A Nun: An Analysis Of A Traun's Story

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Destruction- Individually she had a lot to overcome in her future. She had to learn how to live with one leg and not let it stop her. She was emotionally destructed because she did not have much family because they all died during the bombing. Her fiance left her because of what was going on in her life. She had to overcome many surgeries and the risk of losing her life. Environmentally she had to overcome not having a home and a job. But she overcame that when she becomes a nun.
My opinion on her story- Her story was very interesting to me because it took a lot for her to overcome one thing that was not her fault. She didn't know were her future would lead her without a family and good friends. Her story was the most inspiring because this

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