Blindsided

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My entire paper: Denzel Washington once said, “At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you've accomplished it’s about who you've lifted up, who you’ve made better.” People’s impact on others is one key to success. It can help others learn things they never knew or even just brighten their day. Blindsided is a story that teaches a valuable lesson that is true for even a modern teen: letting people into your life to help you can positively impact your life. In Blindsided, Natalie is struggling with having to learn new things since she is now blind. The author uses conflict to teach us that when trying to overcome major obstacles, we must be willing to accept help from others. For example, Miss Karen tries to help Natalie learn different techniques, but Natalie becomes stubborn and won’t let Miss Karen help her. Natalie loses Miss Karen’s help because of her attitude. Consequently, Natalie is not able to learn the techniques and new things Natalie needs to know. Also, Natalie misses home very much after she fully goes blind. While everyone does try to comfort her in this hard time she pushes them away and try to overcome everything on her own. When Natalie pushes everyone away, she loses that one-on-one …show more content…

If someone does not let someone help them, the person can become depressed. Once someone becomes boxed in to only themselves it make a negative impact on themselves. The person could stop eating, have no social interaction which can have negative impact on their brain, it can also keep them from learning new things. When I push people away or just try to stay to myself I realize that I can’t help but talk to others. If I do stay to myself it makes me feel a little depressed because I don’t have that interaction with others. Clearly, if you do not let people into your lives you can start to decline in your physical life and will not be able to learn new

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