Analysis: Some people will be devastated in the face of poverty, while others can take poverty as the driving force to achieve their goals. Zola set an example for us.
Topics: "Poverty is a fortune", "Persistence" and "Suffering makes talents"
2. Difficulties and hardships make talents. Miller is a famous French writer in the19th century. Born in a peasant family, he studied painting with others when he was young. He left his teacher because he was dissatisfied with his flashy artistic style. Later, he made a living by painting nude pictures in Paris. Gradually, he got tired of this art, but paintings with other themes could not be sold. Therefore, he once fell into the abyss of poverty, distress and despair. Forced by life, he had to leave Paris to live in the country. In the countryside, he still failed to get rid of poverty, but the beautiful nature, simple farmers and farm life aroused the painter's creative passion. He endured all difficulties and persisted in his creation, resulting in many famous works, such as The Sower.
Analysis: People will encounter hardships in their life, even illness and death. Not afraid of difficulties, not afraid of setbacks, hard work, you can write a brilliant life.
Theme: "Success and Suffering", "The Power of Frustration" and "Suffering is a kind of wealth"
3. Suffering is wealth. Difficulties and setbacks are wealth to people with perseverance.
Tsiolkovsky, the "father of the universe" of the Soviet Union, was deaf due to scarlet fever when he was a teenager and was expelled from school. But he taught himself by the library and showed amazing mathematical ability. Heine, a German poet, spent the last eight years of his life in a "paved grave". He can't move his hands and feet, and his eyes are half blind, but the fire of life has not been extinguished. He sang a large number of excellent poems that are world-renowned.
Analysis: Maybe the world without sound can think more quietly, but the "grave of bedding" can never inspire people, and a strong heart is the foundation!
Topics: "Suffering is wealth" and "The power of life"
Facing failure and poverty, Jack London was born in a poor family since childhood, but he was ambitious, designed a great future for himself, became a great writer, and transformed society with a pen. In order to become a writer, he made up lessons in middle school for one year, and then he was admitted to the University of California. But because of the difficulty in paying tuition, he dropped out of school after studying for half a year. Dropping out of school didn't shake his determination to become a writer. He changed his mind, took the society as a learning classroom and studied harder. The works of Darwin, Marx and Nietzsche taught him to think. Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac and other works taught him to write. He began to write a manuscript, but he was rejected again and again. But he was not discouraged. If life is difficult, you can live by pawning and squeeze time to write. Write at night if there is not enough time during the day; Take notes, index and copy cards diligently. Finally, I published my first novel "To the Hunter" on 1890. Later, he became a great writer with many masterpieces.
Analysis: Difficult and difficult, Yu Ru Yu Cheng! Jack London's experience is nothing more than practicing thousands of years of human experience and truth.
Theme: "frustration", "determination" and "the road to success"
5. Soong Ching Ling's Persistence Soong Ching Ling followed Sun Yat-sen from 19 13 and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause in China, seeking the independent liberation of the Chinese nation. In the long years of nearly 70 years, after the fishing protection movement (19 17), the national revolution (1924- 1927) and the ten-year opposition in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1927-1933).
Analysis: Without a passionate patriotism, can Soong Ching Ling devote herself to the liberation and prosperity of the motherland for 70 years?
Title: "Loyalty" and "Perseverance"
6. Yan Fu's worries 19 12 Yan Fu became the president of Peking University. At this time, Yan Fu's comparative view of Chinese and western cultures tends to mature, and he begins to enter the stage of self-reflection and tends to return to traditional culture. He is worried that China will lose its "national characteristics". He thinks that it will be "like a fish that is empty without water, like a cripple who walks on his arm, and like a person who is shorter than his spirit who relies on opium, which is called losing his nature", and "a person who loses his nature cannot survive for a long time". Out of this anxiety about the future and destiny of the Chinese nation, Yan Fu tried to combine the liberal arts and Confucian classics of Peking University into one, which was completely used to cure the old learning. "To keep the history of Chinese saints handed down for four or five thousand years, the moral articles on righteousness will not be lost." This behavior was kind at that time.
Analysis: How many people knew Yan Fu's good intentions to protect China's traditional culture at that time? Patriotism takes many forms. You can't just look at the problem from one angle and one eye!
Topic: "the perspective of looking at things", "purpose and form"
7. Zhang Boling's Ideal Zhang Boling, the founder of Nankai Middle School, was admitted to Beiyang Naval Academy with excellent results at the age of 16 and learned to drive. After graduation, he participated in the Sino-Japanese War, but the warship was sunk as soon as it went out to sea, which touched him a lot. 1899, Britain leased the military port of Ahava, China, and Zhang Boling saw it with his own eyes. The Qing flag raised in the port on the first day was lowered the next day. Strong patriotism prompted him to resolutely quit the navy and return to Tianjin to organize the school. He ran around and raised funds in many ways, and finally opened Nankai School in 1907. Zhang Boling devoted his life to teaching and trained a large number of talents for the country.
Analysis: Only when the motherland is rich and strong can individuals have dignity. To this end, Zhang Boling spared no effort to set up schools, hoping to train talents to revitalize China through education, and his patriotic enthusiasm was touching.
