The Character Of Leslie Knope In Parks And Recreation

Most people think characters on television shows and in movies are just there to be funny or to actually make the story line move forward, but lots of people find themselves liking certain characters for many reasons. One possible reason is because these characters can be so relatable to the lives of the people that watch them. One character that I really relate to, is Leslie Knope from the television show Parks and Recreation. Leslie is a very strong female character and is not afraid to be herself. Leslie is intelligent, determined, cheerful, and oh so optimistic. With that being said, I can really see some aspects of myself in Leslie, and I really relate to the character that she is. When watching Parks and Recreation, Leslie’s …show more content…
Through all the doubt she faces, whether it is getting her parks projects done, or winning the city council election, Leslie is determined to show the people that she means business, and will prove them wrong. Again I don’t face nearly as much negativity as Leslie does, but I am not in a public job where I work for the people. Determination can be shown through powering through anything tough. I had a great stretch of determination through my Calculus BC class. Math has always come fairly easily to me, starting when I took Algebra 1 as a seventh grader. I’ve excelled many years, even going into my school’s math and science program where the students are given honors math and science classes from ninth grade through twelfth grade. I’ve always been a step ahead in math so that is how I was able to enroll in calculus last year. Everyone else in my class was going to take BC Calculus so I thought I should too, I could handle it if they could. Oh how I was so wrong. I struggled so horribly in that class, I thought it would never end. I dreaded each day to go there, because I knew I would have to learn something new, and then in turn be left alone for the homework and flounder. I would have a few spurts where I could do things well in class and that made me feel good, but most of the time I just wanted to drop that class. I knew if I did that however, I would disappoint myself, because I …show more content…
She has endless solutions to the many problems she faces in the office, in her life, and in the town of Pawnee, Indiana where she works in the parks department. Through her intelligence she helps her people and makes great friends along the way. I, like Leslie, am also intelligent, and would most likely not be writing this essay if I wasn’t. Although Leslie’s intelligence is more so measured through her actions on the show, currently mine is measured on the academic scale at school. I try to excel in everything I do, and I devote a lot of time to that. I do have some moments when my intelligence extends outside the bindings of a textbook, like when I competed in DECA this year. DECA was so outside of my comfort zone, but I thought it would help make me a little more well rounded, give me that real life experience. I was so nervous leading up to the competition, thinking that I would have to come up with a solution to a real life work problem was so not me. I have always been the math and science girl, but I tried and when I went into the role play, I ended up doing really well. My teacher told me he was surprised I didn’t move on to the next round, but that the kids in my group must’ve just done a tad bit better than me. I was impressed with myself for being able to apply my intelligence to a real life problem. I hope to have more opportunities to apply my brains to problems like that because it made me think in a