五分鐘演講小故事（精選9篇）

五分鐘演講小故事 篇1

　　各位老師，同學(xué)：

　　大家好，今天有幸站在這個演講臺上……

　　我的演講題目是《青春，永不凋謝的季節(jié)》

　　“人不是點(diǎn)綴太平的，而是工作的。正因?yàn)橛辛饲G棘，才需要我們在荊棘中開辟道路”巴金曾這樣說道。確實(shí)如此，倘若日日無為，怨天憂人，還談甚么斬荊棘，談甚么辟道路?我相信，大家都不甘庸俗，因?yàn)橛顾椎娜似椒�，平凡的人，平凡的世�?hellip;…

　　作為新生的90后一代，我們不甘庸庸碌碌地一生，更不希望像阿q一樣自我精神勝利，欺騙自己……然而，想要扼住命運(yùn)的喉嚨，成為主宰自己命運(yùn)的主人，我們首先要具備的是甚么?!___是自信，是實(shí)力，是堅持下去的信念與毅力，是敢于向困難挑戰(zhàn)的勇氣!!!

　　自從我們出生的那刻起，我們就肩負(fù)起了別人無法肩負(fù)的責(zé)任，帶著這樣的使命，我們一路走來�？邕^了坎坷，我們選擇了這條充滿挑戰(zhàn)的荊棘小道。“路，本不是路，走的人多了，也便成了路。我們?yōu)榱宋覀兊哪繕?biāo)，為了自己的希望，為了不悔的青春，為了明天的祖國，別無選擇的踏上了這條路，追尋著先人的腳步，想要捕捉屬于自己的那絲光亮……

　　或許，我們對青春迷茫過，對未來懷疑著，對失敗，恨并痛著，但，這都是次要的。保爾*柯察金說：“生活賦于我們一種巨大的和無限高貴的禮品……充滿著期待，志愿，充滿著求知和斗爭的志向，充滿著希望、信心……”

　　在人生最好的季節(jié)，我們義氣風(fēng)發(fā)，我們斗志昂揚(yáng)，因?yàn)槲覀兠靼祝�青春，我們最大的資本!!

　　人們都說歲月是把殺豬刀，無情地宰割著每一個人的青春。我們沒有誰可以躲的過歲月的長河，但，我們需要做的是甚么?!

　　是拼搏!

　　青春好似繁星點(diǎn)綴的夜空，之不過，青春的星星更繁、更亮，青春的月更豐滿，更耀眼。我們不需要“凌絕頂”的豪邁，我們所需要做的，是一步步的履行我們青春的誓言。

　　以前，你許或墮落，或許頹廢，更或許對未來娓娓諾諾，但，今天，就在今天，你該清醒了。不再低頭，不再軟弱，挺起胸膛對風(fēng)雨說：這點(diǎn)痛，算甚么?!

　　時光匆匆似流水，失去了就讓它失去，不要拿昨天去賭明天，你傷不起!

五分鐘演講小故事 篇2

　　非常高興，自己有幸讀了《“輸”在起跑線上的哈佛男孩》一書。我堅信：此書對我的影響將會深入貫徹整整一生!

　　本書介紹了名叫于智博的大哥哥，曾在國內(nèi)高中成績倒數(shù)。到了國外后，靠著自己小時候無論是父母有意識培養(yǎng)的，還是自己無意間養(yǎng)成的軟實(shí)力，從最適合自己的學(xué)院開始，歷經(jīng)在諸多世界名企的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)，也踏踏實(shí)實(shí)地靠著努力與意志進(jìn)入了哈佛商學(xué)院，成為花旗銀行“全球領(lǐng)袖計劃成員”，不斷創(chuàng)造著屬于自己的那份輝煌。

　　這么一個后勁十足的人物，給我的最深印象便是：他活得很真實(shí)。

　　現(xiàn)在的中國孩子們不正缺少這個嗎?過著家長強(qiáng)迫過的生活，補(bǔ)這補(bǔ)那，這就是可怕的硬實(shí)力崇拜，一味地認(rèn)為成績好便是萬事大吉。我看著書中的內(nèi)容，不禁偷笑了幾回，因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為起碼我過得和于智博一樣，與自己的心理生活很吻合。更幸運(yùn)的是，我遇上了一對明智的家長。從小，我對足球很感興趣，對于加入足球興趣班的請求，父母毫不猶豫地鼎力支持，另外的一些學(xué)科類輔導(dǎo)課程也是我的“一己私欲”!但我與于智博不同的是，我的成績還是不錯的，但我還有哪些地方?jīng)]有達(dá)到“哈佛男孩”的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)呢?

