Success
While going on a journey to be successful there are many up and downs that can create a stronger person or knock a person down. When a person keeps on fighting over and over without giving up he or she are described to be ambitious like Jane Golden who was mentioned in Purpose by Angela Duckworth. Continuing to go further and further a person will run into others who are in need of help, and the right thing to do is be caring like Louie Zamperini who is viewed as a hero in today’s world and in Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Once reaching a stage in life that is comfortable a person will soon discovered happiness. Principal Ms.Short is starting find happiness at Solon High School. Because success is an accomplishment that is very complex through a long period, it is a mixture of
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In the reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and witnessing all of the harsh problems that Louie had to face, I could predict that he will soon be at the state of being happy. Louie struggled to withdraw from the war and continue to have fear from it. He decided to visit back to the scene and started to lose his fear and emotion. The author points out the turning point by concluding, “His rage, his humiliation, his helplessness, had fallen away. His dignity had returned. That morning, he believed he was a new creation” (Hillenbrand 269). Louie found his happiness and became a better version of himself. When looking to find happiness it isn’t just about doing something for your own good. Erin Short learned that happiness could be found in any event by affecting others. Ms.Short stated, “ Yes, I think selfishness is a part of human nature. But it is not a trait I have to combat very often because I am happiest when I am helping others reach their goals.” By not being self centered and being more opened to others, Ms.Short found it more simply to find
In the essay Why Happiness, Why Now? Sara Ahmed talks about how one’s goal in life is to find happiness. Ahmed begins her essay with skepticism and her disbeliefs in happiness. She shows her interest in how happiness is linked to a person’s life choices. Ahmed also tries to dig deeper, and instead of asking an unanswerable question, “what is Happiness?” she asks questions about the role of happiness in one’s life.
Success is the chance to go out there and use the resources available to take advantage of opportunities that most people do not. Usually, things happen in life and it can prevent the process of obtaining success. In the readings, “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara and “Horatio Alger” by Harlon L. Dalton conveys the message that success is not always an everyday thing and it takes opportunities for it to become part of life. In “The Lesson”, an angered girl named Sylvia is taken on a field trip to a toy store with Miss Moore to learn a valuable lesson. The lesson is to become successful in society because it is the only way to make it to the top. On the other hand, “Horatio Alger” shows more of a realistic viewpoint where success is not as easy
It reveals that Louie is trying hard to become a better person and excel in life.
The philosopher Aristotle once wrote, “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” This famous quote compels people to question the significance of their joy, and whether it truly represents purposeful lives they want to live. Ray Bradbury, a contemporary author, also tackles this question in his book, Fahrenheit 451, which deals heavily with society's view of happiness in the future. Through several main characters, Bradbury portrays the two branches of happiness: one as a lifeless path, heading nowhere, seeking no worry, while the other embraces pure human experience intertwined together to reveal truth and knowledge.
Happiness plays an important and necessary role in the lives of people around the world. In America, happiness has been engrained in our national consciousness since Thomas Jefferson penned these famous words in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson). Since then, Americans have been engaged in that act: pursuing happiness. The problem however, as Ray Bradbury demonstrates in his novel Fahrenheit 451, is that those things which make us happy initially may eventually lead to our downfall. By examining Guy Montag, the protagonist in Fahrenheit 451, and the world he lives in we can gain valuable insights to direct us in our own pursuit of happiness. From Montag and other characters we will learn how physical, emotional, and spiritual happiness can drastically affect our lives. We must ask ourselves what our lives, words, and actions are worth. We should hope that our words are not meaningless, “as wind in dried grass” (Eliot).
Humans can be pushed far past their limits before they have realized they’ve had enough. Very few people in this world can pick themselves back up when being pushed into the dirt by their very worst enemies. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken represents this very idea. Louie Zamperini’s life was almost perfect until he was sent into a war zone. He experienced being tormented and physically abused every day as a POW without being able to fight back. The abuse taught him to “rise”, as stated in Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”. Angelou wrote about the struggles of being belittled by others. “Still I Rise” and Unbroken are both similar because they both exemplify having the ability to face your enemies and leaving your anger in the past.
In any case of war, the will to continue on and live is essential for survival. The feeling of going on no matter what horrendous situation is called persevering. Giving up is never a good option, the chances of survival or accomplishing is almost to none. A real-life example is the legacy of Louis Zamperini, a famous Olympic miler who was taken as a Japanese POW which is written in author Laura Hillenbrand’s book Unbroken. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken portrays the message of persevering in the direst situation is essential for survival.
