Theme Of Adversity In The Crucible

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The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, The Crucible, and the biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow shown adversity through out the story. In the stories the characters is getting hit with adversity and at the characters had to dig deep and keep going. Adversity hit the characters hard, but the characters has a choice to stay down or get up and fight back. To me adversity hit Equiano the hardest. When he was just a little boy he was separated from his family. Now, he have to become a man and try to keep his family name alive. Traveling across the globe at a young age Equine name became known. During his journey he landed on this huge ship. On this ship Equine refuse to eat because the smell on the ship was horrible. Staying

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