Rashad Young
English B
Mr. Salsich
9.16.2008
If Your Gonna Dream, Dream Big; an Essay About two Quotes
Walt Disney and Rainer Maria Rilke are two totally different people, but they seem to share the same beliefs. Disney once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Whenever I read this quote I seem to gain some self-confidence because I dream of a lot of things that I wish to do some day. Rilke’s quote is a little bit different but gives me the same main idea, “Don’t search for the answers, that could not be given to you now because you would not be able to live them.” This also seems to a feeling of being secure and makes me feel like I don’t need to worry about pressure, I just need to ride the wave of life and all of my answers will come to me. It also made me think that if I have patience my dreams and answers will eventually come to me rather than having me chase them. They also made me realize that answers and reality are not always everything you need to dream and use your imagination sometimes.
This also made me think about how Disney and Rilke had interests in the future. Walt seems to think about his dreams and what will become of them over time. It also made me think about how big Walt was dreaming bringing cartoon characters to life is not a small task. Although it was a very big dream Disney stuck with it and was able to accomplish many more goals after this one. Rilke’s quote about questions and answers seemed to be based on the outcome of these answers and living everything in between these two points in time. Even if Maria got flustered along the way she was able to “have the patience” to continue and forget about the answers to her questions because the future and the present are two very different things but the one that matters the most is the present because this shapes are past and our future. Rilke and Disney both seemed to have some relationship with their future and both made a wonderful past and present for many people around the globe. These two pioneers of history are a wonderful example of dreams coming true.
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2 comments:
Praise:
You did a really good job of connecting the quote to the Rilke poem through out the essay
Suggestions:
1) You mentioned "it also made me think" a too much
2) The sentence "It also made me think about how big Walt was dreaming bringing cartoon characters to life is not a small task" is awkward. You could change it into "It also made me think about how big of a task Walt's dream of bringing cartoon characters to life truely was"
Pros:
I like the way you connected the Disney quote to the Rilke poem.
Cons:
I don't believe you followed the assignment because it looks like you only have the body paragraphs.
And you used also way to much.
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