Compare And Contrast Essay On African American Carter

David Brooks once said, “Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so”. Being known as a successful person in today’s society is perceived as the ultimate goal for a fulfilling life. A majority of the rich and successful people today are born into their wealth from their family’s upbringing, while those who are struggling to make a name for themselves are not triumphant because of their role in society. Are we born into a society that discourages young people to strive for greatness because of the possibility that they will fail? Does failure or success contribute to the daunting attempt to follow your aspirations? Richard Wright overcomes racism, religious bigotry, poverty, violence, and lack of appreciation for the importance of education. Jimmy Carter overcomes growing up in the rural South at a time when racial slurs were normal, and when a definite class system categorized his family as poor white folk, which is of equal class as the African Americans who worked on …show more content…
Benjamin Disraeli once said, “Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success.” a quote that contributes to the hard work Carter and Wright had demonstrated. Wright is faced with the obstacle of feeling like he failed his family’s expectations. His love of literature began at a young age, when he realized that the words he was being taught had meaning to them. “The tremendous upheaval that my words had caused made me know that there lay back of them much more than I could figure out, and I resolved that in the future I would learn the meaning of why they had beat and denounced me” (72). The realization that his education was actually worth something inspired Wright to continue working hard in order to make a difference in the