"work hard to let your dreams come true". This is the most important sentence from many people around the world. But not only in the United States of America people are following their dreams. This also is usual in Great Britain. But above all this, is it always successful to give anything to reach your goals? In the following I am trying to find some answers to this question. First of all, the movie Billy Elliot shall display a good example for my question. Growing up in the eighties in Great Britain, the eleven years old boy Billy Elliot lives in a little town, where most of the people were miners. His absolute dream is becoming a professional ballet dancer. To reach his goals he is taking much struggle upon himself. Whereas Billy Elliot …show more content…
Secondly, there is the business world which often does not see the potential in Muslim women. As a consequence, starting a job is not easy for Muslim women. But they are strong believing in themselves with much confidence and stamina. Therefore, they free themselves from the traditions to reach modernity and success. But is all this dreaming successful? Billy Elliot fights for his dream, although, his father does not allow him to dance. But he has a dancing teacher who strongly believes in Billy's talent. As a result of the prohibitions, the dancing lessons are secret. Billy still has no money because his father and brother only are miners in the coal mines. Also, they are striking against the closing of the mines and do not earn money as a consequence. But Billy practices a lot an becomes better at dancing. As his father sees his ambitions and talent he changes his mind and allows him to take part in a competition for a dancing school. Therefore, he resumes his work again to finance Billie's dream. At the end of the film Billy Elliot is a successful ballet dancer and has all pride and support from his
Are you doing your part to keep the american dream alive?. In the article Keeping The Dream Alive author Jon meacham has a very clear thought on what's going on in America which in his ideas are that the upper class wealthy have more control and certain breaks. Meacham does a great job of conveying the dream throughout the history of america going in chronological order. Many great Americans believed that we have the power to make the world or at least America a better place not perfect but better.
There are a few things that can bring the town of Odessa, Texas together, football is one. Certain families aggrandize over the sport more than others. There is a direct contrast between the families of Boobie Miles and Brian Chavez. Boobie Miles’ uncle LV Miles always pushes Boobie at home and tries to live out his high school dreams of playing football, which he could not do because of segregation and the black school not having a football program at the time, whereas Brian pushes himself to succeed in both football and academics because he knows that there is life after high school football. Boobie Miles was passed through school not having to do any work, but after he was injured it seemed as though he did not matter anymore.
His story starts with a disadvantage and he is called to adventure by a tragic event. As a boy, Rudy is small in size compared to other kids in his age and his high school grades were not good at all. These conditions prevent him from going to the University of Notre Dame in order to join his dream football team and disadvantages him from playing against other players in football games. However, Rudy does not give up his dream and his best friend named, Pete, always encourages his dream. When Peter passes away in a tragic accident in a steel mill, that Rudy gets called into adventure.
Thornton Wilder exploit’s the drama plasticity of time and space. He is making full use of the ability of a stage act to represent anyplace. For the time of pass with the speed of an onstage announcement. Guide to American Literature Thornton believes that there are no good ages and no bad ages.
The odds were stacked against him, but Tony’s relationship with Jesus Christ allowed him to defy these odds. Although Tony is full of football potential, he is afraid of being hit. However, Tony learns to take the hits with the help of Coach Gerelds, and becomes a star player. As Tony gains popularity, racist pressure hits and he is threatened to quit. Tony fights through the adversity with fortitude and courage, continuing to play football for Woodlawn.
To put this into different words, Henry David Thoreau once said “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” This quote shows how the young men in this movie lived their lives after Mr. Keating showed them the ways of the Transcendentalists and the Romantics. Neil Perry was inspired to try out for a play and got the lead part of Puck in A Midsummer Night's
To reap you must sew, so without working hard it will be difficult for one to be successful. In today's world competitive world everyone wants to be wealthy and successful. Whether it may be a successful actor, designer, realtor, or inventor luck had nothing to do with it, but hard work does. When it came to The American Dream, people believed that if they worked hard enough they would be able to sustain a better life for those behind them. Success may be described as the realization of any goal.
Another example of Billy 's personality is his naiveness. Even when he remembers that he has heard about the disappearances of the landlady 's 'guests ' mentioned in the newspaper, he continues to believe her even when she keeps denying the fact that Billy is talking about 'her ' Mr.Mulholland and Mr.Temple. Another aspect of his personality is his curiosity about why the landlady hasn 't been "simply swamped by applicants" as "There were no other hats or coats in the hall. There were no umbrellas, no walking sticks - nothing. ", even though there were 2 people 'living ' at the bed and breakfast. This is also an example of foreshadowing which I
He understood that his father would disagree with this decision, but he wanted to follow his dreams of acting. Without the influence of Mr. Keating, Neil might have never been influenced in the way he did. A more strict teacher, like the rest of the teachers at Welton, might have only threatened him to focus on his studies, much like Neil’s father might have
Neil’s father, Mr. Perry was responsible for his son’s suicide. “Neil couldn’t deal with the idea that to give up acting was to quit playing the roles that he lived every day, and so he killed himself because he “realized that he had not lived” up to that point” (See). Neil was not an honest person to himself or his father. Neil’s father wants the best for him and is able to give him the best education. “You have opportunities that I never even dreamt of and I am not going to let you waste them” (Schulman).
He started to take risks. The opportunities before him were endless. He could finally pursue his passion for acting and create a new path to his independence by acting in another school’s play. Then, Neil let the consequences of
Support: Eric Thomas, the author of the book ‘The Secret to Success’, once said about success that whatever paths taking us to success, at some point we all have to go through the boulevard of hard work. Example: If you want to achieve success, hard work and dedication are the second element after explicit plans. In addition, we had better take responsibility for our tasks. None can help us to fulfil our targets but ourselves, hence learning to bear responsibility is very essential.
At least he did not directly make an effort to ensure that Neil’s success was limited by to the subjects that would lead him to becoming something that Neil was coerced into believing he was supposed to become, like Mr. Perry did. Mr. Perry trapped Neil into a corner, by taking away everything that meant so much to him. Neil had come to the realization of his fathers doings, at it must have been too much for him to handle, as death was his only resort of getting out of his controlled life. Mr. Perry contributed to his son's death more than anyone else, as Neils plan to continue his new heart full of passion for acting was now destroyed, just as he saw his
Mr. Keating is viewed as rowdy and rebellious to the conservative structure the preparatory usually implements. Neil’s parents are viewed as dominating Neil’s life. Neil parents are overbearing about what Neil needs to do and who he needs to become. Todd thinks his parents favor his brother. They are always comparing him to his brother that previously graduated.
How to Achieve Success The term of success appears frequently in public notice and it spurs extensive interests in public. Everybody wants to achieve success, but the fact is that not everyone can make it even though he or she has tried his or her best. Then it comes to a question - how to make it? Does it depend on opportunity or any other features?