Role Model Influences In Ten Letters

Role models’ influences in “Ten Letters” We all have somebody whom we look up to, someone we admire, they are our role models. We look up to them not because they are famous or wealthy, but more likely because their personalities, we are drawn to them because we can learn something from them. In some sense, it is extremely important that we have a positive role model. Good role models can really change our lives. In the book “Ten Letters” chapter two, Stefan characterizes Obama as his inspirational role model, Obama’s experience of becoming the President of the United States out of nowhere inspired him to challenge himself and go for the student body president as a black kid. We can really see the admiration of Stefan to president Obama in his word “‘He’s somebody we can all look up to,’ Stefan told strangers who picked up the phone. ‘He’s inspirational enough to bring this country back together.’” (Salslow, 2011) Because of his role model, Stefan chose to run for student body president, studying hard for college and even consider running for congress one day. He made these kinds of decisions under the influence of his role model, president Obama, imagine if he does not have someone whom he can look up to, someone who can inspire him, what

Lebron chose his career as a basketball player under the influence of Kobe. “As a kid growing up, man, watching(Kobe), watching a kid come straight out of high school is something that I kind of admired. I was like, ‘if he can do it, then maybe I can be one of the guys that do it, too.’” (Lebron James shares why Kobe Bryant was his childhood role model, www.foxsports.com) And after starting a career in NBA, Lebron has always been competitive against his role model on the court. That’s probably another thing He learned from Kobe, it is that to always stay hungry and