Success

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories ” (150). No one in Montag’s world is truly alive. They all go through life like the undead, completely unaware of their surroundings. They never stop to appreciate life and everything that makes it wonderful. This is the world of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a dystopian science fiction story that takes place in a not so distant…

Characteristics Needed to Survive In any situation a survivor must have the skills and abilities to overcome obstacles. Many people in today's world lack critical thinking, which can lead to them developing skills that can oneday shape their future. In order to survive one must have the ability to critically think because this skill is going away and many people that have this tend to have a good future ahead of them. Many employers want people with skills that require them to be smart and make…

The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair is a political fiction novel. In the Jungle, a Lithuanian family comes to America in hopes of achieving the American Dream, but instead finds many hardships in America. Jurgis and his family are poor, dying, and enduring a strenuous work load. Due to some of these hardships, Jurgis went from naïve in entrusting the capitol boss with his welfare to hostile in entrusting the capitol boss with his welfare. Jurgis entrusts his welfare with the capitol boss. The…

Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who lived in ancient Greek, being born 50 A.D. Epictetus had a long life of some 85 years, but is not known for sure, as being born a slave to a wealthy man of Rome who allowed him to study Stoic philosophy, which teaches the development of self-control along fortitude as a means of overcoming destructive emotions. Upon the death of his owner, Epictetus was a free man who began to teach philosophy around 93 A.D. Epictetus acquired many pupils, his most famous…

“ Worst. Idea. Ever.” of chapter 1 is telling us what we hear on the radio, watch on the TV, see on the newspaper is not really true. Some time we need to look deep inside and think deeper into it to find out the fact. As many a human believe that Edison is the one who invents the light bulb, but in the chapter 1 states “Humphrey Davy invented it forty-five years before Edison was even born”. I believe every one after reading this chapter will be surprise just like me. And we may be asking:…

Being realistic assures you that you’ll achieve your goals by working hard, therefore making it possible to accomplish them. Being realistic makes you determine what you can or can’t execute in life, to do the impossible not the unbroken. For instance, the movie, “The Pursuit of Happiness” describes this realistic method. The main character in this movie starts off as a poor man with his child who was abandoned by his wife. Because his job doesn’t contribute fairly, he is left broke and…

Have you ever pursued ideals that were intangible and out of your reach? Have you ever been engrossed in the idea of achieving perfection and having a splendid life? If you have, you’re part of the large majority of human beings who embody what it means to have a fixed mindset. Oftentimes, humans fear making mistakes. They are too focused on fulfilling society’s standards that they drive themselves into a state of affliction, and do not know how to handle the dark moments in their lives, whether…

Failure is not about failing at something and not getting back up. It’s not about giving up and not doing anything to change this situation. Everyone has failed at something at one point of their lives. No one is perfect. In life you can do two things. Give up and not use effort to change something, or get back up and trying to change things the next time. Seven years ago, I failed at behaving like a good child. My behavior was so horrible and I knew that it was affecting the people around me.…

Failure is the product of the inability to achieve a certain goal, outcome, or satisfactory result. The feeling you get from failing is a gut wrenching pain that isn't easy to get rid of. It can disrupt a person’s life and make them second guess themselves and all they have went through. I have also had a profound taste of failure in my sports, work, and school life. But while failures can make life miserable for a moment they can change your outlook on life, help you recover from, and make you…

During my 18 years of living I experienced failure a couple of times but there's one failure that I'll never forget. The failure that I'll will always remember was when I failing in the 9th grade. This experience was the worst & most embarrassing thing that could ever happen to me however , it was also a good thing because after this situation I became an whole new person. This situation affected me in a good way & a bad way after all. Out of all the failures I had in my life the first one…