Divisadero Essay
Personal response essay
How do we grow as individuals? What molds our lives and selves? Rewards and improvements in our lives can be accredited to the hardships and adversities individuals face. Adversities like; being laid off, grueling 12 hour work days, raising teenagers, and couples counseling. Adversities teach us right from wrong and guide us to become stronger, more insightful individuals. In the text “Divisadero” by Michael Ondaatje Marie-Neige finds herself in a desperate situation, but through her difficulties she self teaches and grows into a self-employed independent woman. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel, just as I have experienced in my quest finding a cure for my migraines.
The saying “things get worse before getting better” holds true in the text “Divisadero” Marie-Niege learns that life without a husband is quite challenging. Following attempted murder, her husband finds himself in Jail and Marie-Niege struggles with the demands of the farm, and sustaining her lifestyle. Teaching herself to replenish the famished fields, she singlehandedly cultivates and rejuvenates the land; forking manure, vegetable remnants, and ash into the earth and finally seeding it. Fresh Onions, celery, and winter cabbage bloom from the earth rewarding her sustainability. Overcoming adversities and becoming a self-sustained farmer tells us that Mary-Niege’s capabilities and endurance outweigh the mass of her adversities. She is a strong willed, capable, woman devoted to insuring a better life for herself.
Adversity has played a part in my life as well. It has taught me I can overcome hurdles and it has made me the woman I am today. As a child, I suffered from debilitating migraine headaches. After every failed doctor appointment and multiple hospital visits being medicated with morphine, I grew tired and frustrated. These migraines would occur about once a month, armed with enough pain to keep me in bed for up to 2 days, they were a huge interference
How do we grow as individuals? What molds our lives and selves? Rewards and improvements in our lives can be accredited to the hardships and adversities individuals face. Adversities like; being laid off, grueling 12 hour work days, raising teenagers, and couples counseling. Adversities teach us right from wrong and guide us to become stronger, more insightful individuals. In the text “Divisadero” by Michael Ondaatje Marie-Neige finds herself in a desperate situation, but through her difficulties she self teaches and grows into a self-employed independent woman. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel, just as I have experienced in my quest finding a cure for my migraines.
The saying “things get worse before getting better” holds true in the text “Divisadero” Marie-Niege learns that life without a husband is quite challenging. Following attempted murder, her husband finds himself in Jail and Marie-Niege struggles with the demands of the farm, and sustaining her lifestyle. Teaching herself to replenish the famished fields, she singlehandedly cultivates and rejuvenates the land; forking manure, vegetable remnants, and ash into the earth and finally seeding it. Fresh Onions, celery, and winter cabbage bloom from the earth rewarding her sustainability. Overcoming adversities and becoming a self-sustained farmer tells us that Mary-Niege’s capabilities and endurance outweigh the mass of her adversities. She is a strong willed, capable, woman devoted to insuring a better life for herself.
Adversity has played a part in my life as well. It has taught me I can overcome hurdles and it has made me the woman I am today. As a child, I suffered from debilitating migraine headaches. After every failed doctor appointment and multiple hospital visits being medicated with morphine, I grew tired and frustrated. These migraines would occur about once a month, armed with enough pain to keep me in bed for up to 2 days, they were a huge interference