Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
"Failure Is A Step Towards Success" - College Essays

"Failure Is A Step Towards Success"

It is amazing when people are faced with failure, how they can turn it
around to create success from that failure. In both short stories "The
Lamp At Noon" and "The Blue Kimono", George, Marthe and Ellen showed some
type of failure. Then, turning it around and making a success out of it.

Ellen was the first one that I noticed, since the first short story
was "The Lamp At Noon". She definitely failed at first, but picked herself
up and created a little success. This was shown when she was being nasty
to Paul, making him sound like a failure because he wouldn't leave their
house in the storm. But, in fact she was the real failure. Paul knew that
the storm was going to end in ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

it was when the baby died. It did all create success
in the end. The storm finally ended in the three days Paul said it would.
Paul accepted Ellen back into the family after she ran away. The last
thing was that Paul promised her that he would change his crops, breed
cattle and restore the land again. So, Ellen did succeed in the end.

Secondly, I found that Marthe create success from her failures in "The
Blue Kimono". She knew herself that she was a failure. Just the way she
related her Blue Kimono to her own life. The Kimono was all ripped, torn
and shredded just the way her marriage and life was. There child was
really sick as well, and had a bad fever. They thought the boy was going
to die. Those are her failure points from the story. Her and Paul began to
talk about the boy, and started to think together about taking him to the
hospital. Suddenly, Marthe checked the child's forehead and it was
beginning to cool. Her life was becoming to turn around. ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

"Failure Is A Step Towards Success". (2007, December 13). Retrieved January 2, 2026, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Failure-Is-A-Step-Towards-Success/75768

""Failure Is A Step Towards Success"." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 13 Dec. 2007. Web. 2 Jan. 2026. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Failure-Is-A-Step-Towards-Success/75768>

""Failure Is A Step Towards Success"." Essayworld.com. December 13, 2007. Accessed January 2, 2026. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Failure-Is-A-Step-Towards-Success/75768.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 12/13/2007 11:23:11 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 600
Pages: 3

Save |

Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS

Save and find your favorite essays easier