Kevin Conroy once said, “Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes people unique.” Dictionary.com defines adversity as “adversity n. adverse or unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress.” Adversity is something that everyone will experience at some point in his life; however, some people face greater adversities than others. Morrie Schwartz and Elie Wiesel are two men that faced two of the greatest adversities that this world knows. Elie is a survivor of Adolf Hitler’s destruction of the Holocaust, and Morrie Schwartz was a simple man who lost a battle to Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS. Both of these men’s lives have been captured in best-selling…
Facing adversity in life can often change people in negative ways, even though they are presented with an opportunity to learn from the challenges they face.…
Have you ever faced adversity? Adversity is everywhere in life but you can overcome it. Life has all sorts of hard spots but if you keep trying you will get out of those ruts of life. there is many different types of adversity such as trying and trying but failing at something over in over but you have to keep trying according to "The man in the arena" Theodore Roosevelt "who strives valiantly; who errs, who does actually strive to do good deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotion;who spend himself worthy of cause; who at the best knows in the end triumph of high achievements , and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat" another example is in the poem by Langston Hughes mother to son "life for me ain't been no crystal stair its had tacks in it,and splinters,and boards torn up,and places with no carpet on the floor,bare. But all the time ,i'se been climbin' on....." you are the master of your fate and the captain of your soul according to William Ernest Henley in the poem…
Adversity is either chosen or brought upon someone; either way, the obstacle is either overcome or not. No matter wealth, age, or location, all people face adversity for it is synonymous with life. Life is the struggle for survival and success and order, while adversity is the representation of disorder and failure. Without either, it would be impossible to differentiate one’s achievements from one’s failures. Overcoming adversity is the basis of all great, successful people similarly to how concrete and steel is the foundation of all astonishing architectural structures.…
When people encounter conflict, they learn and grow from the experience. People gain or acquire knowledge and develop themselves when faced with a disagreement or argument, either internally or externally. From conflict they can learn about themselves as well as others, develop skills needed in the future and accept differences. Conflict can occur anywhere, anytime, so it is important for people to learn and grow when they encounter it.…
Adversity forces us as humans to reevaluate ourselves and also pushes us to limits that we would never have found. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist Scout endures hardships and through the experiences, discovers what she stands for and who she is. Similarly, Mahatma Gandhi discovers his role in society and his morals through the adversities in South America. Lastly, in the book Brave New World, the hardships of the protagonist Bernard Marx causes him to identify himself based on who he actually is as opposed to what was assigned to him.…
Everyone struggles with adversity at some point in their life. People who attack adversity and persevere are people who succeed. In “How I Learned to Read and Write,” from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Fredrick Douglass strives to learn how to read and write. He soon discovers if he can learn literacy he will become free. So, Douglass is determined to learn no matter the cost. Through his determination, he battles with different situations in his life, but he never lets them stop him. Because Douglass continues to push forward, he eventually becomes successful and free. Overcoming adversity leads to personal freedom.…
Without conflict we won’t truly know the capacity of someone’s inner strength and understanding. Conflict is a true test which raises issues that otherwise wouldn’t be raised, issues which need to be dealt with in order for us to grow as a person. As well as testing a person’s inner strength and understanding it can also expose their weaknesses and flaws.…
“I have not yet given up on fight,” John Paul Jones. As recited by J.P.J, it is important to fight for what you believe in since the battle is not conquered by lounging around, and you could possibly be changing thousands of lives.…
Fighting has been around since the beginning of time. Genesis, the first book of the Bible, records the fight between Cain and Abel. The Battle of Megiddo is the earliest battle recorded where Pharaoh led 10,000 men to fight against The King of Kadesh and his followers because a rebellion broke out. Nevertheless fighting will be part of our culture since there will always be conflict and disagreement. How one deals with these obstacles determines if they fight with style.…
As my body started to tense from the stress, I began to visualize what I should do to play my hardest and achieve my goal, making the better team, the A team for hockey. As I stepped onto the ice, I saw the judges sitting in the stands, staring. I took a deep breath, and started to skate. While going through this adversity, I used two life skills to help me overcome trying to make the A team; insight and independence.…
We fight, we fall, but we rise again and again to fight battles we will never win. And that is, arguably, the bravest thing anyone can do. (Parallelism) Sometimes,…
“Which knows other and knows itself, can fight hundred battles without never being in danger. Who does not know the other but knows itself, for each victory, will know a defeat. Who knows neither the other nor itself, will lose all the battles ineluctably. ”…
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”…
Ⅲ.4 Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.…