Haitian proverb “Mountains Beyond Mountains” is the title of the book written by Tracy Kidder about Paul Framer and his adventures through Haiti, Peru and Russia. Dr. Framer is a Harvard graduate physician and anthropologist. “Mountains Beyond Mountains” is an excellent title for the book because it not only shows Dr. Framer’s understanding of difficult, relentless work needed cure tuberculosis, but also that once one obstacle is accomplished another one is sight already, hence hard work must never stop. Throughout the book Tracy Kidder mentions how impressed he is with Paul Framer’s work ethic and determination; something that great leaders have plenty of.…
David Wallace Foster’s Kenyon College Commencement Speech is extremely successful for a multitude of reasons. It is not so much inspirational or revolutionary or epic, just simply honest. His speech is blunt about what people will face in their life after education. That adult life is boring, repetitive, trivial, tiring. Yet despite being adult life being unsatisfactory, Wallace always says it will only be those things because of your perspective.…
Yes, Chef The book Yes, Chef is about Marcus Samuelsson, who was born in Ethiopia and adopted by a middle-class white family in Sweden. The memoir, Yes, Chef talks the detail of Samuelsson's story. Marcus and his sister had a great childhood and a family who loved them who they are.…
Whatever choice you make there is always a consequence. Like in Edward Bloor's book “Tangerine” Erik, Pauls older brother made many choices that affected Paul or somebody else, most of the time in a bad way. Although Paul goes through all of these bad choices, his brother makes he still seems to get over the challenges and changes. Erik has done many things that affected Paul, The biggest ones were when Erik spray painted paul in the eyes when he was five years old causing Paul to be legally blind (page 263) or when Erik told Arthur Bauer, Eriks friend to hit Luis across the face with the black jack later resulting in his death (page 211). Erik had the most effect on Paul in this novel the most being when Erik spray painted Paul in the eyes…
Dad didn’t take the time to learn about Tangerine, the place they were going to live! He should have looked into weather and natural occurrences, not just high school football. These examples show how Paul comes to understand his family…
In my life I have been fortunate enough to have two parents that went to college, have well paying jobs and take education seriously. Naturally, I have been expected to try my best throughout grade school and after go to college to continue my education. If I had not grown up in a home where my parents ask where I am and who I am with and make sure I am okay, things might have turned out differently for me. “I [have] realized how difficult it is to separate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves” (pg 126).…
Introduction- The Young Chavez in Adobe Cesar Chavez endured trials and tribulations throughout much of his youthful life. Chavez was reared up in the same small adobe hut where he was born, in which there was not much livable space for Chavez, his mother and father. As we critique here, there is a realization in taking a little and making a lot.…
Steve Jobs’ speech “You’ve got to find what you love’ Jobs says” was addressed to Stanford’s class of 2005. Jobs did not have any difficulty convincing the audience they should do what they love. He connects with the audience on a personal level. In his speech he tells three personal stories that the audience can connect with emotionally, and he gives the students motivation.…
Samuel L. Jackson once said, “We’ve come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay.” This quote holds true today as society stays rapidly changing and people become more and more desensitized to the horrors of the world. The line between right and wrong fades and turns to a larger gray area, and many things that happen in society today make us question how we, as a collective people, ended up where we are and how we acquired the customs we have today. Aldous Huxley, in his novel Brave New World, uses a great deal of satire and exaggeration to express his concerns for the society he was born into and bring attention to the problems of moral decay, drug dependency, and brainwashing, among other things, in the world.…
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore juxtaposes the lives of two men who grew up in similar environments but ended up taking diverging paths. The author Wes Moore perseveres through the hardships he faced and ends up a Rhodes Scholar, whereas the other Wes Moore is dealt a life sentence. The author poses the question, “Do you think we are all just products of our environments?” Due to their ostensibly similar upbringings, one may suggest that the antithetical outcomes of the two Wes Moores were caused by the individual choices made by them, but upon closer look it is evident that specific subsets of their environment impacted each of them for better or for worse.…
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different is a biography written by a critically acclaimed children’s nonfiction writer and longtime journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Karen Blumenthal. The biography was published by Feiwel and Friends in New York. The main idea of the biography is to “Think Different”. “Think Different” for those who have a passion to change the world for the better like Steve Jobs. I love this book because it has great info and because I knew Steve Jobs as Apple…
Working Poor Response “The American Myth has its value. It sets a demanding standard, both for the nation and for every resident. The nation has to strive to make itself the fabled land of opportunity; the resident must strive to use that opportunity” (Shipler p.5). The American myth represents being able to be successful in America regardless of your background as long as you work hard. If you work hard in America you should have the chance to gain upward mobility among social classes.…
Thousands of Tutsi’s were dying; thousands of children were left on their own. Throughout the entire film, Paul displays many acts of ethical behavior. By protecting thousands of Tutsi’s, taking responsibility of the helpless children, and breaking down into tears over the carnage that had taken place, Paul perfectly displays the true meaning of ethical behavior. One could argue that Paul should be considered as the most ethical character throughout the film. All of Paul’s actions has saved thousands of lives and lead many people to happiness and freedom.…
Dr. Ivan Joseph’s speech he presented at TEDXRyersonU, displays many of the key fundaments of public speaking. By analyzing the organization of this speech, his physical and vocal attributes, and his appeals to the audience, one will be able to why his speech was so effective and enjoyable. Dr. Ivan Joseph is a former athletic director at a major university and through his TED talk, he explains how to be confident and build a better you. He breaks his speech down into four main points self-confidence, self-talk, positive reinforcement, and how to interpret feedback to make it useful to you.…
The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort Novel The Wolf of Wall Street tells Jordan Belforts journey as he embarked on one of the biggest stock market manipulation schemes and how it all came crashing down. The book details the demanding nature of being a stock broker back in the 80 's-90 's and the amount of sex and drugs that encapsulated a young Jordan Belfort into conning people out of hundreds of millions of dollars. After being laid off from his first job as a stock broker due to the stock crash of 1987, Jordan founded his own firm, Stratton Oakmont with his longtime friend Danny Porush. They then proceeded to sell penny stocks to gullible investors by training their employees to never take no for an answer and make the stock seem out of this world.…