Adversity is hardship; it is the difficulties and suffering that one must overcome. Witnessing adversity through a fictional story helps viewers understand how adversity shapes identity. Naruto is originally a manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It is a story about a child, Naruto, seeking recognition and respect. He dreams to become Hokage, the shinobi who is acknowledged as the strongest and leader of his village. Shinobi is ninja in japanese. He wishes for everyone to stop looking down at him, rather look up to him and respect him. Throughout the series, Naruto faces a multitude of obstacles and adversaries. Naruto is constantly knocked down, facing new foes, yet he continues to get up and he never gives up even when …show more content…
Throughout the show, Naruto faced many foes with his comrades, though he fought his own comrades at a time. Naruto’s fight against Neji Hyuga is when Naruto faced adverse odds when fighting the so-called ninja genius. Naruto was pitted against Neji during the ninja exams to analyse and grade who should move on to being a higher rank ninja. These are comrades, who are forced to fight against each other, until one either admits defeat or is beaten to unconsciousness. Neji knocks Naruto down emotionally, and then physically. Neji says, “ Only a fool tries to become something he can never be, do you think anyone can be Hokage? That all it takes is a little hard work? Open your eyes, of all the shinobi in all the world, think how you can ever be Hokage"(Kishimoto 2 25). Neji degrades Naruto, and taunts him that he will never become Hokage. Naruto gets angry and will not accept it. During that fight, Naruto comes out victorious, showing up the ninja genius. Neji being a fellow ninja of the same village is not an enemy but rather a peer, and opponent. Naruto faced him, and came out victorious, and later continuing on his same path. Neji shaped Naruto’s identity in a way that he is an obstacle, and Naruto would go over him, and through that constructing his identity of spirit and never giving up even when odds are against him. Out of Naruto’s may comrades, Gaara is a boy not originating from the same village, yet leads a similar life to Naruto. They both host a demon inside of their bodies, and both grew up with no parents. Gaara and Naruto faced an adversity that was beyond their power. Yet, since Gaara was there, Naruto did not leave him, rather stayed to protect him because that was how Naruto was. Naruto felt the need to protect Gaara because they had both suffered the same adverse conditions through childhood. Naruto says, “We aren’t all that different, we are actually
The Samurai’s Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard is about a boy named Taro, the protagonist in the story. The major characters in the story are Taro, Yoshitoki, Lord Takeda Katsuyori, Lord Akiyama Nobutomo, and Togan. The setting of the story is in Japan, in around the 16th century. In the beginning of the story he was presented as a gift by the great Lord Takeda Shingen to Lord Akiyama after his parents had been killed. By using his wits and suppressing his fierce pride, Taro slowly escalates the ranks of his lord’s household until he achieves his greatest goal—becoming a samurai like his father and Lord Akiyama, whom he has come to admire. The life of a samurai is not so easy, Taro finds himself sacrificing opportunities of love and friendship
The narrator, Katsu Kokichi, was a low ranking samurai during the end of the Tokugawa Period. He was the youngest out of all his siblings and as a child he ran away from home multiple times. Kokichi told his readers how he had to beg for food and even began to pose as a representative to a feudal lord. The readers learn that he has a wife and children but he often times would beat her and he also never got an official promotion and was forced to obtain a low income by dealing swords, selling protection to shopkeepers, and sometimes using his muscle (getting into fights) and tricking others. In Kokichi’s lifetime, readers see a man whose life was filled with dishonesty, corruption, poverty, blackmail, and even lawbreaking. His story shows the reality of a samurai’s life during the end of the Tokugawa
2. Harutomo Murakami (Taro)- The hero of the story, the son of a poor samurai who died in battle
As the hero enters the outside world, he or she learns of new rules unlike those of the ordinary world from which the hero comes from. These rules are quickly respected as their strength, patience, and determination are tested time and time
my application would be incomplete without my background not due to its bleak moments but because of its triumphant conclusion. i believe it shows my initiative, tenacity, and determination to succeed even in the face of tremendous adversity. High school began during a dismal period of my life. I suffered from depression due to a combination of bullying and my father's alcoholism and abandonment of my family. i was anxious yet excited about starting highschool,i knew it could be an opportunity to improve the family and social problems that plagued me. I knew that to overcome my shortcomings i would have to devout all of my time and effort into bettering myself. My self improvement began with me starting a counseling program for the children
The Samurai’s Tale is about a boy named Taro who was born in the high-class of a samurai but then falls to merely a cook servant in an empire. He navigates his way through social classes to reach his one,important goal which is to be a samurai. Taro is tested in many ways during his journey to become a samurai. Eric Haugaard shows the growth of Taro’s patience, knowledge and trust as he advances classes in the Samurai’s Tale.
