Perseverance In Article Five By Kristen Simmons

Adversities are a natural part of an individual’s journey through life, but what is it that empowers us to persist through such hardship despite feelings we have reached the end of our capacities? Perseverance. Perseverance is the foundation that enables individuals to push through challenging situations. Both the novel, Walking Home by Eric Walters and the novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis are two works of literature that prove how perseverance is the key foundation for individuals to pass barriers set in their way. Muchoki and Parvana are characters who both persevere through family trauma that hits their household, they are able to preserve getting over the discriminatory mental barriers within their damaged countries and additionally are able to persevere through the physical agony faced upon them in their journey.

Paper #2 The book a Thousand Pieces of Gold is about perseverance. Perseverance is when one overcomes a hardship, endures through it, and accomplishes it in the end. Perseverance can help one through numerous types of situations and endure things they may not have thought possible while giving them the strength to achieve the next problem. Lalu persevered many obstacles in the book a Thousand Pieces of Gold, which allowed her to conquer the next difficult situation.

In the story A Long Walk To Water, written by Linda Sue Park, one theme of the story is perseverance. Both Salva and Nya face hardships, but no matter how hard their lives are, they keep going. In chapter ten, Salva hears his uncle get shot. This is devastating for him, because as far as he was aware, that was the only family he had left. Instead of giving up, Salva continues his walk to the Itang Refugee Camp, motivated to make it to the camp for his uncle.

In the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, Salvas home country is in the middle of the civil war and it reaches his village, he must flee and leave his family at only 11 years old. Now he must walk with the other Dinka tribe members through Ethiopia, southern Sudan, and Kenya in search of somewhere safe to stay. They face many hardships such as trying to find food and water to supply a whole tribe everyday. And also walking through the burning hot desert day after day. Perseverance is important in the book because Salva has to keep a open mindset and still stay hopeful through all of the challenges he faces.

The memoir, Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls take place in many different settings such as Nevada, Arizona, California, West Virginia, and New York City. One of Jeannette’s Walls, the author, strengths is perseverance and resilience. Walls said, “ You’ve got to get right back in the saddle. You can’t live in fear of something as basic as fire” when she was just three years old. Because of her hectic lifestyle, Walls learned to use resilience in many occasions to overcome her problems throughout her life.

Perseverance is the ability to keep fighting for what you believe in. But what is the extent of this? How far would you go to defend your opinion? How many supporters do you need? 100. What is the difference between a 100? 50.

Many people suffer problems in the world today. This includes terrorism and tyranny. It includes kidnapping and hate crime. It can also be cancer and starvation. Many have lived through problems like these and told the tale because they persevered. Through Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Wiesel’s Night, and Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, perseverance is emphasized the readers by writing about characters, whether they are survivors of the Holocaust, a prisoner of war, or family, that have to suffer obstacles that can potentially kill them if they don’t overcome it. Even though each author has a different way to show perseverance, they all agree on what perseverance can do. Persevering through unfortunate situations

My uncle promised he would buy me a real coconut if only I could say it right in English. I had not savored real coconut water in what seemed like years. Apparently, here in Yakima you could not simply stroll to the beach and grab one like in my hometown. In fact, there was no beach. But I had arrived to the United States only a week ago and I was already enrolled in kindergarten. I had to learn the language no matter what it took, so I studied. I gritted my teeth and sat down with a book and a mug-full of determination. After a whole lot of crying, learning, failing and more learning, I could finally not only say the word, but I was able to demand my coconut all in English. I accepted the challenge, set my focus on the goal, and did not stop until I succeeded. Many people say I am stubborn, and perhaps I am, but that coconut was the best delicacy I have ever enjoyed. Therefore, it is certain that it is not intelligence or luck but perseverance and grit that yields success and although my story is nothing like the compelling tale Charles Portis describes in his novel True Grit, they both express the true meaning of grit. In this novel, fourteen year old Mattie Ross and marshal Rooster Cogburn go on a life changing quest to find Tom Chaney, the murderer of Mattie’s father. The meaning of true grit is explored through Mattie Ross’s revenge seeking journey. Essentially, true grit refers to being strong-minded, determined, and unafraid of confronting difficult situations.

Even if something seems impossible, persistence can make it possible. In Sharon Old's', "The Race", the main character sense of urgency and willpower resolves in her achieving her objective - despite the odds. She is able to gain another opportunity to see her dying father solely because she did not give up and was eager in her task. The author exercises anaphora and imagery to deliver a frantic, but accomplished tone tone that coincides with the poem's theme of perseverance creates success. Anaphora is utilized in Olds', "The Race", to crete a feeling of breathless, continuos obstacles to the character's goal.

The theme perseverance shows up throughout the stories Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote! and Don’t Give up the Fight. The story's themes are similar because both Susan B Anthony and Ava are persevering through what seems like torture in their lives. Even though the theme is the same, the stories, both are different because Susan B Anthony is persevering through a much more difficult and much bigger problem than Ava. For example, Susan B Anthony has a more severe problem such as being sentenced to jail while in Don’t Give Up the Fight, Ava is dealing with not being appreciated at track.

To illustrate, one of the main traits of a so called hero is the ability to persevere through tough times and obstacles. However, a hero with perseverance can be people who lose limbs while fighting for their country. In the poem,” A Man” by Nina Cassian it talks about a man who while fighting for his country lost a arm, but the man never gave up and decided to keep on living instead of mourning over the arm. In paragraph 15-16 the author commented,”.....he set himself to do everything with twice as much enthusiasm.”Such events like this can actually happen in real life where a soldier loses a limb and then gives up on living life, but some soldiers keep on living life to the fullest and never gives in because of his/her lost limb. These types of people who never give up even though they lost a limb causing them to do things with twice as much difficulty, which shows the trait of perseverance. Even though people who lost a limb show perseverance more people do as well. For example people who lose or

Enduring and persevering through the snares of life is not always easy. Perseverance is not giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. In the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the characters face troubles and difficult situations. Louie in particular does not give up although all hope seems lost. Louie exemplifies perseverance through his experience in Olympic running, in the army, and in the ocean.

Kewauna used perseverance, passion, and effort to succeed in school. Firstly, Kewauna used perseverance to succeed in school. For Example, Paul Tough author of How Children Succeed, shares that she used manners and got help from a tutor to get worked finished (Tough). Thus, by using manners Kewauna used perseverance to succeed in school. Secondly, Kewauna was passionate about getting help in school.

From The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls uses her strength of perseverance to help her transition from a life of poverty to the upper middle class. Throughout the book she uses this strength to scrape together enough money to put herself through school and become a successful reporter. Although Jeanette faces many challenges during her childhood caused by her parents but becomes more determined to have a successful life. Her perseverance allows her to make more life-changing decisions without concern from her more closed-minded family. Even though she sometimes struggles with her transition to success because she is haunted by her past. Despite this, Jeanette moves away from her parents and Welch because of her own hard work and effort and continues

What is perseverance? Perseverance is the ability to go on when things seem hopeless. It is also a measure of success, or at least how much sacrifice one is willing to make in the name of success. As students, it is impossible to achieve personal success without having a goal, or direction. The goal and direction that often propels us to achieve is perseverance. Perseverance is the ability to forge ahead despite setbacks that threaten to undermine all efforts to succeed.