The Will to Win — Chapter Summary
Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · English
Summary of The Will to Win for Maharashtra Board Class 10 English. Part of the Maharashtra Board Class 10 English syllabus.
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Overview
Notice how the poem turns strong desire into action, discipline, and courage. Berton Braley shows that success needs effort, sacrifice, steady determination, and the courage to face hardship without giving up.
Key Concepts
The poem presents the strong desire
The poem presents the strong desire to succeed as more than a wish. It demands action, sacrifice, and steady effort.
A person who truly wants
A person who truly wants a goal must work day and night for it and be ready to give up time, peace, and sleep.
The poem says that all dreams
The poem says that all dreams and plans should stay fixed on the goal, so life feels empty without it.
The poet says a person should
The poet says a person should sweat, fret, and plan for the goal until fear of opposition disappears.
The poem names capacity
The poem names capacity, strength, sagacity, faith, hope, confidence, and pertinacity as qualities needed to pursue a goal.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the central idea of will-power and determination
- Identify the qualities needed to achieve success
- Explain the meaning of important words such as scheme, fret, sagacity, pertinacity, famished, gaunt, and grim
- Recognize the poet's message that success comes through effort and endurance
- Recall the poem's key lines and their meaning for examination answers
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