THE SUCCESS STORY OF GREAT FIGURES

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THE SUCCESS STORY OF GREAT FIGURES

Have you ever heard the saying "Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen"? This saying is really appropriate to depict the journey of success of some great figures such as, Oprah Winfrey; Mother Theresa; Susan Boyle; Hans Christian Andersen; and Walter Elias Disney. All of them get their successful life from the hardship which they had in the past time. The purpose of this essay is to explain about the value of a hardship and a successful life which had been experienced by those five adorable people.

First, Oprah Winfrey, an entertainer and a great philanthropist. In the entertainment and social life, people consider Oprah as a smart and thoughtful girl. She is a tough, caring, and sociable figure. She comes from a poor society which full of traumatic incidents and suffers. She had experienced a dysfunctional home life, a suffering of abuse, and a failed pregnancy. By having those miserable life experience, she has begun to make a better life and to reach her dream to help many people who have a lot of suffering in life. Now, she can realize her dream by becoming both a founder and a host in “OPRAH WINFREY SHOW”, a show which is dedicated to share about uplifting and inspirational story from other people who have a hard struggle in their lives. Moreover, she also becomes an activist in politic world and animal rights.

Second, Mother Theresa, a memorable missionary. Although Mother Theresa had died since a long time ago, she still becomes an inspirational figure for the people around the world until nowadays. Her amazing sayings about love is still applied and taught in some religiious and social lives. During her life time, She had been dealing with poverty surroundings, sufferable war condition, and many rejections of her social acts. Although she had faced many difficulties as a missionary, she kept struggling to help the weak and the poor. She was known as a mother who was full of caring and affection. Nowadays, her contributions in free hospice buildings and some missionaries of charity are still preserved by the society.

Third, Susan Boyle, a famous singer and a social activist. Susan Boyle is a new comer in the entertainment world. She starts her career as a singer by becoming a finalist in ”Britain’s Got Talent Show”. Before she becomes a famous artist, she was always being mocked by the society because of her old-fashioned style. When she was a child, she was considered to have learning difficulties. She also got many bullying actions. Although in her past experience, she was banished the family and the society, she has never given up to reach a dream as a famous singer. Susan is a cheerful, caring, and modest woman. She joins many social activities and gives many valuable and religious tracks to the people. Nowadays, many people likes her songs and there are no more negative judgements which are given to her.

Fourth, Hans Christian Andersen, a great tale’s writer. When Andersen was a child, he had been dealing with an unfulfilled love, a lack of education, a humiliation, and fears. His parents died when he was still thirteen years old. Being an orphaned child, he often faced a loneliness. To escape from his suffering from a loneliness, he began to write many kinds of literature works such as, poems, travel sketches, novels, and also best-known tales. Because of his amazing talent in creating valuable tales, Andersen was titled as “The Father of Modern Fairytale”.

Last, Walter Elias Disney, a legendary cartoonist. In the entertainment world, he has been known as a great legendary figure. He gave people joy and happiness by creating magical and amazing world of animation. Disney was not only good in entertaining people, but also good in taking care of his family. As a father, he was known as an affectionate and lovable figure. Since he was a child, Disney had been interested in arts such as, drawing and photography. When he was a teenager, to develop his artistic interest, he made drawings and sketches then sold them near the railroad tracks. He had built his dream to create motion pictures for 43 years in Hollywood industry. Without his work on magical cartoon stories, nowadays we may not be able to get some entertaining things in animation fields.

From the explanation above, you can get an important lesson about the value of a hardship and a successful life which had been experienced by those five adorable people. The lesson is, if you want to get a success, you have to be brave and strong enough to face the hardship in your life. The more you get into hard problems and be able to stay out of them, the more you learn about the meaning of life and success.