Risks To Growth In The Day I Saved A Life

Every day you are faced with the choice to take a risk, even if you might not realize it. It could be something small like starting up a conversation with a stranger or a big decision that impacts every aspect of your life. Whatever the variety of risk, it is important to take some of those risks. People should take risks because risks are essential to growth, for example discovering new things, learning something new about yourself, or expanding your knowledge. The texts, A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions, by Nina Gregory, The Day I Saved A Life, by Thomas Ponce, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, all show how risks are important to growth.

Risks lead to new

In the story, The Day I Saved A Life, the author, Thomas Ponce, discovered his love for animal activism by taking a risk. He explains how when he and his family were visiting a beach and he watched a fisherman reel up a shark and was planning to eat it. He wanted the fisherman to set it free, so he took a risk and confronted the fisherman. He explained to the fisherman how sharks were important to the ecosystem and other reasons why he should set it free. After the fisherman conceded and let the shark free, Ponce says, “I swear the shark looked at me with gratitude. He was alive because I spoke up for him and he knew it. I saw the understanding in his eyes and knew there was much more to sharks than what I had been led to believe.” His risk in speaking to a fisherman who was a stranger made him realize his passion for animal rights and activism which he explains in the quote, “That day changed me forever and now I fight for sharks’ rights.” His enthusiasm for animal activism was sparked by the risk he took that day. The Day I Saved A Life, shows how taking a risk can make you learn something new about

The narrative, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass shows how risk taking is important for your future. When Frederick Douglass was enslaved, he learned to read and write. However, it was illegal to teach a slave to read and write, so he had to take risks and use clever strategies. Frederick Douglass explains, “The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of making friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers.” He took a risk by having kids teach him because they could have gotten him caught. He also took a similar risk when he learned how to write. He explains, “when I met with any boy who I knew could write, I would tell him I could write as well as he. The next word would be, "I don't believe you. Let me see you try it." I would then make the letters which I had been so fortunate as to learn, and ask him to beat that.” The risk he took greatly aided Frederick Douglass in his escape from enslavement in the future. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass shows how taking risks lets you learn new