...Perseverance through tough times As you know, you are beaten down many times in life, but it is perseverance that will get you through those times in life. In the book The Call Of The Wild, Buck is beaten down many times along with the other dogs. With great perseverance Buck fights to get up, and steps up to fight for the people he cares for. In contrast to Buck, my mom had to have great perseverance to step up when my grandpa got sick. Although, Buck and my mother are very different, they were both badly beaten down but decided to get back up and step up to help their family and friends. No matter what type of species you are, we all have to go through many tough situations. But perseverance is what will get you through those situations, and will help you to thrive later on in life....
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...home might require perseverance. In Call of the Wild, Buck is taken away from his home to live a harmful, and torturing lifestyle and will need to persevere. On the other hand, my mom, like most people, moved away from her home looking for a new start. Even though their situations differ, Buck and my mom, both had to start new lives which required perseverance. Anyone, even animals can encounter hard times, and have to evolve in order to persevere. For example, when Buck was first getting sold, he had to face the beating of a club. When the club first hit him, he was extremely angry and confused, because he had never had to obey anyone before this happened. In another instance, Buck kept getting attacked by Spitz, so...
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...Jack London, the writer behind the prominent and well-known story, The Call of the Wild, shows readers what it is like to survive and get through tough times. His book follows a dog named Buck, the protagonist of the story. He is taken from his home to work up north near the Klondike Mountains. Buck struggles in the freezing and blizzard-like climate, outsmarts his owners, defeats his enemies, becomes a leader, and is finally set free. With every twist and turn, the dog stood strong and powered through life with perseverance and courage. Jack London’s writing is a clear example of surviving by having determination and persistence. In the beginning of Jack London’s masterpiece, an antagonist arose. Spitz, the lead dog of Francois and Perrault’s...
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...New jobs can be tough and require a lot of work, effort, and perseverance. In the Call of the Wild, Buck gets his first job, Spitz fell into the ice and almost dragged the whole team in. Buck persevered and tried his hardest to drag the team out of the ice. In contrast to Buck, my dad persevered when he got his new job, and the company downsized. Since my dad was one of the new reps they had to let him go. But he was stubborn and never gave up looking for a job. Buck had to persevere through the hard times even when Perrault and Francois sold him. My dad had to persevere even though he lost his job. My dad was stubborn and never gave up. But he also had a newborn baby to feed and a new house to pay for. Buck was sold and kept working hard and doing what he thought was right. Altogether we all have something we persevere through, it could be something from really big to something really small. In The Call of the Wild, Buck’s new job is tough...
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...A Life Changing Experience Perseverance can be a life changing event. Buck had a life-changing event when he was sold to many different owners, not liking a lot of them. Making his life a lot harder. My dad has also experienced a life changing event. He lost his job. Lucky him he didn't like telemarketing. But he had no experiences in his career so it made it hard for him to find a job. While Buck dealt with harsh physical and mental issues. My father dealt with mental issues that made his life hard for our whole family. Losing your job is really hard on you as well as the people around you. But Buck had a hard time also when he had to learn to survive in the snow. In Call of the Wild, Buck was taken from his warm peaceful lifestyle...
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...solely around responsibility to others and living up to others’ expectations. The poem urges us to enter into a wild night in order to find our own voices and personality. In the face of the power of conformity by others, the poem explores a transformation towards a more self-fulfilling life. The poem depicts a journey that goes against the prevailing current of society, which requires a certain determination and self-empowerment to overcome. Society, continually pressuring us to mend our lives, shouting their bad advice, pushing us to succumb to their forces. However, this leads to rocking our very foundations and losing our individuality until we are able to fight back and recognize our voices as our own. The journey is a metaphor for a harmonious, spiritual journey towards individual change. In the beginning, it is evident that the journey this person is following is hard, she is struggling. The voices around...
