Band 7: Describe a book that influenced your perspective on life. You should say: - What the book is about - When you read it - What you learned from it And explain how it changed your perspective. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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The book that really comes to my mind is The Count of Monte Cristo. The book is about a heavily guarded prison in the middle of the sea. It was a huge tower with hundreds of security guards and steel, so the prisoners could not escape. It was basically called the impossible prison. I read it when I was in high school. I came across it in a gas station library; it had a mini library that sold books, and I got it from there when we stopped for a road trip. Truly, I learned a lot from it. I learned that no matter how impossible things seem in the moment, because it was a heavily guarded prison in the middle of the sea and there seemed to be no way to escape, the protagonist, or let's say the hero of the book, had countless tries and finally escaped. It changed my perspective that no matter how the circumstances around me tell me that whatever I want to do and pursue in life is far from me and that there’s no way I could achieve them, if I approach the situation with the right mindset, I can overcome those challenges. There is no impossible answer, and I wouldn't take no for an answer if I really want something and fight for it.

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The book that really comes to my mind is the Count of Monte Cristo. The book is about a very heavily guarded prison in the middle of the sea. was a huge tower with hundreds and hundreds of security guards and steel so the prisoners were run and it was called basically the impossible prison and I read it when I was in high school. I came across it in a gas station library, it had a mini library that was sells books and I got it it from there when we stopped for a road trip. And truly, I learned a lot from it. I learned that no matter how things seem impossible in the true moment, because it was a heavily guard prison in the middle of the sea and you could no way there’s no way to escape the protagonist or let’s say the hero of the movie of the book and they were describing how he had countless tries and finally he escaped so it changed my perspective that no matter how circumstances around me tell me that whatever I want to do and what I want to pursue in life are far from me and there’s no way I could do them if I approach the situation with the right mindset that would not have happened and there is no impossible answer and I wouldn’t take no for an answer if I really want that thing and fight for it.

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