Topics: "Education and Patriotism" and "Life Goals"
8. Madame Curie's "lucky" lovelorn 1883, a Polish girl of 16 years old, later Madame Curie, went to a noble family as a tutor, and she planned to earn some money to go out to college. Two years later, casimir, the eldest son of this family, fell in love with Maria, who just turned 19, and they planned to get married. Of course, it is impossible to go to college. However, due to their different family backgrounds, their marriage was firmly opposed by casimir's parents, and casimir, who was weak-willed, gave in to his parents. Maria was miserable and prepared to "bid farewell to the world", but she finally restrained herself with tenacious will. As a result, she turned her personal misfortune into a driving force to devote herself to greater goals, and became an education to cultivate the kindness of poor local children and the courage to go to Paris to study alone. People think this is a lucky lovelorn. Otherwise, her history will be rewritten and mankind will lose one of the greatest female scientists to date.
Analysis: Madame Curie's lovelorn is a setback in her life. She freed herself from frustration and pain, picked herself up and devoted herself to scientific research, and then she succeeded.
Theme: "Frustration and Success", "Strength of Will" and "Turning Point"
9. Rejuvenate and create brilliance. Iacocca is a superstar in the American automobile industry. His sales promotion skills are widely known in the automobile industry, which has created billions of dollars for Ford. However,1July 3, 978, Iacocca was fired by a jealous boss without any preparation. The boss drove him to a small room in a warehouse, which was politely given to Iacocca's office before he found a new job. In the face of great humiliation, Iacocca was not depressed. After being fired and humiliated, Iacocca accepted the position of president of Chrysler Automobile Company on the verge of bankruptcy. With his excellent management skills, he gave Chrysler a new life. Just 1984, he earned a profit of $2.4 billion for the company, more than the total profit of the company in the previous 60 years! With indomitable spirit, extraordinary intelligence and brilliant achievements, Iacocca became a hero in the eyes of Americans.
Analysis: success in prosperity is the icing on the cake, and turning over in adversity is the true character of a hero! If Iacocca doesn't succeed the second time, he is just a superstar. It was his rise in adversity that made him a "hero".
Title: Hero, Gold Always Glows, Honing and Success
10, Nicolo Paganini, an Italian violinist and composer, is called "a violinist trained on piano solo". His artistic path is bumpy. He was born in a small businessman's family. It is said that he has been in prison for 20 years for political crimes. But even in prison, he never lost heart, but insisted on studying in prison. At the window of the prison, he practiced hard with a violin with only one string left. After decades, he finally reached a superb position in playing skills. His creation and performance are unrestrained and full of passion, which has a great influence on contemporary romantic composers.
Analysis: Being imprisoned and eventually becoming a talent requires firm faith and perseverance on the one hand, and a desire for life and persistence in art on the other.
Theme: "Never give up" and "Faith and Perseverance"
1 1, Helen Keller-the pride of the disabled Helen Keller, an American blind and deaf woman writer and educator, lost her sight and hearing because of illness at the age of one and a half, which is unimaginable and unbearable for ordinary people. However, Helen didn't give in to fate. With the teacher's education and help, she overcame the disease with strong perseverance, learned to speak, "obeyed" her fingers and mastered five languages. At the age of 24, she graduated with honors from the famous Radcliffe Women's College of Harvard University. After that, she devoted her life to the welfare of the blind and deaf people in the world, and was praised and commended by many governments and people. From 65438 to 0959, the United Nations launched the "Helen Keller" movement. Her autobiographical work "The Story of My Life" has become a classic of English literature, translated into many languages and widely circulated.
Analysis: Dare to face up to the hardships of life is the foundation of Helen's success. In this way, she became the spiritual representative of disabled people all over the world and became the pride of disabled people.
Theme: "Disability without wasting", "Strength makes life" and "Value of life"
12, Bodie blinks writing Bodie is a French journalist. After the heart attack, he was quadriplegic, and only his left eye could move. But he was determined to write diving suits and butterflies, which were written with his heart, so he asked Mendibao, a recording artist, for help and spent six hours recording every day. The communication between them can only be completed by the blink of the left eye. Every time, Mendibao reads the common French letters in sequence. Bodie blinks once to indicate correct letters, blinks twice to indicate errors, and then spells words. This unimaginable "writing" was finally miraculously completed in a few months. This 150 page book has been published and is well received by people.
Analysis: The story of "Bodie Blinking Writing" reminds us of Stephen Hawking, but his extreme physical disability can't stop them from swaggering in the field of literature and scientific research.
Theme: "Persistence", "Perfection and Imperfection" and "The Birth of Miracles"
13, The Golden Mean of Red Top Businessmen Hu Xueyan survives and develops with his superb wit. In the gap between officialdom and western economy, between left and Li Hongzhang, he kicked out one world after another. Hu Xueyan's successful official career is the result of being familiar with, observing and using hidden rules. Unfortunately, this crack finally destroyed him, and Zuo's death made him a victim of official struggle. From abject poverty to wealth and back to penniless, Hu Xueyan completed the cycle of his life.
Analysis: An extremely clever person is often good at using rules rather than creating them. Hu Xueyan's life proved this truth, and at the same time explained another truth: "Those who play with fire set themselves on fire".
Topic: "Rules and Life" and "The Double Edge of Rules"