How People Face Adversity

Adversity is something we will all face. It’ll affect everyone ranging, from myself to characters in a book. Even though going through something so challenging, so painful, and so life changing can be hard, how you chose to handle it affects whether or not you overcome it. Adversity can either break a person or make them stronger; it’s up to their will to fight.

Adversity doesn't only elicit talents and shape character in extreme situations; many people’s first experience of adversity is found in school sports. Growing up I was part of eight SAISA tournaments that have all changed who I am. In my experiences I faced a range of challenges, challenges that in any other situation I would have never come across. The most vivid situation was at SAISA football 2013. We had just reached the final of the tournament and with a big crowed at the pitch there was a lot of pressure, but that wasn’t the challenge I would be facing. Just five minutes into the match I came under a harsh headed tackle from an opposition player and as a result I spilt my eyebrow open. At first it wasn’t that bad, I tried to stand up but fell back down, then I felt the blood drip down my face and roll into my ear. I was then taken to the hospital, because the nurse feared a concussion. My character was strengthened

Sometimes the adversity differs on the person. The first example is Jim Abbott. In the book Imperfect Abbott shares his recollections of his past. He lets the readers know about how much of a struggle it was to get picked on, and work through everything to get to the point he was at in the MLB. Abbott states "I'd gone without a right hand for nearly twenty-six years" (Abbott 7). Going without a right hand for 26 years already shows grit. What sets him apart from others because he responded

Adversity is something that many people are able to over come, most people can by themselves, others it requires a lot of help and if they work together and set aside petty fears it will be overcome. When they come out to the other side they will be stronger that before both mentally and/or

Adversity will be overcome when one becomes brave , determined , and has the willingness to fail.As being born without a arm, baseball player Jim Abbott, had a long journey ahead of him.Or the brave runners who ran the Boston Marathon after two bombs went off at the finsh line. last year.Even Malala Yousafzai, a young who got shot in the head by the taliban because she thought that girls all girl should get an education.All of these people remember to maintain in control , be brave , and accept failure when overcoming adversity.

Overcoming adversity is hard, but these people survived the toughest obstacles that life could throw at you. Adversity is something everyone goes through, but these are extraordinary cases of what people went through.This crowd of people overcame adversity in three ways, only caring about what they thought, being creative, and facing their problems.

Adversity is defined as difficulties or challenges presented to us. This can be anything that troubles someone or gives them a hard time in life. Yes we are all faced with adversity but what is different is how it is overcome. Everyone has their own way by either reacting or responding. Accepting the adversity and trying to change it into something better. Some people just crack under calamity.

Adversity is when someone faces a difficult event or misfortune. This can affect people in many different ways. Some people shut down and give up but others grow and become stronger when facing adversity. In the short stories called “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the characters face different kinds of adversity and find a way to overcome it. In “The Sniper” the character faces adversity because he is in a war and kills many other human beings and he ended up killing his own brother. This is a major misfortune for the main character because he lost someone he card about and it was his own fault. But, he did not give up on his own life after this event, instead, he decided to never pick up a weapon and point it at any human being again. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character named Rainsford faces adversity because in the story, a man named Zarnoff, who hunts people for living, is now hunting Rainsford. So, Rainsford has to overcome his fears and use his knowledge to defeat Zarnoff. So, a person needs to be very ambitious and hardworking to overcome adversity.

First,in ways, people overcome obstacles is keeping a positive attitude since when you have a positive attitude you are harder to discourage.An example of positive attitude while facing adversity would be in the text “A work in progress” where Aimee Mullin faces her adversity with humor like when she broke her wooden leg and while all the other people in that room were freaking out all she could think about was that her parents were going to kill her.I chose this example because out of all the stories we read in class about facing adversity Aimee Mullin struck me as the most positive about her obstacle.It’s important because it shows my point that with a positive attitude you don’t get discouraged as easily and like Aimee Mullin you can achieve whatever you wish no matter your adversity.Another example from “A work in progress” that shows positive attitude would be when Aimee Mullin got her new legs and was stating all the good qualities about her legs instead of being like oh I don’t this about them or

Of course, adversity is ultimately inevitable in life. When a problem arises, individuals are generally astonished at the response to the complexity of the situation. This makes adversity becomes a wall that is unable to be broken down. However, there is a point in an individual where their instincts can reveal the truth, “it’s part of life to have obstacles, it’s about overcoming obstacles, that’s the key to happiness.” Qualities and characteristics of individuals are revealed during the hard times. These talents that are within us, that are usually locked up to give the ability for an individual to unlock the adversity that it created. In this sense, an individual true color and nature can be revealed leading to a new understanding of the capability to overcome adversities.

Overcoming adversity is a process in which a person takes control of a difficult situation and learns from it. Adversity is a great teacher. But how one overcomes it is what counts. Though out the way people learn particular qualities about themselves and others. From this they have time to learn and grow from experiences faced.

Michael Jordan is one of the most successful basketball players of all time, due to one coach said he was too short. He wanted to prove his coach wrong, and this motivated him to become The Best. So he worked very hard to become a superior basketball player. This means he never gave up and that failure pushed him in the right direction - success. Most people, like Michael Jordan learn more from failure/defeat than they do from success/winning.

When someone is forced to live with an adversity there is many different ways an they could cope with it. I believe the best two ways to overcome adversity is to be able to have imagination and patience. With these two skills anyone can push their way through the difficulties and ultimately overcome them.

I think that adversity leads to growth. People can grow from their mistakes. In this essay I am going to show you how people learn from their mistakes.

As a person on this earth we all face adversity everyday whether you know it or not. These two stories demonstrate Adversity really well. The first story is “The Most Dangerous Game.”(Connell) The second Story is “The Sniper.”(O’Flaherty) In “The Most Dangerous Game” a man gets stranded on a island. He then finds a house on this island in the middle of nowhere and there is this man there. He is a skilled hunter like the man stranded, he invites him in for dinner and for hunting stories. He then reveals that he has killed every animal there is and now he hunts humans. In “The Sniper.” There is a sniper and he is getting shot by a enemy sniper. The enemy sniper hits him in the shoulder. He then puts his helmet on top of barrel of his gun. The enemy sniper shoots his helmet he then throws his body on a barrier. The enemy sniper puts his weapon down and then he get shot by the other sniper. The Sniper goes to check on his kill and it turns out he killed his brother. There is one major quality you need to overcome adversity and that is Bravery.