Throughout our lifetime, we are each tested and challenged in different ways, with an abundance of these scenarios presenting a hero - someone who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements; or noble qualities. This hero goes through the hero cycle; a series of events that describes the hero’s journey and their experience. Some examples of the hero cycle include the call to adventure, the approach of the challenge, and the reward. The hero cycle is important in literature because it allows the story to flow cohesively and thus be able to be followed and understood easily. It also tends to make the story more interesting for the reader leaving them wondering what the hero is going to have to endure later on. In life, the existence
Throughout history it becomes apparent that all the great stories: The Odyssey, Great Expectations, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are all founded on a similar theme. The same plot line, a hero, most often the protagonist, faces danger and adversity to the highest extreme but always comes out on top. He is depicted as the pinnacle of human triumph and in essence, demonstrates a fundamental strength that all men should strive to achieve. These stories were, “ full of darkness and danger. And sometimes one did not want to know the end; How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? In the end, it is only a passing thing. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out even clearer. Those
He also faces supernatural demons and monsters that become obstacles to match his strength and courage, along with proving himself to the title of a true Epic hero based on the plot
Adversity is what shapes people into who they become and what type of path they will go down. Authors Jo Parker, Richard Wright, and Allen Wheelis all wrote about adversity and how each person dealt with it in a different way. Parker published an essay from an impoverished mother and how she tried to overcome being in poverty with kids to try and take care of. Wright wrote about a boy who was starving and when there was money to buy food he would be beaten up by neighborhood bullies. Wheelis wrote about his own experience with adversity, with him having to spend his summer cutting grass and his father passing away from tuberculosis. They all dealt with each of their own adversities in a different way from each other. These authors either had to either adapt or die to try to overcome each of their own adversities.
A couple of questions that Believe this story answered are: Are parents really human? Will the family stand behind its members? How does the family handle adversity? First, Mr. Robison’s story about his dad is a primary example of parents begin human. No one is perfect, and having a father like Mr. Robison has shown this. His father didn’t have a simple idea that his son existed, but he was willing to be part of his family when he came to the realization. Second, this story shows that even those Mr. Robison’s father wasn’t a part of his family most of his life, he was by his side when his mother died. Not only was he there for just his son, but the other
They come after him because he is a jinchuriki. Due to Naruto’s training he becomes a ninja and finds his long lost friend Sasuke Uchiha. He often competes with him as well. Naruto then goes on through all the battles he has faced to become a legendary
The Naruto Gaiden was about the life of Sasuke Uchiha who was the last members of Konohagakure's Uchiha clan, he never met his own daughter named Sarada. Sarada is a kunoichi from Konohagakure's Uchiha clan, since she never met his father she was being bullied at school and to the point that she was thinking about who she, so out of her curiosity she ask her mother went off to find his own father. During her search for his father she saw the Seventh Hokage which is Naruto and ask for her father because she heard the secret meeting between Naruto and Sasuke. In the journey to their destination they encountered clones of Uchiha Shin, the clones are Orochimaru's experimental test subjects and his loyal follower which he called his son. The clones
This is a favorite video for me because "Lee" didn't know we was fighting a Tailed Beast and nobody knew This video I made with Naruto the series it's another one with Rock Lee he's fighting Gaara in the Chunin exams Part 1, some people are born with nothing, This is the story behind one of the most iconic fights in the Naruto anime. Gaara, a murderous and overpowered boy, His ninja skills are rich, he's a Politician's son he should be bathing in money, yet he's filled with anger. And he's up against the underdog; Rock Lee, in a world of super powered Ninja, Rock Lee only knows Taijutsu and with Taijutsu his moves are overpowered, in this classic fight, he's showing off the results of hard years of training with Guy Sensei, you get to see
In his poetic, a tragic hero cannot be an eminently good man. The suffering of such a man will be shocking. The tragic hero neither can be a bad man nor a villain. According to Aristotle, “The tragic hero is a man who is not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is bought about not by voice, but by the some error of judgement” (Aristotle, 1978). The misfortune of such a man will lead to downfall. In Things fall Apart, the main protagonist Okonkwo is considered as tragic hero and he has the all the noble characters. Oknokwo was very successful and renowned in his community. He was the leader of Ibo society and he was also a famous wrestler and successful farmer. With these characters of successful in many ways, he was very wealthy man, hold a high position in the community, he had three wives, and is also best wrestler and worrier. He also rules his family with