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College of Arts and Sciences: What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way?
My poppa always encouraged me to believe that it is not failures leading to successive achievements instead it is the spirit to bravely encounter difficulties leading to the successes. I, unfortunately, did not catch the true meaning until I read the book called < The Old Man and the Sea> by Hemingway showing the main theme that a man can be destroyed but not defeated--- Santiago's spirit and teaches a life lesson to the readers, the courage in despair.
Santiago is described "every thing about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated". He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish, but he never gives up. He always encourages himself to be strong, not to give up. He fights against the large marlin and that makes his shoulder bleeding. He still keeps on fighting because he believes in himself. He is a traveler in his dream. However, he is not lonely, because he has such an unbreakable will. As a matter of fact, this unbreakable will is the spirit my father showed me---- a sense of persistence and strong determination.
I applied the spirit or will into my real life when I was an exchange student in USA facing too many difficulties from learning academic knowledge with my American classmates to well-handling all personal matters using the management skills I learned from my host mom. All in all, I could still face many other life and study difficulties while learning in your school though, I will continue using this magical power---- unbreakable will.
College of Arts and Sciences: What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way?
My poppa always encouraged me to believe that it is not failures leading to successive achievements instead it is the spirit to bravely encounter difficulties leading to the successes. I, unfortunately, did not catch the true meaning until I read the book called < The Old Man and the Sea> by Hemingway showing the main theme that a man can be destroyed but not defeated--- Santiago's spirit and teaches a life lesson to the readers, the courage in despair.
Santiago is described "every thing about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated". He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish, but he never gives up. He always encourages himself to be strong, not to give up. He fights against the large marlin and that makes his shoulder bleeding. He still keeps on fighting because he believes in himself. He is a traveler in his dream. However, he is not lonely, because he has such an unbreakable will. As a matter of fact, this unbreakable will is the spirit my father showed me---- a sense of persistence and strong determination.
I applied the spirit or will into my real life when I was an exchange student in USA facing too many difficulties from learning academic knowledge with my American classmates to well-handling all personal matters using the management skills I learned from my host mom. All in all, I could still face many other life and study difficulties while learning in your school though, I will continue using this magical power---- unbreakable will.
