A Message to Garcia

Today in class we read A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard. It was an essay that had a great influence in the 1900s. It still has a great influence on people today. The message of the story is to go out and do whatever you need to without any unnecessary questions, no matter how difficult. Elbert Hubbard tells a story of a man named Roman who was sent to find a man named Garcia. Garcia was hiding in the jungle during the Spanish-American War and needed to receive a message from the president. Roman was chosen to deliver the message alone. Without question, he went out and searched for Garcia for three weeks just to deliver the message. During all of this time, Roman didn't complain or ask why he was searching in the jungle because he knew that he needed to do it. Elbert Hubbard goes on in the essay to tell us that many people in this world are very lazy and incompetent. He tells us that if we want something done, we should go out and do it ourselves without any questioning or complaining or "deliver a message to Garcia".

I can take Elbert Hubbard's advice during my high school career. As a freshman, I have a lot of new surroundings and new things to look forward too. With all of these new things comes many different expectations, experiences, and a lot of learning. This can be exciting but if you are lazy and unmotivated your grades can go down very quickly. If you put all of your effort into everything that you do, you can be very successful and excel.