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    and physical challenges that cause stress. In these types of situations, one would be forced to think of a situation and act upon it in order to move on and prosper. The quote “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”-Horace, is one I agree with. Adversity causes one to think differently, it builds character and is able to expose who you really are. For example, as a child I was very defiant, always fighting and arguing with authority

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    “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous conditions would have lain dormant”. These words of Horace are timeless and apply to almost all aspects of the human life. Horace emphasizes to the audience that the bad times bring out the best in people, which would have gone unnoticed if the times were solely flourishing. It truly takes treacherous conditions in order for someone's character to be genuinely expressed. Sometimes this instinct happens naturally and goes unnoticed

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    A person going through tough times brings out good traits in his/herself. In those times adversity finds its way to unleash good talents during easy times for people can understand who they really are in situations/desperate measures. In light of Horace's quotation, this assists civilians undergoing "financial" adversity. At a young age, my mother was facing a plea of guilt-ridden crisis of economy aid. The result of course was traveling to another state and start college there for a better future

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    Quite often you hear that we do not grow without failure; that failure is what teaches us a new skill and how to then succeed. I was not familiar with the quote, “adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant,” by Horace, however I think this quote is true. To me, this means that when someone has some kind of disadvantage, that person can use the challenge to his advantage through self-reflection, determination, and hope. Every person faces

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    “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

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    throughout the story. The Roman poet Horace once wrote, “adversity has the effect on eliciting talents which prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant”. In Purple Hibiscus, Adichie utilizes the charter Kambili to prove this idea to be strong, but when her father around it's a different story. In the beginning of purple hibiscus ,Kambili adversities do elicit talents she never knew she had which proves horace argument that adversity leads to positive change. “Cramps

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    idea in general, they have the talent of bringing awareness through writing. Horace states the following, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” Horace is able to pinpoint that with a tragedy it allows

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    tears will be all worth the struggle. The Roman poet Horace even once said that adversity can bring out talents which in a successful environment, would not exist. With all these assurances that difficult circumstances will meritable, it is hard to picture Horace’s statement being challenged. However, in the books, “The Jungle,” and “How the Other Half Lives,” adversity clearly never led to any such benefits or talents being drawn out as Horace mentioned. For example, within, “The Jungle,” by Upton

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    before the kid falls off of something and gets hurt. People tend to show unknown talents when they need them the most. "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents in which prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant" agrees with these kinds of situations. The Roman poet Horace was correct in claiming that people come out stronger in difficult situations. In financial adversity, people will

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    comes to the rescue to try to save them. Take them away from all the negative for a while. In the end he was killed slowly by the mama. The famous Roman Poet Horace once said “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant . In the Genesis of Purple Hibiscus , Kambili’s adversity do not elicit talents she never knew had which proves

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