Caroline Alexander's The Voyage Of The James Caird

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Being determined is the key to survival because the determination is what pushes a person to strive forward and persevere. A person having determination is at the base of a pyramid on the key for survival because you cannot succeed in any goal without being determined. For example, a person who is good at something is good at that thing because they were determined to learn to do it. Many articles and stories such as Caroline Alexander’s “The Voyage of the James Caird”, Grayson Schaffer’s “The Value of a Sherpa Life”, The Writer by Richard Wilbur, and Hugging the Jukebox by Naomi Shihab Nye prove these statements.
In Caroline Alexander’s, “The Voyage of the James Caird”, the voyagers on the James Caird were determined to not give up after all …show more content…

The Writer is about the daughter of an author working on her story. The author passes by her room listening to her type. As he does this, he recalls the difficulties of writing a story. As the father passes by his daughter while she is writing, he states, “I wish her a lucky passage. But now it is she who pauses. As if to reject my thought and its easy figure” (Wilbur, 9-11). This scene shows how the father is determined that his daughter will write successfully. This is shown through his wish for his daughter. What this scene shows you is that even family who understands a certain feeling someone else in the family is getting will feel it for that person. These moments where someone feels for another person makes those that know someone that feels for them, …show more content…

This little boy is in love with his grandparent's jukebox and rarely release it. This boy is an amazing singer. It is unknown where he got this gift from because no one else in his family is able to sing like he does. After the grandparents are done watching the boy for the day, “They’ve tried putting him to bed, but he sings in bed” (Nye, 29). This scene shows that when you love something you don’t give it up. This boy’s determination to not give up is shown as he sings in bed. What this scene shows is that even small children will not let go of things if they are determined to not give up. These moments in the story make people want to continue doing what they love, and not letting go of

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