“Mommy?” I asked laying in bed with the covers half pulled up to my face. “Yes sweetie?” my mother said downcast. “What’s going to happen to him?” I inquired, a lost look across my face. “I don’t know honey, we will have to wait and see.” As she said this you could tell she believed it, yet she was crestfallen because she couldn’t give a better answer. This was me, at 7 years old, looking at my mother with a fat lip and my father, who had just been removed from our home with his hands behind his back in a police cruiser. I can’t say I was overly sad, after watching my father abuse my mother I wasn’t subject to sadness for him. I was worried about whether or not we would have a home. If one parent was gone, how would we pay for it? Within the month I would be moving to an apartment, then soon on to Hampton, Iowa, where I would start a whole new life. At some point in life, all people must overcome adversity. Ludwig van Beethoven was an astounding composer who lost his hearing, but that didn’t stop him from composing some of the many famed symphonies he is …show more content…
Every meal she has to check her blood sugar, provide insulin, and know precisely how many carbs she eats. 24/7, day in and day out she must maintain a healthy blood sugar, between 80-120 milligrams of glucose per deciliter. Aside from the physical hassle of day to day life, she has had to tackle the psychological part of being a diabetic. Right now there is no cure. She has had to live knowing that she will always have diabetes. She has had to cope with being different than the other kids starting at young age by having to check her blood sugars at meal times and eating when she is low. This hasn’t stopped her though, she continues to work at her favorite sport, cheerleading. Ciara plans to go to college and become a diabetic doctor in hopes to help other children who are dealing with this dreadful
It would be entirely wrong for me to describe my childhood as alone, unwanted, vulnerable, and hurt. I am privileged; I grew up with both my parents giving me more love and attention than I could hold. Most times I grew to hate all the constant affection and attention. To me, it seemed like my overprotective parents didn’t want me to have fun and live. I didn’t understand why they cared so much about where I was going or why I couldn’t go hang out with my friends. I remember all the times I cried because they didn’t let me go out—because it was dangerous—or when they didn’t let me sleep over my friend’s house. But that was the most of my problems as a child. Yet, I still saw their overprotection as horrific and annoying, because I saw all the
Luke 6:45 states, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” This is very true of Ludwig van Beethoven because what he believed affected his music. Beethoven was an extremely famous composer who helped transition the Classical era into the Romantic era. Composing from age 12 until his death in 1827, his music reflected his character. Although he is often considered a musical genius, which he is, his lack of God, and his lack of a spiritual life centered in Christ, affected his music, his view of life, and how he was remembered.
...cal and romantic eras. He is one of the most well-known composers of all time. By the last decade of his life, Beethoven was almost completely deaf. He gave up conducing and peforming for audiences, and instead took to composing.
As I grew up throughout my childhood I accepted the word “no” from my parents with blatant frustration. I grew up in a well off home and never had to worry about where I will spend the night or if I will be able to eat that night, I used to never be as thankful as I should have for those reasons. Thoughts constantly ran rampant through my head of, “Mommy and daddy have so much money why can’t I have this!” I never grasped the fact of if my parents could provide me with a certain luxury that I did not need but wanted, why they did not. As a child I saw all the kids around me with many luxuries I desired but could not have as my parents refused, although I was completely unaware of their own financial status as a kid I could only look at everyone
Award-Winning author Laura Hillenbrand writes of the invigorating survival story of Louie Zamperini in her best selling book, Unbroken. Louie Zamperini was an ambitious, record-breaking Olympic runner when he was drafted into the American army as an airman during World War II. On the mission that led him to embark on a journey of dire straits, Louie’s plain crashed into the Pacific Ocean, leaving only him and two other crewmen as survivors. Stranded on a raft in shark infested waters, without any resources or food, and drifting toward enemy Japanese territory, the men now have to face their ultimate capture by Japanese, if they survive that long. Louie responded to his desperation with dexterity, undergoing his plight with optimism and confidence, rather than losing hope. In this memorable novel, Hillenbrand uses a vivid narrative voice to divulge Louie’s tale of endurance, and proves that the resilience of the human mind can triumph through adversity.
