Determination doesn’t have an off-season. The Other Side of the Sky, The Song of the Wandering Aengus, and Barrio Boy all show their path of determination. In The Other Side of the Sky; Farah Ahmedi is determined to get her mother out of Afghanistan. In The Song of the Wandering Aengus; Aengus was determined after he saw a beautiful woman. In Barrio Boy; Ernesto is determined to learn English by his teacher beauty. The first text is a true story called Barrio Boy, Ernesto is learning the English language with Miss. Ryan his first grade teacher, but slowly he starts to feel comfortable with her. As in the text he states, “It was as if in that closet we were both discovering together the secrets of the English language and grieving together
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Aengus fished out a silver trout, “Aengus” a beautiful glimmering girl was calling his name. He was drawn to her beauty. As she faded into the forest he knew he would find her again. As he explains, “Though I am old and wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands. I will find out where she has gone.” (Yeats 17, 18, 19). He will not give up. Her beauty will drive till the end of time. He is destined to be with her. He was close to death, but all he wanted to do was meet her, therefore he thought, “And kiss her lips and take her hands.” ( Yeats 20). His metaphor he makes at the end that he will keep living/ walking with her. Day and night till the end. His actual metaphor “And pluck till time and times are done, the silver apples of the moon and golden apples of the sun.” (Yeats 22, 23, 24). Angus in The Song of the Wandering Aengus was driven to find a glimmering girl, and his mission was to spend the rest of his life with …show more content…
Afghanistan was in the middle of war, Ahmedi and her mother had to escape, for they knew that Afghanistan would soon not be there. She felt desperate, as shown with her thoughts, “I felt desperate to get through, because the sun was setting, and if we got stuck here, what were we going to do, were would we stay? There was nothing, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just desert.” (Ahmedi 1). Later a friendly family offered to take Ahmedi and her mother through the smugglers path where they would have 2 hard days to walk over a mountain. Ahmedi agreed. They had no other chance to escape. As shown when the husband said, “But you have had two hard days. You will need some rest before you attempt this mountain crossing.” (Ahmedi 9). Ahmedi had started her long journey across the mountain. She kept strong the determination inside her fueled her for success of crossing the hot sand. She wondered how she was not tired, especially because of her leg. As shown in paragraph 12, “I don't know what made me so supple and strong that day, but I felt no hardship, no anxiety or fear, just concentration and intensity.” (Ahmedi 12). In the end determination was what fueled Ahmedi to finally escape Afghanistan and get into
Aengus fished out a silver trout, “Aengus” a beautiful glimmering girl was calling his name. He was drawn to her beauty. As she faded into the forest he knew he would find her again. As he explains, “Though I am old and wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands. I will find out where she has gone.” (Yeats 17, 18, 19). He will not give up. Her beauty will drive till the end of time. He is destined to be with her. He was close to death, but all he wanted to do was meet her, therefore he thought, “And kiss her lips and take her hands.” ( Yeats 20). His metaphor he makes at the end that he will keep living/ walking with her. Day and night till the end. His actual metaphor “And pluck till time and times are done, the silver apples of the moon and golden apples of the sun.” (Yeats 22, 23, 24). Angus in The Song of the Wandering Aengus was driven to find a glimmering girl, and his mission was to spend the rest of his life with …show more content…
Afghanistan was in the middle of war, Ahmedi and her mother had to escape, for they knew that Afghanistan would soon not be there. She felt desperate, as shown with her thoughts, “I felt desperate to get through, because the sun was setting, and if we got stuck here, what were we going to do, were would we stay? There was nothing, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just desert.” (Ahmedi 1). Later a friendly family offered to take Ahmedi and her mother through the smugglers path where they would have 2 hard days to walk over a mountain. Ahmedi agreed. They had no other chance to escape. As shown when the husband said, “But you have had two hard days. You will need some rest before you attempt this mountain crossing.” (Ahmedi 9). Ahmedi had started her long journey across the mountain. She kept strong the determination inside her fueled her for success of crossing the hot sand. She wondered how she was not tired, especially because of her leg. As shown in paragraph 12, “I don't know what made me so supple and strong that day, but I felt no hardship, no anxiety or fear, just concentration and intensity.” (Ahmedi 12). In the end determination was what fueled Ahmedi to finally escape Afghanistan and get into