Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet

20 May, 2016 Mettle Theodore Roosevelt said, "Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle". It is the ability to cope with hard times and get through them without having a major melt down. I think it is hard for people to stay strong through tough situations, but I believe that is why not many people show mettle because it is so difficult. I chose this word because there are people in my family who have showed it, and there are scads of movies and books that go with this word. The word mettle has a significant meaning in movies, literature, and in my family's experience, they all show there courage throughout. The word mettle is a great example for people going through tough times. Mainly shows in movies. In the movie 42, Jackie Robinson has to deal with extreme racial slurs and physical abuse. In the movie, Robinson explains how hard it is to deal with all the negativity. An article read in the movie states, “But Robinson keeps his cool, even when, later, grotesque Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman taunts him, in the films toughest scene." Here, it shows that Robinson is enduring a difficult situation that no one should ever have to go through. Just because he is African American does not make him any different of a person then whites. Skin color is just on the outside, and is not who he is on the inside. As the movie goes on, Robinson, instead of taking his anger out on…

While the Great famine could not have happened without the failure of the potato crop – something beyond the control of the British Government- their subsequent response, or there lack of, to the crisis greatly contributed to the devastation caused by the blight. As evidenced by Tony Blair’s 1997 apology to the Irish people, the British Government’s policies during the Great Famine toward a country it was, on paper at least, in union with, were unforgivable. Although the Conservative government…

The article, ‘Elephants are more human than we realize’, by John Martin is all about how behaviors of an elephant can align similarly to those of a human. Martin took his wife’s close affectionate encounter with a wild elephant in Kenya, and he noticed that the elephant wasn’t attacking, it was merely showing affection. From that day on, Martin has been studying the way that elephants can have emotions, just like us, humans. There are multiple sides of an elephant, such as children’s books like…