless person. His real name is Jack but people call him “Rocky” because of his 6’2” body and his somewhat larger than normal muscles. He doesn’t have the body of any average man. The combination of his light green eyes, his long brown beard, and his long mocha hair falling down from his winter hat, which he wears in every season, reminds me of a depiction of Jesus. But that’s just pure physical appearance. Most of the time, the hair around the rim of his mouth is covered by whatever food he just ate. Sometimes it’s white rice, sometimes it’s powder like that

On September 4th 2015, I watched the Ted Talk of Angela lee Duckworth about “Grit”. She explained how Grit is the key to success. Through her observation she noticed that success is a long term process, both physically and mentally. Specifically she claimed that “Grit is passion and perseverance for long term goal and what if doing well is school and in life depends on much more than your ability to learn quickly and easily’’. In addition she stretched that “talent doesn’t make you gritty/grittier’’. Although some people believe that kids who are talented and smart likely will be successful. Duckworth surveyed students with quizzes to support her experiment. She elaborates that grit is based on motivation for a long term goal

“An investment in knowledge pays the greatest interest.” Todd Ufkes grew up in a large family where he was the youngest, so he was forced use his wits to make himself known. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Masters Degree and now works as a nurse. He now has a wife and 2 children, one of whom is myself. Because my dad works so hard, does what he loves through music, recovered from cancer,and always pushes me harder than I believe I can do myself, he is my inspirational hero.

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The TEDTalk that Angela Lee Duckworth gave on grit and perseverance was thought-provoking, but lacking in substance. Her assertion that grit is the best predictor of success is hardly groundbreaking, and she provided mostly anecdotal evidence to support her claim.

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Grit self-assessment I scored 3.8 and resilience self-assessment I scored 42, although always there is a room for improvement I do think these score truly reflect on my ability to lead, handle challenges and the struggles that come with everyday life. I’m positive individual and I always look at the bright side of things. My children complain when I say “honey it is what it is and you need to role with it.” I have been in leading position many times in my nursing career starting with manager of free standing clinic in Dubia, UAE, that was my first exposure to management and since I was young and single I loved it. In Canada I was a shift supervisor for years at Alberta Institute of cancer. Now at Pre-Surgical Services I function as resource

I enjoyed reading Grit and Great Short Stories by American Women because Grit was able to teach us about the relation of how gritty someone was and their performance. Great Short Stories by American Women has many great stories that fit different themes and was able to keep my attention as I read because the stories were interesting. Reading the stories normally took me 10-30 minutes depending on the length of what was assigned for us to read. I normally read the night before and then right before the quizzes I would look over the story and discuss it with people sitting around me. When I prepared well for the quizzes I would do good on the quizzes but when I didn’t prepare well then, I did bad on the quizzes. This class had a lot of reading

Dr. Duckworth explains the reason successful people achieve more than others unrelated to their level of intellect but very much correlated with their level of perseverance (Stains, 2014, p. 154). She developed a survey to measure the level of persistence and perseverance and it is called the “Girt” score. The research studies showed that “gritter” people came out on top when facing adverse situations more often than people with less grit (Stains, 2014, p. 154). Some of the keys to accomplishing goals for individuals with higher grit scores consist of the following: establishing goals, working hard to reach the target, and they think positive when obstacles are encountered (Stains, 2014, p. 154).

The Developmental Science textbook states that “From the moment of conception throughout life, a person’s growth is consisted by the influence of others.” I think the quote is particularly applicable to this question. The video highlighted several attributes the individual perceived themselves to possess. These attribute were most likely fostered at some point in that individual’s development by their peers or their parents. Thinking back, I think a trait fostered in me was persistence. My parents from an early age said that if you are going to start something you need to finish and do it well. My mom liked to use this saying, in particular, when it came to chores, but they also told me this when it came to academics. My parents from a very