A lot of people need improvement on one of the many habits of mind. The most important one which also what happens to be the most important one, is persistence. Why should you care? Because Horton is a great role model of this trait and anyone can learn from him. Horton, in comparison to Thidwick, and The Lorax is the most persistent. We could all learn something about persistence from Horton . First of all, Horton is more persistent than the Lorax because he sprinted through the night and into the morning to save the Whos. On the other side of the spectrum the Lorax only asked the Oncler three times to stop. Horton showed more persistence than the Lorax because in Horton Hears a Who it says "Far into the night that black-bottomed bird flapped …show more content…
Horton, because he believed that there were people on the clover, was physically beaten and chained down but he never gave up. The Wickersham family beat him, roped him, caged him, and mauled him but through all of that Horton managed to never give up. In Horton Hears a Who Dr. Suess says, ""Grab him!" They shouted. "And cage the big dope! Lasso his stomach with ten miles of rope! Tie the knots tight so he'll never shake loose!"(3). In the next paragraph it states, "Horton fought back with great vigor and vim... They beat him! They mauled him!"(3). This shows how Horton was being abused and slammed into a cage but he still fought, trying to save the Whos. Thidwick, in comparison, did not show as much persistence as Horton. In Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, it says, "We win!" Screamed the guests, "by a very large score!" And poor starving Thidwick climbed back onto shore" (3). This quote shows how when the animals voted to stay on his horns, Thidwick did not stand up for himself and tell them that they are his horns and he can kick them out. Thidwick buckled under the vote and had no persistence by letting the mean animals stay. This is why Horton shows more persistence than Thidwick the Big-Hearted
Puck and Natty It all began with an interracial rap group called Puck & Natty. One half of this group was Berkley graduate Stephan Jenkins. Together, this duo's fifteen minutes of fame came on the 90210 soundtack, which gave Jenkins enough to buy groceries. The group eventually split, and Jenkins was on his way.
B.F. Skinner, a behaviorist, claims that people tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes. He goes further to say that they tend not to repeat responses that are followed by a negative or neutral response. If Skinner were looking at the case of Lionel Tate, he would say that Tate must hav...
However, the true motive of Malumclaw comes to play towards the middle of the novel. These wolves are born to be killing machines. So, their ultimate motive is to kill Red Riding Hood. Malumclaw’s father is the Big Bad Wolf. He had been outwitted and chased away by Red Riding Hood, and has never been able to get revenge on her. Now, it is up to his son to avenge him. Colfer states, “ After what you've put us through, we ought to claw your hearts out! I guess we get Red Riding Hood AND Goldilocks tonight!” (Colfer 362). The tone the author uses in this quotation, represents the anger Malumclaw is showing
The theme that groups can affect how people react in a public situation is shown when in chapter 9 Jack’s tribe, Piggy, and Ralph are at jacks feast and become violent due to the chant the boys were saying and storm. When the group began to chant Ralph became enraged and violent because he joined in on what everyone else was doing when Simon came to tell them there was no beast he partook in the killing of him. “ “ Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill.“ Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the center, its armed folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on a hill.” (152) Ralph didn’t want to kill Simon; Simon was his friend and helped him and was on his side. Ralph got caught up in believing that he was the beast and a had an instinct to kill something due to all of the things they did before Simon rushed
The little’uns are almost a reminder of the kind of people who rely heavily on others in general and only really complete tasks that benefit their own interest. Thomas Hobbes the philosopher believed that humans were selfish and fed off of others for their own interest; his views on human nature apply to all the characters in the novel but are shown especially in the little’uns. In society the people who are more obviously dependent and struggle through lots of situations relate to the class of “little’uns” in the book. When talking about the beast Ralph expresses his concerns about the little’uns behavior when he says "I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear 'em. Have you been awake at night?" Jack shook his head. "They talk and scream. The little’uns.” (Golding 52). They are dependent on the other boys to guide, help and even comfort them. This is not only because they are young and aren’t as mature but also because they physically or mentally cannot complete some tasks. There are people in
The main characters of this novel are Ralph, Jack, Simon, and Piggy. Ralph, who represents civilizing instinct, is elected as the leader of the group of the boys and tries to promote harmony among themselves. Even though he seeks to lead the group and defeats Jack in the election, he doesn’t try to dominate people. Rather, he focuses on the group’s common interest of being rescued. For example, he gives responsibility to the hunters to keep a signal fire while he tries to make a shelter. Unlike Ralph, Jack would like to dominate people. This is especially evident once he becomes the leader of the hunters on the island. He tends to show the other boys how strong and brave he is while expressing his dominance over them. By the end of the novel, Jack usurps Ralph to become the general leader, in which position he shows how barbaric and cruel he can be.
