Chase Osborn

English 1

April 1st, 2015

The Importance of Persevering Through Every-Day Life

Ed throws his hands in frustration, and he slams a few keys on his keyboard. Suddenly, the code he’s been working on for weeks works better than ever expected. Because Ed persevered through his failures, his eventual success saved his career. It is important to have perseverance because it can lead to achieving a greater goal, and becoming a role model of success for others.

Although people may be enduring different hardships, people will eventually achieve a greater goal. For example, Marines that were fighting in the Middle East had to endure the tragic loss of friends and brothers. Even though Marines endured many failures, some finally achieved their goal of coming home. Also, just like “The Red Pony”, Jody endures death left and right, before he finally has a horse of his own, and is ultimately closer to winning his father’s approval. Jody goes through losing horses to various reasons, but when he finally get his own colt and teaches the colt how to be led, and harnessed, his father shows a brief moment of pride and approval.

Just like achieving a greater goal, perseverance can make role models of success. Just like Doodle in “The Scarlet Ibis”, Doodle wants to be big, tough, and strong, like Big Brother. Brother goes through the failures of losing all his chances of having a normal brother, but when he realizes he loves Doodle, that’s Brother’s own success. Even though he knows he can’t be normal, Doodle tries his best to make his brother happy. Personally, my own little sister looks up to me, because of all the things she’s seen me fail but continue trying nonetheless, such as supporting my family, friends, and even strangers.

From Ed saving his career, Jody finally getting his horse, and Doodle looking up to Brother as a role model of success, the importance of perseverance is staggering because of achieving bigger goals, and becoming role models of success.