Speak, “The Third and Final Continent”, and “The Art of Resilience” all contain similar themes woven throughout their texts. All of the themes center around the idea of handling adverse situations, yet each author could individualize the idea enough in order to make their text memorable. In Speak, Laurie Halse-Anderson focuses on how people cope with harrowing events, and the healing process that followed.. Hara Estroff Marano exhibits how people derive strength from the onerous periods of their life, as well as how someone’s parents do not dictate who they will become. “The Third and Final Continent”, by Jhumpa Lahiri, depicts how people endure unpleasant changes within their lives, to eventually find happiness and success. What is more, these
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A child who grew up in an abusive home can move past their trauma and go on to live a healthy and prosperous life. Alternatively, the theme can also be summarized (a bit more cliche) as: a person’s past will not dictate their future.The article is structured in a way where the theme is actually the thesis; the author wrote in the first paragraph, “It is possible to bounce back from adversity and go on to live a healthy, fulfilling life” (Estroff Marano). As a point, the theme is developed as a thesis would be: by citing evidence and research as support. Notably, Hara Estroff Marano adduced the studies of Dr. Steven Wolin, and Dr. Emmy Werner. The author shared the findings of Dr. Wolin’s twenty-year study on the now-adult children of alcoholics, she noted, “Most of them . . . do not repeat their parents’ drinking patterns.” Correspondingly, the results of Dr. Werner’s investigation into the lives of children from homes riddled by poverty, drugs, and abuse further proved the author’s claim; the author affirmed “By the time they had reached their thirties and forties, they had pulled themselves together, determined not to repeat their parents’ …show more content…
The theme can be expressed as: change can be extremely difficult, however,
A child who grew up in an abusive home can move past their trauma and go on to live a healthy and prosperous life. Alternatively, the theme can also be summarized (a bit more cliche) as: a person’s past will not dictate their future.The article is structured in a way where the theme is actually the thesis; the author wrote in the first paragraph, “It is possible to bounce back from adversity and go on to live a healthy, fulfilling life” (Estroff Marano). As a point, the theme is developed as a thesis would be: by citing evidence and research as support. Notably, Hara Estroff Marano adduced the studies of Dr. Steven Wolin, and Dr. Emmy Werner. The author shared the findings of Dr. Wolin’s twenty-year study on the now-adult children of alcoholics, she noted, “Most of them . . . do not repeat their parents’ drinking patterns.” Correspondingly, the results of Dr. Werner’s investigation into the lives of children from homes riddled by poverty, drugs, and abuse further proved the author’s claim; the author affirmed “By the time they had reached their thirties and forties, they had pulled themselves together, determined not to repeat their parents’ …show more content…
The theme can be expressed as: change can be extremely difficult, however,