Stand And Deliver Themes

Adversities are a natural part of an individual’s journey through life, but what is it that empowers us to persist through such hardship despite feelings we have reached the end of our capacities? Perseverance. Perseverance is the foundation that enables individuals to push through challenging situations. Both the novel, Walking Home by Eric Walters and the novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis are two works of literature that prove how perseverance is the key foundation for individuals to pass barriers set in their way. Muchoki and Parvana are characters who both persevere through family trauma that hits their household, they are able to preserve getting over the discriminatory mental barriers within their damaged countries and additionally are able to persevere through the physical agony faced upon them in their journey.

The theme of this book is that the human capacity to adapt to and find happiness in the most difficult circumstances. Each character in the novel shows this in their way. For instance, their family is randomly taken from their home and forced to

Imagine you’re in a classroom full of teenagers that don’t want to be there, and are known for being violent and doing illegal activity, and now you’re expected to teach them math. This was the situation of Jaime Escalante. Jaime Escalante took a stand during the 1980s by teaching in a way that helped the students understand that he wanted them to succeed and impacts us today by showing that teacher support can help kids succeed.

Have you ever had to persevere through a difficult time in your life? Many people have had to aswell , but four people took this to another level. The three pieces “Rising Through the Rubble”,”The Noble experiment”, and “Invictus” portray people persevering through a difficult time in their life.

As renown American football coach, Vince Lombardi once said, “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” This quote depicts that if one does not have the drive within them to succeed they simply won’t. However, an individual who is determined can succeed with any complex task they are presented with. Therefore, the theme determination is a character trait that helps people to survive and succeed through life obstacles is developed into Nya’s and Salva’s sections in A Long Walk to Water and John and Martha's sections in Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Southern Sudan. In both novels, Nya, Salva, John, and Martha undergo various obstacles in which

This film helps me to shape my overall outlook at multicultural issues and problems we face as a society, in that it causes me to see people’s talents and accomplishments, based on work ethic, rather than on a person’s race. I believe that this film can help with the issues and conversations that this film speaks to, because many people can understand that courage and accomplishments can defeat stereotypes and

The main theme of the novel is the will to survive and the power of positive thinking. Brian remembers an old English teacher who was always talking about being positive.

The theme of this novel is that even though you have experienced awful things in your life and has been screwed inside and out, you can still overcome the obstacles that stand in your way of success.

Theme: to succeed in life one must overcome one's own self doubt and self - destruction to truly be happy in life.

How do these themes apply to your life? What is the author saying about the subject matter?

Michael Jordan once stated, “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb over it, go through it, or walk around it.” This inspirational quote motivated many to overcome adversity when challenged by it. The texts, Speak by Laurie Anderson, “Third and Final Continent” by Lahiri Lahiri, and “The Art of Resilience” by Hara Marano, all have themes similar to Jordan’s quotation. All three articles support this through symbolism, foreshadowing, and character interactions. A common theme that one must stay resilient in order to overcome challenges while also staying level-headed during the positive and negatives is shown in Speak, “The Third and Final Continent,” and “The Art of Resilience.”

Although this film is disadvantaging to many people, it is also very beneficial. I think people that come from the lower class or an abusive household can really benefit from this film. The main point of this film is to show people that you can achieve anything you want to do no matter what background you come from, and although it might be hard because of economical/ personal issues you are not less of a person than anyone and you can still be successful. I love the idea of success because it doesn’t really have a set definition. You don’t necessarily need money to be/feel successful. You can work at Subway and still be successful while a twelve time Oscar winning actor can be successful. You sort of carve out your own success and make your own definition for it. This movie will also teach people that they are not on their own. Although you might think nobody is there for you, when you enter a room you don’t know what everyone is thinking or how everyone feels; you might now even know everyone. It is kind of like when you’re putting together a puzzle, you put certain pieces together and you get closer to finishing and you just need to keep trying to solve the puzzle because if you give up you just wasted your money on a puzzle

Dark voids of weakness and disappointment drown all people at some point in their life. Dream - grasping is halted by issues we do not think we can overcome, but sometimes it is those problems that give a push we did not know was needed. One’s life can be influenced by hardships because they can learn from the mistakes endured.

Three prominent themes that can be seen in the film are desiring to be accepted, convention and rebellion, and experience vs. skill. The themes of acceptance and rebellion can be tied to one another throughout the film as teenagers are seen committing unruly behavior in order to be accepted by their peers. Moreover, the lack of parenting skills exhibited by the parents of the characters is shown as Jim’s father fails to care for Jim when he needs him the most.

The director seamlessly weaves five separate plot threads throughout the main story, all involving their own social repercussions and the consequent changes in the lives of all those caught up in the dilemmas they face. The film is filled with a rich