Does adversity bring out the best in people? Throughout history there have been many people who have overcome many difficult adversities at the worst possible moments. Roman poet Horace claims that adversity brings out traits and qualities that wouldn't be seen otherwise. Everyone grows up in a different manner. In her narrative The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, her family including herself go through so many adversities. Since her childhood she went through so much pain beginning with her being caught on fire, to being raped, to getting robbed by her own parents, this makes her into the strong women she later becomes. Seeing how Lori left the family in order to improve her own life as she went on to make it big in New York.
