A Comparison Of Finding Her Way And Kylie's Project '

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In these two stories “Finding Her Way” and “Kylie’s Project” both are about how they had to deal with something like Angela in “Finding Her Way” had to deal with trying to learn to speak English and how to deal with getting teased on. Kylie in “Kylie’s Project” had to deal with being disabled and not being able to walk, she wasn’t really made fun of but she couldn't things that other people could do. They both were going through a hard time but they learned how to deal with it. How do these readings show how Angela and Kylie cope with their situations? The reading shows how they cope with their situations because it talked about how different it was for both of them. Angela moved to the United States at the age of 2. Since she came from …show more content…
People go through different challenges it could be an accident they were in, a death about a family member, surgery, or a disability. People around the world have disabilities and they all cope differently. Kylie’s horse helped her coped with her disability and it made her stronger. Angela coped a different way she coped her situation by ignoring it, she ignored her bullies which made her situation easy and then she started to learn English. People cope differently when someone has died some people cry other people try to fight through pain and some people try to ignore it and forget about it. Their experiences demonstrate different ways people cope with the type of challenges because they both didn’t cope the same way Angela just ignored it while Kylie’s horse and family helped her become stronger. In the text, it states “KYLIE. Riding has made me a lot stronger and has improved my balance and coordination. But the best part is the freedom I feel. All riders will tell you that when they get on a horse, their whole world seems to expand. But if you have physical limitations like I do, the difference is huge.” and in the other story it states “ANGELA: Once in awhile I would talk back, but mostly I would try to ignore them and pretend they didn’t bother me. I had friends who would stand up for me sometimes.” This shows that people cope differently. When people have disabilities like they can’t walk some people just give up in life and they don’t do anything while other people fight through it and they try to make the best out of their lives. Everyone reacts differently to situations like if one person is in a car crash they might become depressed and give up in life while if another person was in a car crash it would’ve made them more excited about life and more appreciated. Everybody is different nobody is the same everybody copes

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