Failure for success Tina Mr. deGroof Grade 11 composition 11/11/2013 Tina 13 IEP Everyone likes success more than failure. Actually, failure is more precious than success. Although the process might be dishonor, it is still valuable. No one will succeed in one try. Before we become successful, we need to do a lot of improvements. In the process, we will learn from many failures which guide us to the successes. Failure is one part of the process before you succeed; every successful and famous writers or statesmen never succeed in just one try. The definitions of failure are “a person or thing that is unsuccessful or disappointing.” and “the fact of not reaching the required standard in an examination, text, course, etc.” Failure is a noun. It comes from Anglo-French failer and Old French falir in 1640s. “Bankruptcy”, “collapse”, “decline”, “loss” and “defeat” are the synonyms of failure. Conversely, the antonym is success. After undergoing several times of failure, the door of the wonderland is closer and closer. No one will succeed in one try. We can prove it from the history. Benjamin Franklin wasn’t born in a wealthy family. His family couldn’t afford education to every children, but he never gave up learning. He kept seeking out knowledge wherever he could and made the connections with different kinds of people. When Benjamin was working hard to succeed, he might face some difficulties, like people couldn’t accept his ideas. Benjamin Tina 13 IEP was never defeated by those difficulties or failures. The failures make Benjamin Franklin improve continually. He kept thinking new ideas and trying new things to improve and achieve to succeed. To Benjamin Franklin, failure won’t make him feel disappoint. “I didn’t fail the test, I just find 100 ways to do it wrong.” He said. The famous writer, JK Rowling, also succeeded from several different failures. Because of the unfortunate things happened one by one, JK Rowling was in a deep depression before she overcame the sorrow. At the beginning, Rowling was a depressed, suicidal, unemployed single mother. Although she was desperate and despondent, she still determined to achieve her goalFinish the story. When she finished the first three chapters, she sent it to several publishers. Only one publisher accepted her work. The publisher took her story to his daughter, and asked her to look at it. Rowling’s story is attractive to the publisher’s daughter. Therefore, he told Rowling to accomplish the story and complied to publish her story. Finally, Rowling succeeded from her failure. If Rowling didn’t walk out her abyss, she will achieve her success. “ I mistakes like the next man. In fact, being- forgive merather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly hunger.” she said. Tina 13 IEP Everyone will face their failure in their lives. Failure is to help people become successful. From the two examples of Benjamin Franklin and JK Rowling, we can prove that failure is a process before you succeed and people can’t be successful and famous in one try. Failure helps you to understand where you should improve. Those improvements build a road for you to succeed. Tina 13 IEP Bibliography "The Source of Enlightenment: How Franklin Achieved Success." EvanCarmichael.com. Web. 08 Nov. 2013. <http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/624/The-Source-ofEnlightenment-How-Franklin-Achieved-Success.html> Cuthrell, Anna. "Woman on Top." - JK Rowling (The Biggest Failure You Know). Debbie Brannigan. Web. 08 Nov. 2013. <http://www.capitalistchicks.com/?q=node/567> "Failure." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 10 Nov. 2013. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/failure> "Thesaurus.com." Thesaurus.com. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. <http://thesaurus.com/browse/failure> "Quotes About Failure." (536 Quotes). Web. 10 Nov. 2013. <http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/failure> "Online Etymology Dictionary." Online Etymology Dictionary. Web. 10 Nov. 2013. <http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=f&p=1>