Perseverance: An Essay On Brian's Winter

Brian’s Return is about a man named Brian, he volunteered to go on a camping

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 Hatchet, Brian had to keep a positive mind this was hard without someone motivating lucky he had his memories to guide him.One of the memories was important quote from his teacher Mr.Peirch said”Perpich had put it—stay positive and stay on top of things” (In chapter 5 of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen).Brain had this memory alone to motivate him. This was important because it shows how good it’s to have these memories

Crash!!! A plane had just smashed into the middle of the Canadian Wilderness. Brian used many survival strategies to survive in the wilderness. Some of the survival strategies are Trial and Error, Staying Positive and Visualizing some of things he made in his head. These are just some of many survival strategies used by Brian while he was marooned in the Canadian Wilderness.

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 her book, Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand vividly illustrates the suffering surpassed by the protagonist, Louie. By doing so, Hillenbrand depicts the cruelty of Japanese prisoner of war detainment camps throughout the duration of the Second World War. Louie's interminable determination and perseverance reveals the concealed dexterity of human nature while exploring not only American political and social values, but also the global spiritual contingency throughout moments of disdain.

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.

Jon Krakauer reveals the good in McCandless that is hidden from all his other previous mistakes. Although McCandless struggles with the concept of intimacy, he is gifted in the act of perseverance. Another thing McCandless has learned is survival, as presented with how long he stayed alive with limited resources. McCandless is a hard working individual as Krakauer as stated through the theme of perseverance. McCandless has many travel experiences, he’s traveled across vast parts of America, which is quite challenging especially with the lack of money because the world is a very materialistic place. His adventure through Mexico is another example of his survival skills as he only had very limited amounts of rice as food. Lastly, before he died

Charles Baxter has become a very successful author, mainly of short stories. In one of his most championed pieces “Winter Journey”, from his short story collection Gryphon, the story follows a character named Harrelson. The reader may read the story and wonder what the point of the story was. What exactly was the message or moral of the story? That is where Thomas C. Foster’s masterpiece, How to Read Like a Professor, comes into play. In the very first chapter of the book Foster introduces the topic of quests. In which he argues that every trip is a quest. Harrelson who is going to pick up his fiance, does in fact go on a journey. Therefore, Harrelson’s journey is not just a simple task, instead it embodies a quest he embarks in which he

Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken recounts Louie Zamperini's incredible life. The novel contains extreme obstacles that Zamperini overcame in his life, in which motifs of survival, resilience, and redemption emerge. Zamperini, a former Olympic athlete, survived a record-breaking forty-seven days at sea and then survived two years in Japanese Prisoner of War camps. Zamperini persisted and never lost faith even when the Bird constantly tormented him till near death. In Unbroken Hillenbrand correctly argues that with perseverance and Christianity one can overcome the most forbidding of obstacles.

Brian's Winter takes place in the Canadian Wilderness near a small lake. On one side of the lake is a small rocky ledge where Brian has set up camp. The entire area is surrounded by a big forest filled with wildlife. Even though the area is uninhabited and lonely, nature provides many helpful things to Brian’s survival. The lake water provides Brian with necessary drinking water, water to bathe and keep a clean camp. It also is a source to catch fish for food. The rocky ledge area gives Brian a place to build a shelter. The forest’s wood gives Brian materials for a shelter, fire and material to make weapons like bows and arrows. Additionally, the forest is a place that the wildlife can be hunted for food. "Brian took foolbirds or rabbits

“ And there came hunger”.(pg6) brain felt strong feelings and realized it would be a struggle to survive. Hunger and loneliness forced Brain to face challenges he wasn’t prepared for.

Monty Python’s Life of Brian is more than just a mere comedy; it is a Biblical, religious, and political satire. Like all Python films, Life of Brian seems to educate the viewer while at the same time providing entertainment. Unfortunately not all of the elements in Life of Brian occurred in real life, which takes away from the validity of the plot. While not everything is accurate, it seems that a majority of the film could be considered genuine. In order to understand an analysis of the film, one must first have a basic sense of the plot.

Beep! Beep! Beep! I wake up to an alarm screaming in my ear. I smack the alarm to shut the yelling off. It was a January day, in the middle of the cold, brutal winter. I finally got up after sitting in bed for what felt like hours, and looked outside like I do every morning. I noticed that there was no sign of grass to be seen. All that could be seen was white, frozen blanket of thick snow. I started to get ready for the school day and I just prayed that school was going to be canceled. As soon as I was fully ready I stepped outside and my food sunk down a foot and a half below the snow! I could not believe it that school was still open. As soon as I got to my car that was completely covered in snow, my mother comes out and yells that school was closed. I felt a huge wave as release and I ran back inside and went right back to sleep.

Having a positive brain is important when it comes to being successful in many ways. One benefit of having a positive brain is that it always helps someone see the silver lining of any situation, no matter how miserable the situation might be. Another benefit of having a positive brain is that the brain performs significantly better in a positive state of mind instead of a negative state of mind. Achor also mentions in his TED Talk, a positive brain means that “your intelligence rises, your creativity rises and your energy levels rise”. Finally by having a positive brain, one can more successful in their careers by having a positive state of mind rather than a negative state of mind. I would definitely incorporate Achor’s entire positive brain