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Keegan Kelly's Thesis: People survive and thrive in adverse circumstances by staying hopeful and determined.

‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍This image is a great example of how individuals in adverse circumstances can survive by staying hopeful and determined. This is a picture of a young boy named Apiyo, who lives in Ethiopia and is struggling to make ends meet with his family. Apiyo was on the brink of death, but stayed determined and managed to survive. Also, he wants to become a pilot, and has shown that he will do whatever he can to get the education to meet his dream and to stay hopeful and optimistic. ‍‍ ‍The author’s purpose for creating this piece was to show how kids and others who are extremely impoverished and in less than satisfactory conditions can make better life for themselves, and that they can still display positivity and joy by looking at the bright side of things. ‍ The societal context for this piece was to encourage people to help children like Apiyo achieve their dreams, and to help them and their communities become better off. This art form could also show how even despite their terrible lifestyles, these people in impoverished countries are able to find joy in life where there seems to be none, and that society can help them more by donating to help the cause. The ethos of this piece would be that the picture was taken by a photographer from the World Vision Australia foundation, which is a national organization whose purpose is to donate to those in need. The pathos of the piece is how these children and families are in dire circumstances and are in major need of assistance from anyone who can offer it. The logical appeal of this work is that in reality, it becomes much easier to be successful if one has the resources to bring them success, and this organization believes that these people can thrive with monetary incentives. The author shows how this young boy could achieve his dreams of becoming a pilot if he stays determined, hopeful, and if he can fight his way through the adverse circumstances of his life.

World Vision Australia. "World Vision Australia." //- Transforming Lives & Child Sponsorship//. World Vision Australia, Feb. 2012. Web. 8 May 2012 With Hope Faith And Determination Miracles Happen

//**No matter what your situation is as you read these lines, always remember that with hope and a few more ingredients, miracles happen. That is, when you least expect it and as if by magic, your life is suddenly completely transformed. Where there was only darkness, all of a sudden, there is light and where there was only a glimmer of hope, your wildest dreams come true.**// //**Contrary to popular beliefs, miracles don't simply spring out of the blue. They are the result of accumulated pressure applied to the confines of the existing paradigm to the critical point of failure of those confines.**// //**In other words, we live within the scope of a certain reality that seems to be absolute; that nothing foreseeable can change. However if we apply enough pressure on that reality, as if by miracle, it will change and open the door to an entire different world.**// //**Examples of the phenomenon abound but we just don't see them as such because they are every day occurrences. They are the miracles of life. An acorn is planted in the soil, the forces of nature are applied to that seed and it grows into a mighty oak tree.**// //**That's only one example out of millions of miracles that happen around us every day. Had we never seen or heard about the acorn and the oak tree, would we believe it to be possible? Not by any stretch of the imagination.**// //**Miracles are only phenomena that defy the existing logic in our present paradigms. To put it into others words, miracles are what happen outside the framework of our present way of thinking. They appear as if by magic but it does not have to be so; we can provoke those miracles.**// //**How that's done is dramatically illustrated by people who overcame incredible odds to accomplish what nobody thought was possible. They did what seemed to be impossible because they never gave up hoping, they never gave up believing and they never gave up trying.**// //**They were sustained and motivated by faith. Not faith in a higher power but faith in what the mind and will of man can do when it is fully unleashed through undauntable courage and total commitment. We have resources that we don't even know we posses until they are set free by transcending the habitual patterns of thinking.**// //**An example of that was seen in the death camps of the Holocaust during WWII. Women who had to rely on exchanging sexual favors with the guards to stay alive were seen to have their bodies literally blossom and become much more attractive in spite of all the deprivations and starvation regime that they had to endure.**// //**Those were extreme examples of what the will and determination of the mind can do but they are perfect indicators of what is possible. We can literally perform miracle; so long as we have hope, that we believe and that we don't ever quit.**// //**The scope of what we can and cannot do is determined by our beliefs. Henry Ford summed all up when he said, "Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you're right." Such is the influence and power of faith when applied to the will and courage of man.**// //**Most of us go through life prisoners of our own limited thinking. We never know what we are truly capable off until we try, until we unleash through faith all those powers that lay dormant within us. We can perform miracles… if we can get ourselves to believe that we can.**//

This article is a prime example that further proves my argument that people survive in adverse circumstances by staying determined and hopeful. In summary, this article is about the author’s belief that if one wants to succeed; they must find the courage and will inside themselves to make a better life. The author explains that through faith and faith in oneself, and undaunted commitment, humans can do anything they set their mind to. The author’s purpose for writing this article was to persuade people to start believing in themselves and to understand that no goal is too high to achieve, and that miracles can happen if one is persistent and determined. The societal context of this article could possibly be the lack of self-confidence in society and how everyone is capable of something great. The story of Chris Gardner is an excellent example of this idea, due to him facing insurmountable odds, and yet he achieved his dream by having unreal determination and he made a miracle happen by not letting himself be a prisoner to his own thoughts and doubts. The ethos of this passage is that its author is a Harvard Graduate with a PhD. And he is writing from his own beliefs in a subject. There isn’t much pathos in the article, but he plays on ideas and beliefs that everyone can relate to in their own lives. The logos of this passage is that the only thing holding oneself back from greatness is our own self-doubts, and that we can all accomplish the goals we set by staying determined.

Comeau, Raymond. "With Hope Faith And Determination Miracles Happen." //Articlesbase.com//. Articlesbase.com, 01 Feb. 2011. Web. 8 May 2012