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...to his death. Many people, such as the Into the Wild author Jon Krakauer, believe that “McCandless wasn’t some feckless slacker, adrift and confused, racked by existential despair. To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily” (184). Even though I do not agree with the methods he used while on this spiritual journey, I do agree with Krakauer’s assertion that he kept hope alive even while close to death, and that his life “hummed with meaning and purpose”. McCandless came from a comfortable upper middle class family. Many people would say that Christopher McCandless had a relatively good life. His parents worked hard to provide him with all the necessary tools to ensure that he had a secure future. When he graduated, his parents were under the impression that he was going to attend law school. Chris had different plans which became evident when he donated all his money to OXFAM, and he disappeared into the wild. He didn’t want to be tied down by the stresses of today’s society; he didn’t want an ordinary life. He felt “emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence” (22). Chris attempted the impossible when he decided to venture into the wild to give his life a deeper meaning. Chris McCandless...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Suffering and Pain in the Christian Life Submitted to Dr. Albert Letting, In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of SEMI 500 B22 Introduction to Seminary Studies by Philip Mion January 22, 2015 Outline……………………………………………………………………………iii Introduction………………………………………………………………………1 C . S . Lewis’ Influential Experiences with Pain and Suffering………………2 The Weight of Pain and Suffering………………………………..……….2 C. S. Lewis’ Theological Foundations on Why God is God?………………….4 Divine Goodness…………………………………………………………6 Human Pain………………………………………………………………8 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………...
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...able to relate with his classmates; they had in common a feeling of compassion for each other and “took no comfort in the fact that, unlike Hyeyoon Cho, we all knew the irregular past tense of the verb to defeat,” (122). As the school year continued, the feeling that it was going to be “impossible to believe that any of us would ever improve,” (125) sunk in deeper and deeper. At one point, the teacher insulted Sedaris, maybe worse than she had previously; it was that moment that he realized he understood every word she had said and a huge sense of accomplishment overcame him. All at once, he had his ah-ha! moment and realized that while the teaching method was unorthodox and sometimes outright abusive and scary, through hard work and perseverance he had learned far more than he was cognizant of. He felt as though “the world opened up,” (137). He recognized that while he still had a lot of work to do to be able to speak French fluently, understanding was the first milestone and he had overcome...
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...“I Have a Dream” is a public speech delivered by Martin Luther King, a prominent figure in American History, in which he calls for racial equality. Throughout his speech, Martin Luther King inspires and motivates his audience to create a social movement for the betterment of the standards of living for black people in America. The transcript deals with the themes of equality and freedom by using a variety of literary techniques. Social exclusion of the “Negro”, according to Martin Luther King, is holding back America from truly being “great”. He encourages those who are fighting for equality and freedom from the constraints of society to continue their struggle for the betterment of the entire black society. He seems to say that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, but it must be demanded by the oppressed. The theme of undying hope is also discussed as Martin Luther King encourages his viewers to be persistent in whatever they do. Direct addressal of the reader helps the orator to emotionally connect with the reader to have a greater impact on the audience. The speech begins with direct addressal of the reader to provide emotional connection and thereby enhance the motivational effect of the speech. The possessive pronoun “my” in the noun phrase “my friends” unites Martin Luther King with his audience and so has the ability to strengthen the impact of his inspirational speech. The theme of hope is discussed through repetition of adverbs. The adverb “still” in...
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... Robert L. Forbes ENG 225 Film: From Watching to Seeing. Instructor Ebony Gibson April 29, 2013 Final Film Critique: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Everyone likes to laugh, and this film is no stranger to the call. O Brother, Where Art Thou is indeed a comical action/adventure and musical romp Directed by Joel Coen and Produced by Ethan Coen. The Cast consist of many favorites in film such as George Clooney, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson. The film O Brother, according to well-known film critic Roger Ebert (2000), “is based on Homer’s The Odyssey” (p.1), this is an epic Greek poem around 700 B.C. Although the setting is much different, the Homeric journey of three would be prisoners of the late 1930s are similar to The Odyssey and its theme of perseverance. The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou however has a comical twist accompanied by great Gospel/Bluegrass music, and scenes that play into an allegorical concept including references to repentance and salvation during the depression of that era. The storyline in this movie the collaborating efforts of the Coen brothers and cinematographer Roger Deakins bring together a musical and adventurous comedy filled with action. This story depicts an era in...
