Through all the obstacles he overcame he shows perseverance. Perseverance is steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Firstly Django constructs this characteristic when he got turned down from a record. This shows difficulty / delay in achieving success. For instance, Django shows this characteristics when he got turned down from a record. This shows difficultly / delay in success because being turned down is something harsh to hear. He got turned down because he was considered too modern. As a result he preserves through this and the group became very popular. As it stated in the text in paragraph 8 it says ‘‘Despite being turned down by one record label as too much modern, the group became immensely