“Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit” (Williams). This quote shows how a human is stronger than anything we have made or will make; a human spirit is unbreakable. Resilience is the strength to survive anything hardships life may have, the authors used the theme of resilience because resiliency is something everyone needs. The texts We Should Hang Out Sometime, “If”, and “The Art of Resilience” all share the common theme that people need to look past challenging situations and find strength from them. The autobiography We Should Hang Out Sometime is about Josh Sundquist’s personal struggles with self-confidence. “If” by Rudyard Kipling is told from the perspective of a father teaching his son the things he needs to do
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The conflict of a story is the revolving point, the concept that controls the story. The conflict of We Should Hang Out Sometime is that Josh is self conscious about the fact that he doesn’t have a leg. “It was not the shape of my body, as it turned out, but my insecurities about that shape that had kept me single” (Sundquist 317). This quote conjoins the conflict with the theme because it shows how Josh realizes he has to overcome his insecurities. Likewise, the conflict of “If” is that the narrator is trying teaching his son how to be a man. “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those imposters just the same” (Kipling 11). The father explains to his son that he has to treat his victories and poor situations the same. This relates the conflict to the theme because both explain how he must look past the poor times. The texts are both establishing the idea that in order to get through tough situations, one must look beyond adversity and find the benefits. In the text, Josh is able to realize his insecurity and move past that. In the poem, the parent tells their son about how he must be able to see triumph and disaster as one and the same. This means not looking down on disasters or over exciting triumphs. The theme is portrayed through the conflicts of We Should Hang Out Sometime and
The conflict of a story is the revolving point, the concept that controls the story. The conflict of We Should Hang Out Sometime is that Josh is self conscious about the fact that he doesn’t have a leg. “It was not the shape of my body, as it turned out, but my insecurities about that shape that had kept me single” (Sundquist 317). This quote conjoins the conflict with the theme because it shows how Josh realizes he has to overcome his insecurities. Likewise, the conflict of “If” is that the narrator is trying teaching his son how to be a man. “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those imposters just the same” (Kipling 11). The father explains to his son that he has to treat his victories and poor situations the same. This relates the conflict to the theme because both explain how he must look past the poor times. The texts are both establishing the idea that in order to get through tough situations, one must look beyond adversity and find the benefits. In the text, Josh is able to realize his insecurity and move past that. In the poem, the parent tells their son about how he must be able to see triumph and disaster as one and the same. This means not looking down on disasters or over exciting triumphs. The theme is portrayed through the conflicts of We Should Hang Out Sometime and