There is no triumph in succeeding where one cannot fail. True glory lies in the ability to rise up from the lowest of lows and persevere in the face of adversity. The real victory is in the convictions held and maintained that life has a greater purpose for all of us, because by believing in that greater purpose you yourself have already acchieved immortality. In Thomas Wolfe's "What is Man?", two very different perspectives are …showed first 75 words of 416 total…

…showed last 75 words of 416 total…adversities. Because of this, both his good and bad will remain behind him and he will become immortal. Man is an everlasting symbol of hope in a "desolate, deserted earth." He is his own reason to believe in the impossible, and his unrelenting belief in life has given him meaning and purpose. Both good and bad, he has become his own miracle, and because of that, "...he is great, he is glorious, he is beautiful...."