Kayla from “The Bar Code Tattoo” by Suzanne Weyn and Quarta from “The Girl Who Was Only Born With 2 Arms And 2 Legs” by Stuart Baum Both are confident, 2 ways that they are confident is they never gave up and thay are brave. They are confident because they never gave up. One way that Kayla never gave up is she never gave up on finding the mountain where all of the non - bar code tattoo people. This explains that she didn’t want to be controlled by the government with the tattoo. The first way that Quarta never gave up is that she never gave up on being the same. This shows that she wanted to be like everyone else. Also, they are confident because they are brave. Quarta is brave because she saved kako from the tide pool. This explain that
Never give up is an Important life lesson. Mattie, from the book Fever, never gave up while she was fighting the yellow fever In the 1700s, Through Mattie and her family, Laurie Halse Anderson teaches kids in her story to never give up. In the end Mattie and her mom never gave up to fight the Fever and find each other. So when things get tough never give up. Mattie and her family struggle through the yellow fever.
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” Babe Ruth was always into trouble as a young kid before he became a baseball player. Jackie Robinson learned that the color of people does not matter. Struggling with offense, Ozzie Smith hit a walk off homerun in the World Series to win the game. To accomplish incredible goals one must face fear.
In the book, "Tattoos on the Heart, The Power of Boundless Compassion" by Gregory Boyle, has so many fascinating stories of Mr. Boyle's personal life helping gang members through the word of God or by Homeboy Industries. Father Boyle, himself is a really interesting person because within this book he talks about many people who go have these stories of neglect, loss, pain, and he helps them by doing what he knows, which was helping those in need through his faith. Also, the people's stories he elaborates on, connects to many characteristics like: gladness, success, kinship, and resilience. Due to that, whether we can relate to the problem or not, we have some sort of empathy towards the person because when someone is feeling lost, we can understand
(45). She was trying to defend herself by claiming how good she is. Her pride was also speaking
She faces powerful adversity as a teenager, which puts her in a hole. She didn’t let that stop her though. This represents how she made the change to want to get better, and developed a self-motivator within
Her persistence paid off and allowed her to achieve many things no one would have thought possible for her at the time. Another example of persistence being revealed is in the TED talk by Aimee mullins. Aimee Mullins didn’t enjoy having physical therapy when she was 5, but her doctor later found a way for her to enjoy it. Aimee Mullins persisted through her physical therapy which eventually led to her success as an athlete. If she had given up she never would have accomplished what she does now.
It didn’t matter to her that she would fail. It mattered that she was able to choose her decisions for herself and not having other people to do it for her. She was bullied, pushed to the brink, but still she never gave up on
She is free to accept herself and to live so outrageously independently that she doesn’t feel the need to deceive anymore. She isn’t afraid of anyone else, nor the person who she
We see this in the story when she is first kidnapped and is crying for her mom. She is not afraid to show her emotions even in a dangerous situation. We also see her emotional side when she talks about her childhood and how she was bullied. She gets emotional talking about it but also acknowledges how it made her a stronger person. This shows how she is not afraid to confront her emotions and use them to her advantage.
Another character who uses determination is Malala who keeps going no matter what like when she was speaking out for her right to learn “They can stop us from going to school, but they can’t stop us learning.” Malala is an eleven year old girl who likes to learn but her school closes down due to the Taliban. But she's not gonna let that stop her determination pushing her to get back her right to
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” A man named Sophocles once said this in the play, Antigone. Pride is where a person has a very high and mighty opinion of their own selves. This may lead to turmoil in lives of their self or others.
In paragraph 8 of "My Escape from North Korea", Hyeonseo Lee used determination to get passed the Chinese police. This is an example of determination because of cracking under the pressure of the police interrogation, Lee was able to achieve her goal of escaping North Korea. Because of Lee's determination, she was able to get herself and her family out of North
She thought she needed a man to be herself when she really did not and she figured that out. She found her confidence on her own because of who she is just like the woman in “Phenomenal
This causes people around her to view her as a “shy frigid little girl”. I was at the ballet company opens up for a new season her directed the size that she is perfect for the lead role this will mean that she will play both the black and the white swan. Her innocent personality makes her
Most importantly one can, and one should, be proud of the person they are. If who they are is the person they’ve chosen to be, they should be proud of themselves more than anything else, because to become a person of your choice is breaking out of forces of nature, time, culture and