　　首先，于智博常常投身于公益事業(yè)，為整個社會貢獻(xiàn)出哪怕一絲微不足道的力量，他也能因此收獲到因幫助別人而汲取的快樂和滿足。我相對他，就顯得對這個社會“冷酷無情”了，一到假日小隊時間，似乎就是我最難以接受的，滿心認(rèn)為這簡直是無聊透頂，是浪費(fèi)時間，不僅損失了自己做作業(yè)的時間，還是消耗完成自己興趣愛好的時間。實(shí)際上假日小隊活動就是一種對社會愛的奉獻(xiàn)。愛，也是一種能力。犧牲自己的時間，去付出愛，更是自己胸襟的淋漓體現(xiàn)。當(dāng)然，公益事業(yè)也能鍛煉我們的社會實(shí)踐能力——哈佛不喜歡書呆子，而是喜歡具有領(lǐng)袖氣質(zhì)的人才。沒有良好的社會實(shí)踐能力，你想當(dāng)領(lǐng)袖?一紙空談!從小做起，多接觸接觸社會，收獲是永遠(yuǎn)“宅”在家中無法獲得的，并且也將使你獲益頗豐。更重要的是，經(jīng)過一些實(shí)踐的磨礪，你將來一定會在大家面前展現(xiàn)出一個真實(shí)的自己。

　　其次，我認(rèn)為是更重要的一點(diǎn)，就是個性塑造能力。你，是獨(dú)一無二的!你也因獨(dú)特而寶貴，所以屬于你自己的那個通過努力后獲得的真實(shí)人生才是自己想要的，才是最成功的。在中國這個人口眾多的國家，中、高考也就成了相對最公平的人才選拔方法，這也是國家的無奈，才出臺這一政策。但是，都以統(tǒng)一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)要求學(xué)生，真的無異于流水線生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)品，各個雷同、無特點(diǎn)，創(chuàng)新型人才少之又少。但我們又為何不妨抽空來鍛煉自己的運(yùn)動能力，陶冶自己的情操愛好呢?這更有利于學(xué)習(xí)效率的提升!比一直泡在題海之中的結(jié)果當(dāng)然是好很多的。20xx北京人大附中同學(xué)李澤高考前還在打羽毛球，依舊斬獲高考狀元。真正只會讀書的人是不會成功的。即使一時會在那個膚淺的成績檔案上走在別人前面，但走入社會，被別人拉開的差距不會只是一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。不要違背自己的意愿去做事，朝著適合自己、屬于自己的那條道路前進(jìn)，不隨波逐流，這才是有個性的人。往往有個性的人是個多元的人他有多種才能，例如：耳熟能詳?shù)膯滩妓梗�他不僅創(chuàng)新意識極強(qiáng)，而且還有那甚至可謂為不可思議的演講天賦，似乎就注定他這生會有神奇的現(xiàn)實(shí)扭曲立場，這樣奠定了他個性化的成功人生。每個人對成功的定義是不一樣的，但每個人追求成功的心是一樣的;每個人的外貌、興趣是不一樣的，但每個人擁有真實(shí)自己的意愿是一樣的。

　　投身公益，做自己喜歡做的事，是過真實(shí)的生活;塑造個性化的自己，是做本真的自己。本真的生活，本真的自己——鑄就真實(shí)的人生。

五分鐘演講小故事 篇3

　　If we changed the rules of football, greatly enlarged the goal and sent away David Seaman or any other goal keeper, so that another David, namely David Beckham, could score easily, then scoring would not give him the thrill of accomplishment and the joy that it brings. If we further changed the rules by not allowing Arsenal's defenders to defend, so that Beckham needed only to lift a finger, actually a toe, to score, then there would be no game at all, because the meaning of winning would have disappeared. In accepting the challenge, in surmounting the difficulties and in enduring the hardship, success acquires its value. The sense of attainment varies in proportion to the degree of difficulties on overcomes.