One of the main characters, Ralph, was very likeable to everyone and was almost immediately elected as the leader of the tribe, with the only competition being the leader of the choir boys, Jack. Even though Ralph just wants to get home, he remains to look strong and tough to the other boys, to try and keep things as civilized as possible. So, Ralph decides that; "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best a...
Eric Greitens teaches us the different perspectives in life, and that to overcome an obstacle... any obstacle, you simply need to believe in yourself.
The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able to last to hit someone, struck his fist into Piggy's stomach. Piggy sat down with a grunt. Jack stood over him. His voice was vicious with humiliation. ‘You would, would you? Fatty!’ (...) Jack smacked Piggy's head.” Jack again caused violence by smacking Piggy’s head and making one side of his spec, the glasses, to break. Jack and his hunters did not kept the fire going since they were hunting. While they were hunting, the ship passed the island, and Ralph and Piggy were angry at Jack by him not keeping the fire on made them not to be rescued that day. When Ralph argued with Jack, Jack said sorry, but the one who had weak power, Piggy, argued with him, he caused violence. This was the beginning of the violence to the boys, and later, by Jack having his own tribe, created more violence such as putting a person on the middle and beating them chanting, Kill the pig, Cut her throat, Bash her in. This violence, caused by Jack, relates with the theory of Thomas Hobbes, a philosopher. The natural law he focuses on is survival and protection through killing, which is
Why is Horton the most admirable character than the Lorax and thidwick. It becues Horton took action to protect the who from the other animals in the Jungle. The action he took to help the who's was fighting for them " Horton fought back with great vigor and vim, but the Wickersham gang was too many for him" ("Horton hear a who" Dr.Suss page 3). This show what action Horton took to help the who's. Then in the Lorax, he took the action of taking to the Onceler about not cutting the trees down and that the only action he did. Then in Thidwick he didn't took action form stopping the animal on his horns . He waned to eat but the animal didn't allow Thidwick cross Lake Winna- Bango to eat moose moss. That why Horton is that most admirable because he took action in what was right for the who's.
But this moose is no "shaggy and cuddlesome" doll. Living in freedom beyond the fences of civilization, this king of the spruce, cedar, and tamarack meets his degraded executioners with overwhelming power. The deep roar of this magnificently horned ancient "blood god" contrasts sharply with the puny and cowardly whine of the automobile horns.
The book I read from tumblebooks was Yuki vs Panda. This book was read on Monday April 21,2018. I enjoyed this book. It was about a girl named Yuki in her senior year of highschool and was going through drama and trying to leave high school with a legacy while defeating her enemy the panda that was trying to kill her.
Imagine a hockey playing who can hold records, make it to the hall of fame, and be considered one of the best hockey players of all time, that would be Gordie Howe. Gordie Howe started playing hockey when he was 7 years old. He started playing in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings when he was 18. He played in the NHL for 32 years and played in more than 1,500 games. Gordie Howe is easily one of the greatest if not the greatest hockey player of all time. Howe had a pretty rough childhood, but he overcame that and went to play in the NHL when he was older. To Begin With, “He was one of nine siblings. When Gordie was nine days old, the Howes moved to Saskatoon,where his father worked as a labourer during the Depression. In the summers, Howe would work construction with his father.” (“Gordie Howe.”) Born in a small town called Saskatchewan, Canada on March 31, 1928.
...helps him not to give up. He takes hard actions during his struggle, but he had faith that everything will be okay. Everything will be okay as long as he works hard. In the end, Chris Gardner hard work helped him reach his overall goal, happiness.
“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” Burrhus Frederic Skinner was among the behavioral psychologists to have the most immense contribution to the field of psychology. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958-1974.