The Age Of Fables Or Stories Of Gods And Heroes

In the fall of 2012, my mother almost succumbed to her illness. I had just begun my freshman year of high school midst angry conversations between my parents and the threat of separation. It would seem as if they bickered about the most irrelevant things, almost as if they had no other reason to fight other than the fight itself. Those moments were excruciatingly lonely, my father worked until the dead of night and my mother would come home exhausted from treatment. I now know that there was no one who felt more unvalued than my mother. I wish I had the ability to iron away this blunder that destiny had fabricated, however foolish this desire is.

When you get knocked down you have to get back up and try harder. Giving up should never be an option have perseverance and continue strong until the end. The three texts that mostly demonstrate perseverance are “The lost boys, “life without limbs” and “Saudi Arabia's Freedom Riders”.

Being faced with adversity is enough to begin to question everything known, be it morals, faith, or self worth. However, certain individuals’ faith flourishes amidst life’s trials. Those who choose to focus on love and all that is dear in life are able to continue on in spite of hardships; on the other hand, some lose touch of what matters because the hopelessness and devastation overwhelms. Brains begin to numb and their values are left out in the cold. Fighting, pressing, and believing during times of loneliness is crucial for survival.

Since my younger years I have been compelled to differentiate between enduring and overcoming. From my parent’s divorce, our financial instability and my multiple social dislocations, I had to learn to adapt to ever-changing environments and circumstances. Before my grandfather died he shared with me one of his favorite quotes and one that I will never forget, which says that, “the key to life is found by

“After seventy days… a little rain came.” (23) As many people know, throughout a person’s life, he or she faces hardships, but the one thing that they all look for in these times

Sometimes after so much struggle, giving up seems like the right thing to do, but it shouldn’t be an option.

Throughout our lifetime we go through a variety of challenging changes that may affect our future, Joseph O'Connor, a Lee high school graduate, and I are just a few of many examples. In his article, “A View from Mount Ritter”, O’Connor shares a horrific life changing experience on a two-week expedition in northeastern California. O'Connor a regular stubborn teenager, gets trapped in a frightening storm on the second week with another expeditioner. As soon as the storm starts to calm they starts to search for the driest place to set camp, realizing it was the worst night of his life O’Conner decides to turn his life around by turning his poor academic grades around and deciding to go to college. O'Connor's purpose is to inform and educate his readers to realize how precious life is and how it should not be taken for granted. He supports his purpose with a personal experience, concluding with “No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and how dear to his heart and eye morning can be”. Based on O'Connor's experience and my own, the quotation reveals a truth, a truth that people must endure a struggle in order to appreciate one's life.

My parent’s struggles taught me to never accept defeat because there are endless possibilities for those who don’t give up. Their perseverance for a better life sparked a sense of determination in me that ignited a fuel for prosperity, and an optimism for bigger and better opportunities not only for me, but for my

Profound in the love shared between the father and son, their sense of unity kept them pushing through the pain for “each the other’s world entire” (6). In a society painted by shades of grey, one cannot help but at times feel the desire to fade into the world full of suffering. In the father’s perspective “there were few nights lying in the dark that he did not envy the dead ” (230). However, the man is fortunate because he has a spark in his life that motivates him to keep going- the boy. Many others before the man took their own life in an attempt to rescue themselves from the doomed life ahead. However for the father, “the boy was all that stood between him and death” (29). The father possess such love for the boy that no matter what the situation is he will never take the easy route out. He will never put his own needs over the boy’s. He will never leave him to try to fend for his own. Furthermore, if the boy were to ever depart life before him he “would want to die too” (11), thus proving that the boy is the father’s incentive to carry on. With the love for his son in mind, the father is enabled to carry on with his life. During a difficult situation, love encourages one to see it to the

When I was younger, there was a time where I endured something in my life. Was when I was in third grade,I endured something called “reading.” I had a hard time reading; I was a slow reader back then, so one of my teachers called my parents and said that your child is having a hard time reading. My parents forced me to read every night, at least 2 chapters each night. Since my parents did this to me, I became a better reader when I hit my 6th grade year.

Through a life one can agree that success isn't a straight shot. There are hardships that will inhibit a person from their goal. With hard work one can live a “Life Almost Straight”. Most pieces under the unit name of “Life Almost Straight”; College Should Be an Adventure” by John Roush, “Peanuts” by Charles Schultz, and “Construint” by Efrai to name the key ones to be mentioned; collectively show a literal or interpretive hardship. Hardship is important for the Human Condition because hardship helps those who face it develop skills to further persevere past the opposing force and continue to surpass and succeed within life. The previously listed works have key connections to the collective unit name as well as to the Human Condition, as to be discussed.

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something.But I can’t accept not trying.” We all have failed many times, but were able to get up. We learned that struggles are part of life and that struggling helps you get better on what you are trying to achieve. Conflicts will drag you down, but when you reach the top you while never give up.

When I was younger my parents always mentioned that although life may not always be easy giving up was never and should never be an option. In life we encounter hardships that affect each and every one of us by choosing the right path when a problem rises to the surface.

Everyone fails at something in their lifetime. “Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered are unhappy. He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented, is happy.” This verse from Chapter XV of The Dhammapada perfectly explains that in order to fail you have to succeed. I learned this life lesson a year ago, after my team and I lost a game for the first time in a while.

With failure comes hard work. If one work hard enough and gives things up, their future will have a