Effort is more important then talent because effort allows us to discover how capable we really are of something, much more capable than we thought we were. We learn new skills and abilities when we take the time to put in consistent effort. Every new success that we achieve through our efforts increases our confidence in ourselves and our abilities. Effort keeps us focused on success.
I choose effort because talents are always viewed over the effort that is put into something. There are many examples to this view. For one; in a play or musical, the props and characters have so much effort put into them that people overlook that and mainly focus on the talent of the actor. That not only takes out display the display of the backstage workers, but also gives the actor(s) more recognition over the backstage. This isn’t to say that actors are bad, it’s just saying that the audience doesn’t put enough focus on the efforts, but more so on the talent of something else that may be a little less important than everything else.
In Chapter 5, Johnny describes how he once saw Dally "gettin' picked up by the fuzz." Johnny says that Dally "kept real cool and calm the whole time." Dally also took the blame for the broken windows in the school, even though he knew that the windows were broken by Two-Bit.
