Perseverance Essay

How does perseverance affect society? How does someone solve everyday challenges without perseverance? Let's say someone is faced with a challenge. Would they try to complete the challenge or give up and deal with it later? The meaning of perseverance is trying to complete a task regardless how difficult and how many obstacles can get in the way. Perseverance is trying to overcome hardships and not giving up no matter what. In the novel Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park and in the TED talk with Sam Berns both show examples of perseverance. Perseverance is important because without it our world would wouldn’t be the same. Without perseverance we might not know how to stop diseases we know how to stop today or worse. Another reason why perseverance

Without perseverance some of these people won’t know how to deal with their problem and just give up. This are some of the reasons on why people think perseverance is so important. Salva faced difficult and sometimes deadly challenges trying to get away from war in A Long Walk to Water. After the rebels took over Salva camp and he had to lead 1,200 kids through the desert, he thought to himself, “ One step at a time..one day at a time. Just- Just this day to get through.” (pg.82). His uncle had told him to take it slow when he was younger and he was trying to get through another desert. Salva knew that the kids were confused and needed guidance. Instead of letting them to figure it out themselves he took charge knowing the different kinds of obstacles he would face. Salva then kept pushing himself, trying to lead them stately through the desert. Salva was also in plain too, with each step that he took rocks would get engraved into his

For example, when Sam was trying out to be in a marching band he wanted to play the snare drums, but couldn’t because he has progeria he said, “Nothing was going to stop me from playing snare drums with the marching band in the halftime show.” Although Sam wanted to play the snare drums he instead got assigned to play pit percussion in the marching band because the snare drums were too heavy for him to carry. Sam knew the difficulties that he may face trying to find a way to play the snare drums. Sam didn’t let these difficulties stop him, he kept on trying to find ways to achieve his dream no matter what, and he did. In addition, when Sam is trying to keep moving forward despite the fact that he has progeria he says to himself, “ Be ok with what you ultimately can’t do because there is so much you can do.” Some people who have progeria have difficulty accepting what they can and can’t do. Sam doesn’t let the negative side of progeria overcome the positive side of progeria. It takes a lot of perseverance, self-confidence/acceptance, and determination to accept who you are. Perseverance affected temperance in the end because he found a way to be happy in life, not many people can do