In life, people will always have something to say about you in everything one does in life, either negative or positive, but it’s the moment when you let what is said upon you affect the way you live your life, that when its becomes a problem. I for myself have been victim of so many people saying things about me and letting get into my head, but I had the courage to overcome a lot of obstacles like that. I have struggled with a lot of obstacles in my life some got the better of me while I have been able to overcome most of them. I am writing this essay to give an example of an obstacle which I struggled with for a very long time and I nearly took the best of me, but with time I was able to overcome it.
The afternoon was slowly fading into the evening and I had gone the whole day without the figure of my aspiration, my father. I impatiently paced the floor in front of the door like a stalking cat waiting to pounce on its prey. The thoughts of wrestling my father and hear those words of affirmation, “You got me! Mercy! I give up!” filled my head. My father was obviously faking it but there was something about his words that have such power over a young boys life. Mothers are sources of comfort and safety for a young boy but it is the father that defines the identity of a young boy, the father bestows manhood on the boy.
In life, many are faced with obstacles that challenge them. The challenges can be simple or large. No matter the obstacle or challenge the person is facing, it is to them a great battle. There are two very important people that I admire that faced adversity and similar struggles, they overcame them in their own ways. I will try to compare their journeys even though they were different ages and of a different time period. I will try to relate how through prayer, faith and family support they were able to overcome their adversities in similar ways. These are two different people who inspired me through their strengths, weaknesses and family values.
In 1800, Beethoven had wrote his first ever symphony. He was just 30 years old and already showing symptoms of hearing lost. This just shows how dedicated and genius Beethoven was. Nobody at the time was doing anything remotely close to what he was writing. Not to mention, he was going deaf. It really shows how involved and dedicated he was to music and how he passion for natural and what he heard in the world, transferred into his pieces.
There are times in the life of every person when he may feel anxious and depressed, things may not be going the way he had planned them to be. It is a fact, if you are determined towards a goal; it is obvious that you will face challenges. These are the situations when we rediscover ourselves, chart the way forward and realign our lives.
Ludwig van Beethoven was an extraordinary music composer, especially considering he was deaf most of his life and career. He was born in Germany on December 16, 1770. Many obstacles were hurled at him, but he triumphed over them, and even deafness didn’t stop him from composing some of the worlds greatest, and most recognized music compositions (Rosenwald 167). His life, music, and his musical styles and techniques all contribute to his life story.
He composed music with a powerful and stormy manner. In 1782, before he was twelve, he published his first work, 9 variations in C minor. Though, he is best known for nine symphonies, his top known song around the world is Symphony No. 5. Coming in second would be Symphony No. 9 because of their magnificence. Not only was Beethoven famous because of his music, but also for his continuation of composing while he began to become deaf by the age of 28. By 1820, he started making some of his most famous pieces of work. These include the last five piano sonatas, the Missa solemnis, and the last five string quartets, as well as the fifth and ninth symphony. It is fabricated that he was never completely deaf, but many believe otherwise. The Choral Symphony (Ninth) is one of Beethoven’s most powerful masterpiece. When Beethoven wrote this, he was completely deaf (many believed). The characteristics to the style of music Beethoven composed consists of what was known to be “romantic” but is basically recognized as classical. His so called “style” has parts of aggressive or calming tones to it. His works of art are known as the “transition” for music around the
Ludwig van Beethoven’s work was quite inspirational considering the fact that he was deaf for more than half of his life. Beethoven’s work was fascinating and heart-tugging because he composed music that formed his thoughts and feelings, with raw, passionate emotion. Listening to classical music such as Beethoven and Mozart at a young age is said to sometimes help a child’s cognitive development, but that’s a huge myth.
Have you ever wondered if there could possibly be overwhelming obstacles in the way of someone being truly successful in life? Some may witness friends or loved ones not developing to their fullest potential in their profession because of these unobtainable obstacles holding them back. In “Professions for Women,” by Virginia Woolf, Woolf gives a speech to a group of women explaining why they must overcome certain things in order to be successful in their future professional careers. In speaking to this group of determined young women, Woolf explains how horrendous it may be to have your own thoughts or beliefs while living in a society said to be dominated by males. She
Whenever we were kids, we didn’t quite understand situations as well as we would now as adults. No matter how many questions we asked at that young age, we were still left puzzled. That’s how I felt as a child whenever one of the most tragic moments in my life occurred. I was too young to see how severe the situation was at the time, but now, after growing up, I can understand the misery and depression my family felt.