Overcoming Obstacles In They Cage The Animals At Night

Phil and Zamperini suffered through many camps, with many harsh and brutal guards. Amazingly, America won the war and they were saved. Unfortunately, Louie was not the same. He had post-traumatic stress disorder and was obsessed with finding and killing the Bird. After that, he went through some tough times until he was reintroduced to God and religion. He began to find himself and started living a happier life.

With the support of Mr. Davenport and his girlfriend, he was able to overcome the adversities he faced as a child and a young adult. Antione was a smart and hardworking young man, he was able to overcome the adversities of his childhood challenges as well as recognize potential danger/trouble and removed himself from bowels of streets and enlisted in the Navy. He learned how to be self-sufficient and did what was necessary to survive in a world that was cruel and cold to him. Each time he walked into Mr. Davenport’s office it took strength to let his guard down and trust Mr. Davenport to confide in him about his childhood. It also took strength and courage for Antione to take the necessary steps to meet his biological family, especially his

few times out, but he never gives up, and has the same motivation the next time

“Mick Harte was Here” was a moving story about a girl who was grieving the loss of her younger brother. Not only was this story relatable, but also eye opening. The thoughts that roam a child’s mind when grieving is very important and should be told in a way that can possibly educate parents or peers. We see the main character Phoebe go through the path of grieving when she lost her younger brother Mick. We followed her journey for the first few days of his death and realize just how certain things can trigger an emotion or action.

These strict rules made the narrator feel trapped, and she moved away from this parental imprisonment through travel and food. The narrator was an only child and was never married. This lead her to remain home with her parents until the passed

parents death to his advantage. And that he chose that ending for a reason To symbolize inner

The art of survival is something that is not easily learned. For some, however, it is something that comes from a natural desire to be defiant and rebellious. In the novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand, protagonist Louie Zamperini fights for survival through a number of trials that are presented to him. His life takes him from being a troubled child, to an Olympic runner, to a bomber lost at sea, to POW in some of the worst camps Japan could conjure. Louie not only survives these trials, he stands up and goes directly against the normality and ease of submission and faces his adversity head on. Throughout the novel, Louie shows that his ability to survive stems from his natural urge to rebel and defy anything that he deems too controlling in his life.

In life, there are times when a person suffers a few setbacks. The question is how do people cope with them? Some turn away from their goals and a few give up, but the ones who persevere often come out on top. Frederick Douglass was a former slave who used his strong will and perseverance to obtain his freedom. Douglass used this for various reasons such as acquiring an education, standing up for himself, and receiving multiple jobs.

The fact that Mark was alone meant there was no one to argue with, it also meant no one to help him with the

Life is not what everybody expects as days pass life changes and gets harder every day. In Hope’s boy, Andrew Bridge was a 5 year old boy who had the love from her mother and share a deep connection with, who thought that nothing else mattered. However, ended up getting separated from her mother at only 7 years of age because of her mother’s mental illness. Nevertheless, Andrew suffered from her mother’s separation having to be placed in a foster care and deal with loveless foster parents. Andrew was placed with the family Leonard’s who refuse to identify him as one of their children. Andrew experience emotional and physical abuse in the Leonard’s household. Mrs. Leonard was such a heartless person to Andrew. There was a time when little things will make Mrs. Leonard mad such as maybe Andrew leaving socks in the floor, not picking up after himself or maybe nothing at all and take it out on him. Andrew Bridge stated “Digging into my arms or grabbing at my face, she screamed that the foster child in front of her was ungrateful, lazy, obnoxious, confrontational, stupid, and undeserving. With her hand at my ear or at the base of my neck, she pulled me to the floor and through rooms” (181-182). This shows how the Leonard’s treated Andrew using physical abuse. Mrs. Leonard wanted to make Andrew feel what she felt when she was a young girl. As if Andrew didn’t had enough with Mrs. Leonard’s rejection he had to suffer being emotional abuse, bulled by Christopher Mrs. Leonard’s son.

One theme in The Road is paternal love; this is the relationship between the father and his son. Their bond plays a powerful part in the novel and impacts the decisions made during their journey. The two protagonists remain unnamed in the book, giving their familial relationship their full identity. This makes their relationship relatable to any parent and child bond outside of the novel.

Enduring and persevering through the snares of life is not always easy. Perseverance is not giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. In the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the characters face troubles and difficult situations. Louie in particular does not give up although all hope seems lost. Louie exemplifies perseverance through his experience in Olympic running, in the army, and in the ocean.

On countless occasions Lennie has been unaware of how strong he was and did something bad. After Curley's Wife found the dead puppy Lennie accidentally kills her too by snapping her neck. "Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay.(46)" Curley's Wife let Lennie stroke her hair, but she started yelling and Lennie got angry. Lennie got scared and ran to the river where George wanted Lennie to go.

Since the story is about two brothers who are very different from one another, this helps set the tone of the story.

The boy who travels with his father finds purpose to survive in believing that they will one day find the good guys. In this he believes that they themselves carry the torch of being the good guys and finds hope in that. Throughout the novel, the boy expresses his heart for helping others several times when he gives an old scraggly man on the road a can of peaches, pleading to help a man who got struck by lightning, and by being worried about a boy who was alone they had passed on the road. The boy evidently through his actions expresses a need to help others. When the boy spotted another little boy from the road, he ran over to where he had seen him and searched for him. When the Father saw that the boy ran off, he grabbed the boy by the arm and said “‘Come on. There’s no one to see. Do you want to die? Is that what you want?’” Sobbing, the boy replied, “I don’t care, I don’t care” (85). The boy sees the little boy as alone with nothing and he feels like it is his responsibility to his own