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...graveyard, Dimmesdale agrees with me that Hester’s sin is better to publicly displayed than concealed. Soon I resume my attempt to dismember Dimmesdale’s heart, mind, and soul, I tell him that I can never cure him as long as he continues to hide any and everything. In reply, he tell me that his sickness is a “sickness of the soul,” and cries out that he will not reveal his secret to "an earthly physician." Agitated and possibly annoyed, he rushes from the room. A chilling smile creeps onto my face. Success! Not long after, I find Dimmesdale peacefully asleep in a chair. Taking this opportunity, I pull aside the minister's vestment, he stare at his chest. Little did i know, I would be in for a terrifyingly,wonderful surprise, one that causes "a wild look of wonder, joy, and horror." One that cause me to spontaneously break into dance of pure...
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...Wild Wood Faculty Farahan Habib Zinnia 4/12/2015 Group project principles of marketing Spring 2015 Team Fantastic 5 ------------------------------------------------- WILDWood Furniture Group project Principles of Marketing MKT202, Section: 14 Faculty FARHANA HABIB ZINNIA (FHZ) FANTASTIC 5 The team members NAME ID Fuad Bin Saif 1411722630 Hossain Ahmed Shuvo 1420947030 Mithila Israt Amey 1411488630 Sohel Rana 1420318030 Ipshita Tasneem Fariha 1410155630 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The most pleasant part of submitting the report is to get the opportunity. We would like to thank those who have contributed to it a lot. Unfortunately, the list of expression of thanks- no matter how extensive is always incomplete and inadequate. These acknowledgements are no exception. First and foremost we would like to thank almighty Allah for bestowing us the patience and courage to finish this huge task within its deadline. Thanks must go to the team members, whose unflagging patience and astounding capacity...
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...three men that are now making all the decisions for one hundred and seventy four other passengers, crewmembers and myself, although very intelligent and equally portray a common sense type of character, have a set of totally different ethical beliefs. The theorist with the divine command type of personality preached daily about “doing what God wants us to do” and how it’s important for parents to raise their children with a strong religious background if we want them to find eternal life with God. Don’t get me wrong, its not that I think he’s wrong or disagree, I just believe that my vacation time involves a lot of RR and I certainly don’t want to be discussing such personal matters with complete strangers. Now, the second gentleman whom I call the “relativist” seems like he has a good head on his shoulders. He’s very personable, courteous, and seems to be a very rational human being. He’s not critical of anyone, minds his own business and has been extremely tolerable with the divine command theorist and the conversations he has basically imposed on him with his beliefs. He’s a neutral type of guy that really wishes to be left alone to enjoy his wonderful...
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...himself but for Christ Jesus. It seems as if our world has been moving further and further away from God in spite of His numerous interventions. Winthrop’s words provide a certain amount of perspective of what it means to be the salt and light of the world. To know your place in society as well as others. We all have a God-given purpose in life to emulate His Son. To act as He did. To treat others as we would have them treat us. To embrace our fellow man not as an enemy, but as a friend in need. This is the ultimate goal we should all be striving for because when we can view others as not being our adversary’s genuine change is bound to occur. Conclusion Winthrop did not have to partake in the challenges set before him to settle a wild, untamed land, yet for the glory of God he accepted graciously. His tenets for a Christian model are just as desirable today as they were when first written so many centuries ago. He knew what would be required of the colonists if they were to be successful in their endeavor of civilizing the New World. His words were selfless, awe-inspiring projections for achieving the goals set before them. Intertwined with a scriptural foundation, Winthrop provided the motivation for not only building a prosperous community, but also one whose groundwork was cemented in further advancing the kingdom of God. I cannot help but hold the highest regard for a man I can only know through his literary works. His model, as well as his actions, convinces...
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