Living the Dream Essay - Rough Draft

One person that has inspired me is Albert Einstein. He is inspiring because he was one of the greatest scientists ever. When he was in school, all his teachers said he was slow to learn, and “dim”. Einstein didn’t like to learn about language and other popular teachings back then. All he liked was math. He soon became fascinated by math, and he wanted to become a math teacher. Despite his love of math, his school asked him to leave because he was a bad role model to other students. Einstein was able to overcome this, and he soon became one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.
I admire many character traits about him. First, I admire his willingness not to give up. He kept studying math and science even though many people thought he shouldn’t. Second, is that he didn’t let all the people telling him he was dim and slow get to him. He just kept going on what he knew was the right thing, and didn’t let people tell him otherwise. I also admire all the things he said to encourage other people such as, “Only a life lived for others is worth living,” and “Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Another character trait I like about him is his sense of humor, such as in these things he said about life: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe,” and “If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
Albert Einstein did a lot for the world: inspiring, teaching, and changing it. He was able to overcome all hardship and failure, and became one of the greatest scientists of all time. Albert Einstein inspired me, and I hope he does the same for you.

response #2

I just finished the book Point Blank, and I really liked the whole book, but the ending was spectacular. I really like it because it portrays Alex, the main character, as being a regular boy who becomes a hero and saves the world. He calls for help when he finds the information he needs for MI6, but they don’t come, so he takes the matter into his own hands. He gets away without getting killed, but the teachers at Point Blanc, the finishing school, think that he died. Later, MI6 sends a SAS team in to save the trapped boys.
What I like about the book is that it is very interesting, and it is always exciting. I also like how the author, Anthony Horowitz, wrote about an average schoolchild, and turned him in to a secret spy who becomes a hero. Some choices that Alex had to make were whether to destroy the lunatic named Dr. Grief. He ended up destroying his helicopter and killing him. I would have made the choice not to kill him, but to catch him and keep him away from the world instead of taking his life. I have learned from the book that anyone can be hero no matter what age or gender they are. I would rate this book a 10 out of 10, and I would recommend it to everyone who likes action and excitement.

Response #1

I am reading the book Point Blank for my choice book. My first response to the book is that it is full of a lot of action, suspense, and mystery. Point Blank is the second book in the series, the Alex Rider series. In the first book, Alex’s only relative, his uncle, died in a mysterious way – a car accident, he was told, but he saw bullet holes in the car’s side. He finds out that his uncle was a spy, and was killed on the job. Then MI6, the intelligence agency, recruits him as a spy. This book starts out in the time period when he is catching up on school from his last mission. In the beginning of the book Alex catches a drug dealer, and turns him into the police, destroying a building in the process. MI6 finds him, and sends him on another mission. He is sent to a private school for troubled rich kids. MI6 wants to find out what they are doing there.

So far I really like this book because I really like action and adventure novels. I also like it because it always has something exciting going on - it is hard to put down. Some choices Alex had to make were if he really wanted to go on another mission, and what he should do with the drug dealer. I don’t agree with his decision with the drug dealer, I think he could have just told the police instead of trying to be heroic. I think everybody would like this book, if they like action and excitement, and I would rate the book a 9.5 out of 10, because it is never boring.