　　The concept of success is not constant but relative because the nature of difficulty is also relative. Something you do effortlessly might pose a great difficulty for a handicapped person. In acquiring the ability to do the same as you can, he or she achieve success. That's why we greatly admire Stephen Hawking, because, though confined to a wheel chair, he has contributed greatly to the field of science.

　　I myself, a rather shy person by nature who easily suffer from stage fright, had to pluck up great courage to take part in a speech contest like this. I could have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not entering the university level contest.But I chose to accept the challenge and to face the difficulties. Now here I am. If I come out first, it will be a great success for me. If I come out last-I hope this will not be the case-but if I come out last, I will not call my attempt a failure, but will also celebrate it as a true success, because part of my goal is my own character training-to do more assertive, to be brave in face of difficulties. For me, it is a meaningful step forward, small as it is, in the long journey toward the final success in my life, because I have truly gained by participating.

　　Let us return to our handsome young prince and the 4-step definition of success. You my have noticed that the usual worldly criteria of wealth, position and fame were not mentioned as part of the story, but rather, it emphasized the process of overcoming difficulties. The ancient wisdom had already defined the meaning of success, and this is my definition, too.

　　Thank you.

五分鐘演講小故事 篇4

　　森林里住著一只狡猾的狐貍和一只老實(shí)的熊。他們生活在一起。

　　春天來了，他們要播種玉米。

　　狐貍說：“熊兄弟，去播種，我去把樹上的小鳥趕走。要不然，它們把我們的種子給吃了怎么辦。”

　　狐貍說完，就走了。它來到一棵大樹下睡覺。

　　熊播完了種子，狐貍剛好也睡醒了，他揉著眼睛對熊說：“我趕走了好多小鳥，它們都想來吃們的種子的。”熊相信他的話。

　　熊種的玉米發(fā)芽了，并漸漸越長越高，還結(jié)出了玉米棒子。

　　到了該收獲的季節(jié)，狐貍說：“兄弟，去收玉米，我到山上去打野兔來改善改善們的生活。”老實(shí)的熊同意了。

　　狐貍出去了，他又找了一棵樹躲在下面美美地睡上一覺。他回家的時候，熊把玉米收完了。

　　狐貍攤開手說：“兄弟，抱歉!今天運(yùn)氣不好，一只野兔也沒打著。”熊還是相信他的話。

　　秋天到了，他們種的稻子熟了。狐貍又說：“兄弟，去收稻子。我在家看著玉米，要不然讓小偷把玉米偷了。”熊走后，狐貍在家里又睡了一覺。他睡完覺，熊也收完稻子回來了。

　　“有小偷來偷我們的玉米，被我趕跑了。”狐貍對熊說。熊依然相信他的話。

　　到了分東西的時候，他們請鄰居狼作證人。狐貍說：“熊老弟，干活這么辛苦，我也沒閑著。這樣吧，分九份，你分一份，怎么樣?”老實(shí)的熊爽快地答應(yīng)了。

　　鄰居狼對熊說：“狐貍是騙你的，其實(shí)每次干活的時候，他都在睡大覺。”熊聽了搶過東西，把狐貍趕走了。

　　冬天到了，到處冰雪覆蓋，狐貍找不到吃的，就餓死了。

　　老實(shí)勤勞的熊什么事情都自己做，到冬天的時候也不怕被餓死，而狐貍就不一樣了，狐貍好吃懶做最后只能被餓死，懶惰的狐貍下場告訴我們，想要有收獲，就要靠自己勞動來獲取，不能偷懶，懶惰的人最后什么沒有，小朋友應(yīng)該做一個勤勞的熊，每天過得很充實(shí)。

