What is your opinion of the idea that perseverance can help an individual prevail over obstacles?

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12th grade English

University of Alberta

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In the poem "Carry On", the speaker communicates the idea that it is easy to carry on and be successful when things are going well, but that it is harder, but still possible, to be as successful when things are not going well. In other words, Service suggests that we can overcome obstacles by not giving up.

In your writing, you should

  • Reflect on your own knowledge and/or experience.
  • Discuss the poem "Carry On" by Robert W. Service.
  • Ensure the characters you have chosen from the text provided and from the works we have studied in this course are relevant to this assignment and interesting to you.
  • Carefully consider your controlling idea or how you will create a strong unifying effect in your response. Organize your discussion so that your ideas are clearly and effectively presented.
  • Make sure that the examples and details that you select are relevant and support your ideas about the idea that perseverance can help an individual prevail over obstacles.

Carry On

It's easy to fight when everything's right,
And you're mad with the thrill and the glory;
It's easy to cheer when victory's near,
And wallow in fields that are gory.
It's a different song when everything's wrong,
When you're feeling infernally mortal;
When it's ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:

Carry on! Carry on!
There isn't much punch in your blow.
You're glaring and staring and hitting out blind;
You're muddy and bloody, but never you mind.
Carry on! Carry on!
You haven't the ghost of a show.
It's looking like death, but while you've a breath,
Carry on, my son! Carry on!

And so in the strife of the battle of life
It's easy to fight when you're winning;
It's easy to slave, and starve and be brave,
When the dawn of success is beginning.
But the man who can meet despair and defeat
With a cheer, there's the man of God's choosing;
The man who can fight to Heaven's own height
Is the man who can fight when he's losing.

Carry on! Carry on!
Things never were looming so black.
But show that you haven't a cowardly streak,
And though you're unlucky you never are weak.
Carry on! Carry on!
Brace up for another attack.
It's looking like hell, but -- you never can tell:
Carry on, old man! Carry on!

There are some who drift out in the deserts of doubt,
And some who in brutishness wallow;
There are others, I know, who in piety go
Because of a Heaven to follow.
But to labour with zest, and to give of your best,
For the sweetness and joy of the giving;
To help folks along with a hand and a song;
Why, there's the real sunshine of living.

Carry on! Carry on!
Fight the good fight and true;
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer;
There's big work to do, and that's why you are here.
Carry on! Carry on!
Let the world be the better for you;
And at last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!


Robert William Service

Canadian Poet, 1874 - 1958


Planning

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Briefly explain why you chose this character to develop your opinion of the idea. Markers will consider the information you provide here when determining the effectiveness of your response.

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Running head: PERSEVERANCE

Perseverance
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PERSEVERANCE

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Life is never easy. There are ups and downs of life, and that is what makes life
interesting. Were it not for challenges of life, then we will never have known whether there are
better days. It is this unique nature of life that makes it interesting and worth living. While many
of us like the good times, the challenges will always be there and how a person deals with them
determines the twist one’s life will take. Arguably, there are those individuals who crumple when
faced with difficulties while another group of people face the challenges and come out of them...


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Excellent resource! Really helped me get the gist of things.

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