Overcoming Adversity Essay

I wouldn’t be who I am today without all of the adversity I had to overcome associated with being a “science nerd.” When people started to discover my academic aptitude, I was labeled a “nerd” who couldn’t be athletic. This stereotype frustrated me, because I couldn’t see the correlation between academic talent and athletic inaptitude. Nevertheless, I wasn’t about to let this stereotype define me, so I strived to invalidate it. Since I was a toddler, my mom had signed me up for several…

Our text focuses on resiliency and being able to overcome adversity faced in everyday life. Anderson (2010) states that “the strengths perspective is a practice orientation that helps clients to recognize the individual and environmental resources that are available to help them heal and make positive changes in…

Being an immigrant to the new world was never a simple task. Adversity, opportunity, and adaptability lurked around every corner as these foreign families sought a new and better life. Struggling with standing out as a “new immigrant”, overcoming poor work conditions, pay, and unstable jobs, and seeking out new opportunities while adapting to necessary survival strategies are some of the many trials a new immigrant would face while coming to a new land. Having lived through it all, Kracha and…

This is demonstrated when Agamemnon states, “For then, the bold and coward, the wise and fool, the artist and unread, the hard and soft, seem all affined and kin” (I:III: 23-25). This statement signifies the fact that without order, everyone, even complete opposites, would be equal. This would create chaos, which is another main idea in the play, as without order there is chaos. He repeats this idea through the use of various contrasts, further adding to the high importance that order plays in…

clipping about Louie Zamperini. In resemblance to Seabiscuit, the story was about a great sprinter, just one being a horse and one being a man. Hillenbrand has struggled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for twenty-five years, so stories about overcoming adversity…

decision was made, Pehrrson would choose to leave the farm life behind in northern Minnesota for what he hoped to be a fresh start somewhere else. He chose to leave the depression and overall dysfunction that came with living on the family farm. The adversities and decisions that Guy Pehrrson…

realistic goals once we grow older, but some we want to achieve so badly that we don’t give up on them. This is the case in the short story “Dukwane’s Deliverance” from 2010, written by Neil Ramssorun. In this story the main protagonist realizes by overcoming hardship that you can’t give up on your dreams. This is also one of the main themes in the story that you have to stick to your principles even when life throws you lemons. The story takes place in Camden, which is situated in the north…

In 480 BC, Spartan and Greek soldiers challenged and battled with a two million man Persian force at Thermopylae. This legendary battle between a small group of disciplined and devoted soldiers against impossible odds has been told throughout the generations, but never so clearly and insightfully than through Steven Pressfield’s novel Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of Thermopylae. Through the eyes of Xeones, a battle squire captured after the battle, the reader is immersed in the lives of…

When I was five, my father asked me if I would like to learn martial arts. I was enticed by the “arts”, and agreed to what I thought was some form of painting. Although this was dispelled in my first lesson, I found a quiet sense of purpose in the rituals of the classes. My first year consisted of little more than striking the air in front of me, but I eventually learned a myriad of forms, drilled into my head by constant practice. The discipline of each form fascinated me, and I quietly…

children do not see color, but as they grow into adolescence they become more aware of diversity and intolerance in the society. This is relevant in Zara Nealson’s autobiographical story “How it Feels to be Colored Me.” Zora describes her struggle of overcoming racial issues and establishing a strong base of her personal individuality. At a young age some children are open minded and have confidence to be themselves. For example, Zora freely performed in front of bystanders and townspeople.…