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    Overcoming adversity is a process in which a person takes control of a difficult situation and learns from it. Adversity is a great teacher. But how one overcomes it is what counts. Though out the way people learn particular qualities about themselves and others. From this they have time to learn and grow from experiences faced. In Morton Rhue’s ‘the wave’ and ‘weekend at weetalaba’ an Australian story episode focusing on the adversity faced by Gayle we see how different people react to adversity

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    cave’ where coal mining was his only fate. Where there lacked serendipity, there was no surmise for someone as impecunious and inauspicious as him to become successful. Moreover, the two utmost points of discussion I will address consist of Homer overcoming

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    Dakota Johnson Mrs. Maggert English III Honors 11 May 2017 A Tale Of Overcoming Adversity Charles Dickens’, A Tale Of Two Cities, is a novel about adversities faced in the 18th century. The characters in Dickens’ historical fiction book overcome many adversities in their lives. Throughout the story several characters face adversity through imprisonment, love, and seemingly inevitable death. Doctor Manette faces adversity through the imprisonment of his own mind, which he can only be freed by

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    means we will make mistakes, most importantly we will go through adversity. However, being human also means we always want the easy way out of things. A close friend of mine once told me. As humans, we usually mope around and complain about our problems rather than rising up to the occasion and overcoming the adversity. He told me this around the time I was facing my own adversity in life. I came to the realization that adversity is a part of life and teaches us and help us grow. A couple years

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    People like Cole who have gone through hard times and struggles know that facing adversity and succeeding is a hard process but it is possible. In the book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Cole has been facing adversity for a long time and taking his feelings out on others but after he beats up Peter Driscal his parents and the police think it's time for him to change. So they send him to an island but Cole doesn't want to change and causes problems for himself that he must solve later. Relationships

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    Adversity will be overcome when one becomes brave , determined , and has the willingness to fail.As being born without a arm, baseball player Jim Abbott, had a long journey ahead of him.Or the brave runners who ran the Boston Marathon after two bombs went off at the finsh line. last year.Even Malala Yousafzai, a young who got shot in the head by the taliban because she thought that girls all girl should get an education.All of these people remember to maintain in control , be brave , and accept failure

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    haven’t had much adversity at all in my life. Let’s face it, I’m a white kid growing up in Southern California under pretty good conditions. My small struggles can’t even begin to compare with the challenges that African Americans on their road to freedom have faced. However, I do have one time that I felt pretty challenged and it’s my struggle story so far. I go to Camp Catalina every summer. When I was about 12, I had the choice to go in the little kids bunk or the big kids bunk because

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    leave the house when I was older. I have alwasy been involved in sports or volunteer work, but it never forced me to be brake out of my shell. Getting a job and being put in a situation with all new people is what let me succeed in facing my shyness adversity. My shynesss was in and out of school. I was the kid who never raised their hand in class; during confrences my mom was told that I needed to talk more over and over. I was on a soccer team from age 4 through 7th grade, this definitely made me talk

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    death of my mother. After many tumultuous years, my mother lost her battle with breast cancer in 2012. Though coping with her death proved to be the most challenging obstacle I would ever face, it proved to also have a silver lining. Through my adversity, I have been introduced to a community of cancer families which have provided me with endless support during my times of struggle, and to whom I have been able to comfort in their own times of need. As my ability to create dialogue about my situation

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    Yes, I do have several personal life experiences where I have overcame adversity and transformed into the person I am today. As a military child, I was blessed with the opportunity to spend my youth on Feltwell Royal Air Force Base in England and Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Since I lived in relative isolated locations, I functioned entirely on base; therefore, I was protected from the harsh realities of the world. Everyone I met understood me, for they experienced the same things I did. However

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