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Topic: What makes a person admirable

Outline

I. Introduction

a. Admiration is described as a human emotion generated by people of talent, skill, or competency that exceeds common standards. A person who deserves admiration is described as admirable. Such a person has unique qualities that make him or her to be admirable. Some people think that people with flashy lifestyles, good cars and big houses are admirable. However, admiration is more of one’s character rather than possessions

b. The primary objective of the essay is to explain three qualities that an admirable person has including humility, courage and resilience. 

II.               Body paragraph 1

a.      An admirable person is humble and does not look over anybody’s shoulder

1. Example 1: Barack Obama

A. Humility is the ability to accept and love ourselves the way we are, without pretensions. This makes a person admirable because they do not fake their lifestyles or want to appear what is not their real character. Despite being a person of high social status and the former president of the United States, he is a humble person and down to earth and he is easily accessible by anyone regardless of his class.

B. Barack Obama with such great power while serving as the president, he talked with humility. There are not many people in politics who are humble as he has been. When people get to power, they tend to have pride. However, Obama had the unique ability to connect earthly with people from all walks of life.

1. Example 2: Mark Zuckerberg

A. He is the CEO and founder of Facebook and one of the youngest billionaires in the world. His net worth is $35.7 billion. However, despite the wealthy and status, Zuckerberg does not show off his wealth, but he stays a humble life.

B. He drives a cheap car Acura TSX and wears the same gray t-shirt and hoodie to work every day. Despite being a person of high status, he lives a simple life and he is very humble.

        

III.              Body paragraph 2

a.      Courageous people embark on missions that seem impossible to other people and do what it takes to achieve their goals in life despite the obstacles of challenges they find on their way.

1. Example 1 – Martin Luther King Jr.

A. Historically, Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most courageous people in the world to have ever lived. Being a black, he fought for equal rights of people regardless of their race during a time when racism was rampant in the U.S.

B. Martin Luther sacrificed his life to fight for equality and to end discrimination against blacks by whites.

2. Example 2 – Nelson Mandela

A. Nelson Mandela, born in South Africa stood to fight for the rights of South Africans. He was jailed for 27 years by the British government and later become the president of South Africa after fight for the independence of the country.

B Mandela’s story is admirable based on the fact he did not fear what could be done to him but rather focused on his course to save south Africa from the hands of colonizers.

                                                 IV.     Body paragraph 3

a.   Resilient people overcome and all challenges to achieve their goals and huge success. Resilient people are admirable based on the fact that they had to overcome hardship and tragedy to achieve amazing success.                 

1. Example 1 – Charlize Theron

A. Theron was a South African actress who achieved significant fame around the world. However, she grew up in a very violent family. Her father was a drunkard and he could always threaten to kill both Theron and her mom. At the age of 15, her mom killed her father. Her childhood was not easy and she had mental problems because of the environment she grew up in.

B. However, the pain of her early childhood did not stop her from achieving her goals. Her story is inspiring that no matter what we go through, we can still become what we want.

2. Example 2 – Michael Jordan.

A. Michael Jordan is one of the famous NBA legends who achieved huge success. However, Jordan did not wake up one day and became a star, he failed a couple of times but he never gave up.

B Jordan did not let failure get into his head, but instead he built on the failures to become one of the best NBA players in the world. The story of Jordan makes him admirable person who never gave up despite the number of times he failed.

V. Conclusion

a.      Character and personality are what makes a person admirable. The three-character traits discussed in the essay that are portrayed by admirable people include humility, courage and resilience. The three traits in a person makes them people to be emulated by others. For example, most people would find Barack Obama admirable because he is a humble person regardless of his social status. Admirable people possess a trait that inspires other people to become better.

b.       The people discussed above each portrays either one of the three qualities that make a person admirable which include humility, courage and resilient.