Warren Pryor Comparative Essay

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Napoleon Hill stated that “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." But growth is different for everyone. In this essay it is put to the test between two stories Warren Pryor and the Bicycle. If the reader looks at characters in the story Bicycle and the poem Warren Pryor, Hannah, and Warren Pryor both experienced growth. Both stories tell the reader, the character experience growth, but the way they experienced it was very different from each other. As Hannah grew, she made her own choices and decides for herself what she wanted to do in her life. As Warren Pryor grew, he adjusted to what was given because he was forced to do what his parents wanted him to do.

In the story Bicycle, Hannah was introduced as a character who was unable to express her opinions. Later in the story, she makes her own choices. Hannah later takes Avi’s bike and rides around the …show more content…

He claims that he has a body like a young bear. Black bears tend to weight 70 - 120 kg and the average human weight is 80.7 kg in North America. Bigger people tend to do hard labour in general. By the line “Hard and serious like a young bear in a teller cage.” The author was implying that he thought that he is unsuitable for a teller job and needed a job in hard labour. Warren Pryor changes by making sacrifices so that he can be what his parents describe as being successful. In this case, he becomes a bank teller and gives up and other job options that he would have like to do.

In conclusion, Warren Pryor and Bicycle is different because each protagonist's growth is different. Warren Pryor tends to grow up as a person who changes his identity for others. While Hannah grows to find out what successful means to her. As William Shatner stated “Success is different for

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