五分鐘演講小故事 篇5

　　but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. and so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

　　we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now. this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children.

　　it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. this sweltering summer of the negro's legitimate discontent will not pauntil there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. and those who hope that the negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to busineas usual. and there will be neither rest nor tranquility in america until the negro is granted his citizenship rights. the whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

　　but there is something that i must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: in the proceof gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterneand hatred. we must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. we must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

　　the marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

　　we cannot walk alone.

　　and as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

　　we cannot turn back.

　　there are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "when will you be satisfied?" we can never be satisfied as long as the negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. we can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. we cannot be satisfied as long as a negro in mississippi cannot vote and a negro in new york believes he has nothing for which to vote. no, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousnelike a mighty stream.

五分鐘演講小故事 篇6

　　you have spent so much time with other people, you have spent so much time trying to get people to like you, you know other people more than you know yourself. you’ve studied them, you know about them, you want to hang out with them, you want to be just like them. you’ve invested so much time on them, you don’t know who you are. i challenge you to spend time by yourself.

　　it’s necessary, that you get the losers out of your life, if you want to live your dream. but people who are running towards their dreams, life has a special kind of meaning. when you become the ‘right-person’, what you do is you start separating yourself from other people you begin to have a certain uniqueness, as long as you follow other people, as long as you are being a ‘copy-cat’, you will never ever be the best copy-cat in the world but you will be the best you can be!

　　i challenge you to define your value.

　　everybody won’t see it, everybody won’t join you, everybody won’t have the vision…it’s necessary to know that you are an uncommon breed. it’s necessary that you align yourself with people and attract people into your business, who are hungry, people who are unstoppable and unreasonable, people who are refusing to live life just as it is and who want more!the people that are living their dreams are parting with winners, to attach themselves to the and the people who are living their dreams are the people that know that if it’s going to happen it’s up to them!

　　if you want to be more successful, if you want to have and do stuff you never done before then i’m asking you to invest in you!

　　someones opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

　　you don’t have to go through life being a victim. and even though you face disappointments, you have to know within yourself that ‘i can do this, even if no one else sees it for me, i must see it for myself!’

　　no matter how bad it is, how hard it gets, say to yourself, i’m going to make it!i wanna represent an idea. i wanna represent possibilities. some of you right now, you wanna go to the next level. you wanna be a civil engineer, you wanna council, you wanna be a doctor.listen to me: you can’t get to that level. you can’t get to that level until you start to invest in your mind

　　i dare you to invest in your mind.

　　i dare you to invest time.

　　i dare you to be alone.

　　i dare you to spend an hour alone to get to know yourself.

　　i challenge you to get to a place where people do not like or do not even bother you anymore. why? because you’re not concerned with making them happy anyway. because you’re trying to blow up. you’re trying to get to the next level. because you’re investing in your mind.

　　if you’re still talking about your dream and your goals but you have not done anything just take the first step.

　　you can make your parents proud, you can make your school proud you can touch millions of peoples lives and the world will never be the same again because you came this way. don’t let anybody steal your dream!

　　after we face a rejection and a “no” or we have a meeting and no one shows up, or somebody says “you can count on me” and they don’t come through, what if we have that kind of attitude that cause reposes, nobody believes in you, you’ve lost again, and again, the lights are cut off but you are still looking at your dream, reviewing it everyday and saying to yourself: it’s not over until i win!

　　you can live your dream

五分鐘演講小故事 篇7

　　“我的天空里沒有太陽，總是黑夜，但并不暗，因?yàn)橛袞|西代替了太陽。雖然沒有太陽那么明亮，但對我來說已經(jīng)足夠。憑借著這份光，我便能把黑夜當(dāng)成白天。我從來就沒有太陽，所以不怕失去……”。恰似交響曲最終的樂章一般，雪穗的這句話結(jié)束了這段悲慟絕望的罪惡愛情救贖曲，但是那久久縈繞在耳畔的無望卻堅守的凄涼愛情的音符，卻仍舊一次又一次敲痛了無數(shù)人的心。

