the American Crisis

This reading is about how people go through hard times and struggle.  You have deal with many things that you don't like to overcome and impower them.  Thomas Paine also said that tyranny is not easy to overcome and the harder the things get, the more gradifying your triumph is.  I agree with this because i can connect his words to my daily life.  When I really work hard for something and finally reach the pinacle of sucess, I feel a sense of pride and a huge accomplishment than rather taking shortcuts to reach my goal.  Paine also talked about how quickly a country can have a sense of fear and panic.  He's main message to this is that to have faith and to never quit and give up.  A quote that paine said that stuck to me was the following: "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." (53) This quote is very powerfull because it means that in life, you can't progress and better yourself if you don't ever don't try new things or do anything out of your comfort zone.  If you can't do this, then you won't be able to grow knowledge and strength and will and won't have anything to reflect upon.