Paige's 'Resisting Against Difficulties'

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Persisting Against Difficulties
“Sibling relationships are like Tom and Jerry. They tease each other, knock down each other, irritate each other, but can’t live without each other” (Unknown). Siblings constantly clash, conflict, and combat amongst themselves like frequently warring factions that disagree about irrelevant problems. Rarely, culture promotes, encourages, or displays the important virtues of kindness, persistence, and courage within marvelous siblings. Paige demonstrates kindhearted compassion, passionate perseverance, and amazing courage through benevolent attitude, determination to overcome obstacles, and fearless actions.
Admirably, Paige exhibits a character of sweetness, sympathy, and gentleness whenever she enters the room
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Effectively displaying bravery, Paige journeys to Six Flags Magic Mountain. As she prepares to board the X2, one of the most extreme roller coasters in the park, her stomach begins to churn quicker than the spiraling, swirling, cataclysmic whirlpool of Charybdis. Although hesitant, she conquers her despair, uneasiness, and apprehension like a Spanish conquistador and boards the extreme expedition of thrill. Clank, clank, clank, the sound of the lift rattling, rumbling, and roaring against the coffin like a a train. Uneasiness increases, anxiety heightens, dread expands. Suddenly, the train begins to crest the hill. Paige perceives the monster, the creature, the beast preparing her descent into hell. Clashing, clawing, conflicting through the track, she finally defeats the monstrosity. The coffin rolls back into the station. Thus, she vanquishes her horrors, fear, and dismay. The conquering of the X2 highlights Paige’s personality of bravery, fortitude, and mettle. Although fearful at the beginning, she effectively demonstrates the character traits she possesses by defeating her fears. Moreover, exhibiting her character traits, Paige courageously, bravely, and inspiringly confronts the necessities of life. Heartbreakingly, every Friday Paige prepares to boldly endure the painful, unpleasant, and excruciating necessity of the needle penetrating her skin and supplying the medicine. Consequently, the weekly procedure requires an immense amount of courage. Enduring the pain, Paige displays an extreme amount of fearlessness, bravery, and fortitude. By revealing her boundless, ceaseless, and endless courageous abilities, Paige demonstrates her incredible unending

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