　　男主人公亮司和女主人公雪穗是在一個圖書館里認(rèn)識的，兩人都擁有糟糕的家庭環(huán)境，擁有不堪回首的遭遇，幼小孤獨(dú)的兩顆心從此走到了一起。雪穗的母親為了金錢將女兒的肉體出賣給亮司患有戀童癖的父親，亮司為了保護(hù)雪穗而殺死了他的父親，從此兩人并肩走向了不歸路。“只希望能手牽手在太陽下散步”，這個如此簡單的夢想，既像一個美麗的幌子，又像是讓人欲罷不能的罌粟，隨著無數(shù)凌亂、壓抑、悲涼的故事片段像紀(jì)錄片一樣被不斷的還原：沒有癡癡相思，沒有�？菔癄�，只剩下一個冰冷絕望的詭計，最后一絲溫情也被完全拋棄。最后，只剩下所有人在這哀柔、悲戚、絕望的罪惡救贖愛情中動容。

　　雪穗說她的天空沒有太陽，卻有東西代替了太陽。

　　亮司說他想在白天走路。

　　太陽究竟是什么?有很多人說，這溫暖明亮的太陽是來自于社會對于罪孽纏身卻又渴求博得一絲溫情的兩個人的容納。而我認(rèn)為卻不然，所謂的“太陽”，應(yīng)該是我們的人性。我們每個人的頭頂上都有一個太陽。無論是多么十惡不赦的人，亦或是作惡多端的人都擁有太陽。因?yàn)檐髯诱撌?ldquo;人性本惡”，故所以然，惡也是人性的一部分。然而，在雪穗和亮司的頭頂上卻沒有了太陽，在他們還很小很小的時候就沒有了那顆太陽，他們對彼此的刻骨銘心的愛代替了太陽，而這，也成為了他們生命中的唯一的光，成為了他們殘存的最后一絲人性，正是因?yàn)橛辛诉@種愛，才成為他們可以繼續(xù)走下去的勇氣。

　　即使在熬過了十五年的追訴期后，兩個人也不可能在一起幸福的平靜的生活。那只是是一種不可能的奢望，再或者說，那是一種心中永遠(yuǎn)都觸摸不到的希冀：假如一切都不曾發(fā)生，假如桐原洋介的獸行，亮司的弒父，雪穗的殺母，以及之后的所有的罪行都不曾發(fā)生，那么亮司跟雪穗只是兩個普通而又幸福的孩子，他們頭頂上有著萬丈光芒太陽，他們牽著手，緩緩地在溫暖白日里漫步。而現(xiàn)在，他們不再是孩子，他們變成了失去了大半靈魂的空殼，他們早已忘記了如何去享受幸福。一個要不斷的“奪取”，一直到死。一個要不斷的“贖罪”，一直到死。他們所保留著的唯一一絲的可以稱之為靈魂的東西，便是他們彼此的愛，所謂的太陽。彼此相愛的人，卻無法在一起，希望手牽手在太陽下散步，即便付出了那么多人的生命，最后還是辦不到。

　　讀罷此書，不得不深深佩服東野君的細(xì)致而又冷靜的構(gòu)思及推理�！栋滓剐小肥菛|野君筆下被稱為“最絕望的念想、最悲慟的守望”。

　　所以說，東野圭吾所寫的其實(shí)是一本關(guān)于愛的小說。小說最后，亮司的死帶走了雪穗的靈魂，當(dāng)愛消失的時候，故事也就結(jié)束了。

　　無邊的長夜盡了，似暖非暖的白日即將來臨。我在漫漫深夜里讀完了這本書，雖然有點(diǎn)累，卻格外的興奮。這是對人性和人生絕望徹底的赤裸裸的質(zhì)問。它逼著我們不得不去深深的懷疑：在人生的進(jìn)程中，真的深刻的最痛苦的傷害究竟是什么?究竟是來自社會，抑或根本是我們自身?悲嘆也好，控訴也罷，是否有真正的用處?亮司的白夜中僅存的一點(diǎn)暗淡的光，難道僅僅是呼吸生存的條件嗎?其實(shí)不然，在這個萬物生息的地球上，我們每一個人恰似一粒小小的星辰，都是艱難地在白夜中踽踽前行。白夜行，白夜行，這簡簡單單三個字便道出了人生的本質(zhì)。

