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Speaker: Angela Duckworth
Occasion: TED talk
Purpose: Explain the definition of grit and how it relates to success
Main Argument: Grit is usually unrelated or even inversely related to measures of talent, but having a growth mindset is one of the closest things to grit-building

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Speaker: Amy Chua
Occasion: January 8, 2011
Purpose: Explain the reason why children in China with stereotypical, "Chinese mothers", have a higher success rate in raising children with a greater education than "Western parents"
Main Argument: There is no secret to raising children with good grades, merely not letting them give up and getting rid of distractions until they are grown and prepared to make their own decisions

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Speaker: Friedrich Nietzche
Occasion: "The Gay Science" by Friedrich Nietzche; about the concept of feeling power
Purpose: Nietzche expresses different ways of obtaining and feeling power
Main Argument: The “will to power” (German: der Wille zur Macht) is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Nietzsche, who believed that the desire for power is the main driving force in humans – namely, achievement, ambition, and the striving to reach the highest possible position in life

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Speaker: Judith Ortiz Cofer
Occasion: Published in Glamour (1992)
Purpose: Explaining the stereotypes of Latin woman and how it affects them
Main Argument: Judith Ortiz Cofer explains the stereotypes she faced while growing up and the impact it has her on her life

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Speaker: Plato
Occasion: Philosophy
Purpose: Uses an allegory of the cave to express the human mind and beginning of humans/cavemen
Main Argument: People are afraid to accept "new" things/ideas and may possibly reject them

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Speaker: Mark Twain
Occasion: "Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain
Purpose: To compare and contrast two rivers
Main Argument: The rivers and environment signifies Twain's mastery of writing and how it has become less passionate due to that mastery

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Speaker: Paul Theraeux
Occasion:  Sunrise with Seamonsters, New York; Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
Purpose: Explain the various stereotypes placed to "being a man"
Main Argument: Not having those manly stereotypes does not make a man any less man

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Speaker: Malcolm X
Occasion: May 19, 1925
Purpose:  Malcolm X describes his self-education
Main Argument: His passion of reading was what allowed him to educate himself within the confines of jail and to enlighten himself as well

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Speaker: Sherman Alexie
Occasion: Essay

Purpose: Explain how he overcame adversity on his own through books
Main Argument: Do not let yourself be pushed down or held back by someone else's beliefs if your goal is to improve yourself as a person, be it through knowledge or experience

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Speaker: Sandra L. Pinkney
Occasion: The decade after World War II
Purpose: To inform people of the discrimination of the times and
Main Argument: People with dark skinned complexions will be discriminated

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Speaker: Pico Iyer
Occasion: New York Times Article
Purpose: Explain differences between lifestyles
Main Argument: Iyer believes that leaving a crowded workplace for a more isolated and free lifestyle is better for people

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Main Actor: Will Smith
Occasion: Chris Gardner on his journey to take care of his son
Purpose: Finding Happiness and the defintion of it
Main Argument: Everyone can pursue happness but only those willing to fight for it to death will be able to achieve it