Wilma Rudolph's Life And Accomplishments

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” What the Roman poet Horace was saying was that when there is an obstacle in our way, our true colors will radiate. I could not agree more. When we as human beings feel passionate about achieving a goal, we may learn something new of ourselves, maybe a new trait that we did not know we possessed, when we reach new heights we did not know we could push ourselves towards. Challenges are similar to tests. Challenges are faced every day, but how we respond to them determines how strong we really are. Prime examples are superheroes and students that move dramatically.

Eleanor was born on October 11th 1884 in New York City to Anna and Elliott Roosevelt. Six years later, Elliott was confined to a mental asylum and Anna died of diphtheria. Eleanor’s grandmother

Initially, when I think of someone who handled a great deal of difficulty, yet overcame them and succeeded, I picture Abraham Lincoln. Abe had many struggles that not many people know of. When he was young, Lincoln moved several times

At one point in his or her life, everyone is faced with some type of difficulty or problem that seems impossible to solve. Whether it be trying to convince people with an opposing view that your view is correct, or the difficulty of choosing between two opportunities, that could change your life, everyone shares the experience of being faced with adversity. In these strenuous moments everyone reacts in their own unique way, allowing some people to overcome the difficult moment, while others are left unsuccessful. This begs the question, in the face of adversity, what causes some people to prevail while others fail? While there could be countless answers to this question for any given scenario, it ultimately comes down to one's attitude and fortitude.

Wilma Mankiller was born November 18, 1945 in Oklahoma but later relocated due to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Indian Relocation Program of the 1950’s. Because the relocation program failed to keep promises it made to Native Americans, Wilma became an activist fighting for the rights of Native Americans (Wallis).

Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland and her original name was Araminta Harriet Ross. She was born to enslaved parents and had eight other siblings. She was always around physical violence and it came reality when she had a two-pound weight thrown at her forehead because she did not want to help free a slave. From this she incident she received headaches and narcolepsy, inability to stay awake at any moment. “By her early teens, she was working as a field hand, plowing and hauling wood. During this time, she defended a fellow field hand who had tried to run

Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland to her slave parents Harriet Green and Ben Ross in 1822. Her mother worked as a cook for the Brodess family and her father was a skilled woodsman who managed the timber work on the Thompson’s plantation (Harriet Tubman par. 2). Because her mother was so busy in the kitchen, Harriet cared for her younger siblings, till she reached the age of six. When she was six, Brodess hired her out to be a nurse maid to Miss Susan. She was told to watch the baby while it slept but when the baby woke up and cried she was whipped. Her next job was to work for a planter named James Cook. She was assigned to checking the musket traps, even after she contracted measles. Sadly, she got so ill she was sent back to Brodess were her mother nursed her back to health.

Bethany Hamilton loses her arm to a shark. She was still able to over come adverstiy. There are many was to overcome adversity. Some ways to overcome adversity is by having a support sysytem , using association , and by problem solving . Many people overcome adversity.

Born into slavery Harriet Tubman’s birth name was actually Araminta Ross. She was also one of 11 children in that were born in her family. She didn’t really have a childhood because because once she turned 5 she was hired

Some obstacles I had to overcome were mentally challenging situations. I always had people saying I couldn’t do it because it’s too hard to get into, especially for younger people, as me being 25. Another mental challenge is that it’s all on me, if I mess up I can’t blame no one else but myself. Odysseus had a challenge of this because he led his men on this journey as said in book. They trusted him, like my horse trusts me. We both had a lot of mental pressure from this and neither of us could mess up.

1940, June 23, a premature infant was born in Bethlehem, Tennessee; her name was Wilma Rudolph. Wilma was the 20th of 22 children. At a young age, Wilma was stricken with double pneumonia and polio. These two diseases had stopped her left leg from working and she had to wear a brace. Her great determination and the help of physical therapy help her overcome her disabilities (“Wilma

Louie Zamperini is an example to follow. Not because he was an athlete or a solder, because of his actions and motivations The most important, from my point of view, is his family. He would've done everything for them. That's the most important reason why he decided to change and by the same way change others. The best example for that is when he stared running, he was doing it for his mama, for his dad and Pete and his sisters, and that before doing it for himself. An other example is when the Japanese gave him the opportunity to speak on radio, the first thing that he did was speaking to his family and how much he missed them. Another remarkable thing that Zamperini did was being the life of the raft. He was the one who was giving hope to

Overcoming adversity is a challenge that everyone has to face. Some good examples of people who overcame adversity are the Boston Marathon runners, John J. Pinder, and Malala Yousafzai. They all had challenges to face, but they never gave up. Overcoming adversity is going to be hard, but the ending will be worthwhile, that’s why patience is needed to overcome adversity. Life is like a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, inside outs, sometimes you may start out slow, but as you go along, you speed up, in adversity, it may take some time to think about how to overcome it, but you’ get the hang of it and will eventually overcome it. Malala was faced with a lot of problems and challenges, but she pulled through and overcame adversity.

Keller’s main message in her autobiography is that you can persevere through anything in life, “Helen Keller has shown the world that one can achieve anything in their lifetime.” ( , Pg. 210)

One character that showed strength in the face of adversity is Mattie Silver from “Ethan Frome.” Mattie shows strength in the face of adversity by living her life through the difficulties that she has faced. One example of Mattie staying strong through difficulties is when her parents died. Mattie does not let her parents dying keep her from living her life. Mattie lives her