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  • Risk And Lead To Complications
    458 words
    The willingness to risk failure-as difficult as that can be-often leads us to remarkable discoveries about ourselves and our world. But on the other hand, not taking risks can save us from amounts of devastation and heartache. I think that was a major principle for Krebs in the short story, "Soldiers Home". After going to hell and back, it's almost inevitable that anyone under the circumstances would be completely overwhelmed by all that Krebs had experienced and risked. He risked his life, and ...
  • Emerson's Aphorism
    468 words
    Have you ever had a pair of shoes cherished so much that you were afraid to run the risk of wearing them, for fear of them getting scuffed, but by the time you wear them their too small? The aphorism by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "We are always getting ready to live, but never living". is still valid today. It is often that we prepare to live rather than living instead. Often people are unwilling to take opportunity, Emerson tries to show this in his aphorism. Due to the risks involved, people sometim...
  • Our Lives In Fear
    541 words
    Good morning ladies and gentlemen, today I am here to talk to you about a quote that Punch Iml ach once said, he said that "a ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for". I think he is trying to say that one should not live their life in fear and that humans in general need to take more risks. Fear comes in many forms, there is fear of embarrassment, failure, and injury. These are the three main fears that keep people from achieving their dreams. I say go for it, if you wa...
  • Taylor's New Job
    776 words
    Uncertain journeys are numerous in Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees. Many characters in the novel put their current lives aside to go off in hopes of finding a better one. By embarking on these journeys, the plot lines begin and end with risk taking. Taylor's move away from Pittman and her taking Turtle, Louann not going after her husband, and the many risks of Estevan and Esperanza, create conflicts which drive the plot of The Bean Trees. While growing up Taylor knows that she has no desire ...
  • Lee's Novel
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    The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury can be compared to the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The main character in Bradbury's novel, Guy Montag, has many similarities to Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird. Both of these men risk their lives to stand up for what they believe in. They both go against the normal beliefs of society, and think for themselves. Although the overall themes of these books are very different, they both center on the general beliefs of the public, and t...
  • Certain Amount Of Risk
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    Chance McGuire stood at the top of a six hundred and fifty foot concrete dam, looking down, hoping that his parachute will open facing away from the dam, and that the wind will not slam him into the hard concrete. He takes a big breath and jumps. He soars down the face of the dam only feet away from the deadly concrete. His parachute opens and he glides away from the dam to a safe area next to the river. But what if his parachute did not open? People all over the world take risks; some love the ...

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