Adversity Horace Quote Analysis

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The quote,”Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant”-Horace. This quote is hard to understand unless you really look at and understand those words. To be honest, I had to google definition some of these words because I did not understand what they meant. Finding the definition of these words to understand this quote is definitely worthwhile. Not all people are going to want to google search these words so i’ll just explain what it means, adversity is the main word that makes up this quote, this word means to struggle or suffer. The quote means struggle and suffer has the effect of uncovering talents which would have laid undiscovered. I chose this picture since, in my opinion fitted in perfectly with the quote.
The diamonds in the picture represents the “talent” from the quote. The man in the picture went through adversity to get to the diamonds, but he just gave up. The diamonds now lay dormant underground.
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I’m pretty sure you have, the quote above us is a HUGE part to those stories. You may have noticed that I bolded huge, it was to show how important it is. If you’ve never heard of rags to riches stories, they’re basically stories of an “underdog” which could either be immigrants or people who are just trying to escape poverty, turn into very wealthy and successful people. There are plenty of great examples of celebrities who went from “nobody” to “somebody”. A good example would be Steve Jobs, his biological parents gave him up for adoption. That may seem like a terrible thing but if he never met the people who adopted him, he would not have an interest in computers, his father taught him. Short but understandable example, I didn’t want to type in his entire biography so here’s a link to his biography. I used that website to do my pecha kucha so it’s pretty

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