五分鐘演講小故事 篇8

　　男孩捧著魚缸，小心翼翼地從擁擠的人群中穿過，他要到碼頭上去，他的家在江的對岸。

　　有一條金魚哭了起來：“我向往清澈的小溪、我向往湍急的河流、我向往寬闊的大海，這一切我都還沒有見到，我怎么能甘心就這么早早地失去自由。”

　　說完，它毫不猶豫地縱身一躍，跳出了魚缸。

　　街上的人實(shí)在是太擠了，誰也沒有注意到有一條可憐的金魚掉在了路面上。男孩也沒發(fā)現(xiàn)。一只大腳毫不留情地從它的身上踩過……

　　男孩忙著買票，擠著上船，沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)手上捧著的魚缸里少了一條金魚。兩條金魚目睹了伙伴的慘狀，嚇得瑟瑟發(fā)抖。

　　到了船上，男孩捧著魚缸來到了船舷邊，他想讓金魚們看看腳下洶涌澎湃的長江。

　　雖然兩條金魚還沉浸在失去伙伴的巨大悲痛中，但它們早已望見了近在咫尺的長江。畢竟它們是魚，對于水，它們有著不可思議的敏感與親近。它們知道，江的盡頭就是遼闊無邊的大海，那是它們一生都在夢想的地方!

　　第二條金魚看準(zhǔn)時機(jī)毫不遲疑地縱身躍了出去，劃了一道漂亮的弧線，落入江中。獲得了自由的它，歡快的擺了幾下尾巴，朝著向往已久的大海游去……

　　第三條金魚稍微猶豫了一下，就是這一猶豫，使它失去了這個千載難逢的機(jī)會——回過神來的男孩及時地用手捂住了缸口，并迅速遠(yuǎn)離了船舷……

　　故事寓意：

　　其實(shí)我們的人生也是這樣的，如果機(jī)遇來臨時你不能及時把握，哪怕僅僅是有那么一瞬間的猶豫，你就只能像第三條金魚那樣，永遠(yuǎn)地生活在那只小小的魚缸里了，同樣的，就算你已具備了縱身一躍的勇氣，但也一定要先看清時機(jī)，要不然那盲目一躍，其結(jié)局也一定不會比第一條金魚能好多少!

五分鐘演講小故事 篇9

　　“Once upon a time， there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose. To all the suitors who came to the king's palace to ask for the hand of the princess, the old king assigned three tasks to be accomplished, each next to impossible. One day, into the king's palace came a handsome young prince…" Well, you know the rest. The three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, with the prince claiming the princess's hand triumphantly.

　　And the ending is always the same, finishing with the line "And they live happily every after."

　　Why aren't we tired of something so fanciful, so unrealistic, and, I would say, so unimaginative? How can a story like that endure generations of repetition`? Because, I think, it is a typical success story. It is highly philosophical and symbolic. By implication, we see a 4-step definition of success: 1 ) a goal to be set. as represented by the beautiful princess; 2 ) challenges to be met, as represented by the three tasks; 3 ) the process of surmounting difficulties, as represented by the ordeals the youth goes through; and 4 ) the reward of success, as represented by the happy marriage.

　　The story not only caters to everyone's inward yearning for success, but also emphasizes the inseparability of the process and the result. The reward of success will be much amplified if the path leading towards it is treacherous, and vice versa. If a person inherits his father's millions and leads an easy life, he is not a successful person even in material terms, because there are no difficulties involved in his achieving affluence. The term "success", to be sure. will not sit still for easy definition. But as I understand it, the true meaning of success entails a combination of both the process and the satisfactory result of an endeavor. To clarify my view, let me give another analogy.