Throughout the years I have turned into someone wiser and mature I believe I’ve gained more knowledge on things as I experienced more things in life, more challenges. The younger version of me is very different from who I am today and how I have grown, but I didn’t do it alone there were things and people to helped me get to this point that I am at today. One thing that influenced this growth when I was really young was movies, and I would say specifically the movie “The Dark Knight Rises” by Christopher Nolan. I’ve seen this movie quite a few times, but it’s not just because my favorite superhero is in it but because of the message it portrays as well. I would say that this movie has a strong representation of bravery and making wise decisions, and what it means to learn from your mistakes.

Recently I’ve come across a book called “The magic of thinking big” by David J. Schwartz. This book I could say has played a good part in my growth or knowledge of real-world situations recently. This book has helped me as a young man to view things differently, change my way of thinking, and correct my attitudes and make goals for myself, I can say that this book is trying to achieve or help you find an enjoyable life for yourself and not a life you would regret in the future. I will go into more detail about this as to how I grew more as a person and how I was before gaining the knowledge.

            Seeing the first piece of text evidence that helped me mature, develop skills that helped me believe in doing a better job as a person was the movie I spoke about “The Dark Knight,” in what really attributed to my growth was actually to no give up so easily on certain things. There is evidence in the movie that shows this for example in the movie Bruce Wayne aka Batman was at one point in his life done, he had given all hope and had retired from being The Batman. He didn’t think there was anything else out there for him, he was grieving in a way trying to cope with the pain from previous losses, but at that moment when he at his lowest his butler and a longtime friend told him otherwise. Bruce Wayne got back out into the world. All these messages are all throughout the movie, and well that’s why I believe that message was so strong to me especially back when I was a young kid. This even though I wasn’t struggling with anything showed me that there is still hope and loved ones only want the best for you.

However, there are multiple scenes like that one throughout the movie. One final example would be when Bruce Wayne “Batman” got really beaten up and almost killed, he was sent away to a prison in the middle of nowhere by the antagonist of the movie. Bruce spent many weeks in recovery, but he would not go out as a coward how the villain wanted him to go or lose hope, he stayed strong and healed himself, and eventually he was able to get out and get back into the fight. What I am trying to say with this is that this movie did have a big influence on me when I was a younger person. In the movie there was an uprising The more I watched the movie throughout the years the more clear the messages became because there were multiple messages, not just one. This makes me believe that this movie is something greater than what it is. It affected my young adolescent self and how I grew as a person and how I am still growing as a person and I am not the younger version of me anymore. Aside from the movies fictional acts I think this movie really helped shape who I am and who I might be in the future

Next, there was a second piece of text evidence that I mention, and it was a book called “The magic of thinking big” by David J. Schwartz. I read this book not so long ago. I could say at maximum a year ago, but I still remember its messages. This book had the same effect that the movie from the previous source had, if not stronger I could say. This piece of text really showed me a piece of life, and what it means to be life smart and make smart decisions. Not only that but this book is great at giving you motivation and help you strive forward. I believe that’s the purpose of this book, and honestly, it does a good job at doing so. An example of this can be straight from the text “Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way solution.” By David J. Schwartz. Quotes like that one are spread out all throughout the book, this is one of the ways I believe this book recently has helped me grow as a person, messages like these stay in the back of my head as a small reminder to keep having faith in what you are doing.

Although these texts are from two completely different times I believe they both spread a similar message. These texts both spread the idea of leadership and strength, and what it means not to give up so easily. I say that they are similar because for example aren’t superheroes leaders? Don’t they want to help others and do they give up so easily, and well the book also speaks on leadership and not giving up so that’s why I believe that both of these texts are pretty similar in some way. Both of these pieces I have looked up to and really admired. Now one side note is that since I am older I am able to understand that this book is really setting the tracks for you, and it is your choice if you won’t follow the right tracks.

In conclusion, what can be said is that we are able to learn from anything, the things that I believe have helped me grow can be completely different from other people. At the end of it all, I have learned from these things, I’ve learned about what it means to get back up even after being put down, and I have learned that as I get older the more responsibilities I will have and more important decisions I will have to take and both of these texts helped me realize that better.