Volume 17 Task 2.
People differ in their attitude toward taking risk with some people seemingly born to be risky and other rather not averse. This essay will look into the advantages and disadvantages of adventurous attitudes and conclude that taking risk in a positive thing.
First of all, it should be noted that taking risks is necessary for success. History is full of such examples in all fields, from science to war and from sport to literature. Those who simply continue tradition and never try anything new are doomed to repeat the past and typically content themselves with mediocrity. However, when people try new things, they may risk failure, but they also bring about the possibility of tremendous success. Looking at literature, for example, we can see great writers like James Joyce, who completely redefined what a novel could be by breaking all the rules. They could easily have wasted their time and became mired at failure, but their risk paid off and they are today considered giants in their field.
Of course, that is not to suggest that taking a risk always results in success. Naturally, for every great success there are countless failures. To continue the idea of literature, one can only begin to imagine the numbers of writers who attempted to do something entirely new but failed because they were misunderstood. Taking risks in everyday life can be an even bigger problem because the consequences can be more severe. Young man often hurt themselves in foolish stunts because they took a risk to impress their peers. In such case, it would