Take a man’s strength, damage his body; take a man’s mind, and damage his life. Louie Zamperini an Olympic all star, trained to shatter the 4min mile barrier, and drafted to fight in the prelude of war. Near the end of it, he had already resisted so much physical pain. However after the war Louie had many psychological struggles that were harder for him. If Louie tries to live his life ordinarily, without concern, then he will be consumed completely. In Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses Louie’s experiences to show the theme, people have an intrinsic ability to heal from physical and psychological wounds that are suffered.
After getting many recommendations to read Unbroken by Hillenbrand, I was glad to see the book on our school reading list. I had high hopes for this book and it did make most of them.
If everyone thinks that without struggle, it is easy to obtain their goals that is entirely false. Struggle comes from the progress of our success and achievement. It is an indication that we poured all of our time and patience into the things we pursue. Jeannette Walls, the author of The Glass Castle, explain her struggles. She survives by finding foods from the trash can and earns money by babysitting, exchanging scrap metal, finding jobs, and from her parents. As a graduating student from high school, receiving my diploma is an indication that I ...
This short story is analogous to Daniel Gilbert’s idea that we will feel happier when we are “appropriately challenged” in The Science Behind the Smile article written by Gardiner Morse (HBR 87). Gilbert also explains that when we are “appropriately challenged”, we can achieve goals that are difficult, yet within our reach (HBR 87). Gilbert then describes that if there is a reward, then it will serve as a motivational factor to achieve a goal. Lastly, Gilbert states that frequent positive experiences lead to happiness because those positive experiences will add up over time. Ultimately, we will have more positive experiences than negative experiences, as a result, we will feel happier (HBR 88). I agree with Gilbert that through appropriate challenges such as taking AP classes in high school, I learned how to develop better studying habits which helped me succeed in my challenging courses at CRC. Through my success, I feel happy because I am going in the right direction of achieving my goal to transfer to UC Davis next
Whether it’s at school or the Olympics, everyone wants to be first place and it grabs everyone attention to become the best. A gold medal represents the effort and energy which they strive to accomplish and achieve. Everyone in my life who support and care about me deserves a gold medal, but there is one person that has been always there to help. I know it is cliche and common to say but I haven’t given enough credit for this one person, my mom. ‘Melinda Luong’ or ‘mom’ is a name I will always smile to. She is the one who is determined to make my life successful and prosperous. The definition ‘happy’ is what she make me become and although she sometimes stresses me, I know for a fact that she is the one person I can rely on for my entire life. She has fought and sacrificed so much for my generation to be happy. I undoubtedly believe that my mom
“Success Is Counted Sweetest”, by Emily Dickinson, is a poem that deals with the understanding of success and who is more aware of success. The poem deals with themes of desire and success. It begins by explaining how success is held to a higher standard and desired more by the people who don't succeed regularly as opposed to those that succeed constantly. People who rarely, if ever, succeed, regard it as a miraculous experience and want it more since they rarely get to enjoy it. The poem then continues the theme of success and the desire by explaining how others who have experienced success regularly would not be able to comprehend why those who do not experience success as much to hold it to a greater esteem. They have not experienced the
For a few of us, success is being a stay-at-home housewife, successfully bringing up your youngsters. For others, success might be instructing or directing. To others, success might be characterized by the measure of instruction you accomplished. You may feel that you need to get your doctorate degree, in light of the fact that every other person in your family has done likewise. Nobody can figure out what success is to you, yet you. There are excessively a large number of us living miserable lives, since we are effectively accomplishing brief comment another person happiness, which implies that you are unsuccessful to
Just about every important event in life is presented as a milestone on the road to happiness. Childhood is supposed to be a happy time where the child is protected and kept from fear and danger. Getting one’s driver’s license is seen as a step toward that child’s independence, his freedom, his happiness. Graduating from high school and going to college or entering the work force is another step toward independence, freedom, and happiness. Getting married is usually done because the person one chooses as a spouse makes them happy. Having children makes a person happy usually, hopefully. The career one chooses makes one happy hopefully, or at least it makes one flush with cash if not happy, perhaps rich is the next best thing. Looking forward to retiring after wor...