Hardships are like ice, unsteady and hard to stand on. Therefore, hardships influence a person’s life by encouraging them to strive for better. In Animal Farm the animals were living a horrible life. They were underfed and mistreated, and all the animals were fed up with Mr.Jones, the owner of the farm. This is when they started to plan a rebellion. As the days went on, all they could do was contemplate how immense life would be for them later on. So, this motivated them to work more insolubly because they thought that one day their hard work might pay off. On the other hand, Doodle, in “The Scarlet Ibis”, was born with a rare disease that hindered his ability to walk. His whole life he was laughed at and bullied, even his own brother
