Overcoming Challenges in Life Essay

The most significant challenge I faced would actually be quit recently in life. It actually happened the first week of school on the second day. It all began when my theatre teachers set the date for the upcoming Musical The Addams Family. This meant I would have to do something out of my comfort zone sing and dance. I knew this was going to be a challenge but I was willing to do it. As a little girl I loved to dance, there wasn't a party I didn't dance at I considered myself to be pretty good…

13-year old pubescent choirboy John Milton, or “Spud” from Spud by John Van de Ruit, and the vengeful teenager Ishmael Beah from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. Likewise, both protagonists constantly try to overcome their challenges and alter their ways to achieve social dominance and power. In Spud by John Van de Ruit, the protagonist, John Milton, is often referred to “Spud” by his roommate due to his physical…

Family Interview and Genogram I chose to interview Inmaculada “Alex” DeFeo (2015). She is the source of much of the information. I based assessments on my analysis of her explained life. Detailed is given to her age and familial relations. The strength perspective used in order to highlight strengths in how overcoming or living with situations, statuses, and results of events. Individual and family patterns, concern, and influences regarding them aimed are touched upon. Family Members…

Discovery can embody the experience of discovering something new, or rediscovering something that is known that may have been lost or forgotten. Ang Lee’s film ‘Life of Pi’ and Constantine P. Cavafy’s poem ‘Ithaka’ both incorporate this perspective through emotional, intellectual and transformative breakthroughs. Each may be sudden or unexpected, however result in new understandings, values, ideas and perceptions. The process of discovery throughout these texts, illustrate that discoveries can…

wanting a better life for themselves. This chapter evokes the feeling of being in a new place, the excitement and the fear that their family felt. (Grande…

DRAFT Overcoming challenges in their relationships helps the main characters in each text, A Friend like Henry and The China coin, to mature and grow as people. Within both novels there are signs of a faulty relationship between the main characters. Circumstances and challenges that occur within the texts allow these broken relationships to improve and even mend. The main characters begin to form a better understanding of each other and through communication learn how to get along with each…

The legend of Mulan, a brave young Chinese girl who pretends to be a man and joins the army in order to help her old father, is an example of stories of women characters that take the non-traditional role of warrior. This figure that challenges traditional role models had been a source of inspiration for many young Chinese girls. Inspired by this legend, Maxine Hong Kingston narrates the powerful memories that she recalls of growing up in a Chinese-American family. In her book The Warrior…

are not heroes without the challenges they must face and overcome. Various heroes face similar challenges, and overcoming them creates a difference, producing a better world. A hero is a person that overcomes a challenge and may become a role model for others. They undergo miniscule to large challenges, no matter how much it changes our world. There have been various heroes in our world which shape our lives, with miniscule to large differences. There are various challenges that heroes face,…

Guy De Maupassant’s short story,”The Necklace” portrays Mathilda, a French middle-class woman, as someone who is very unhappy with her life. Throughout the story, the protagonist’s actions and Maupassant’s direct characterization demonstrate Madame Loisel’s transformation from a shallow and insecure girl, to a matured self-accepting woman. The theme, pride can be a personal obstacle, is reflected throughout Mathilda’s journey into becoming a strong, and changed woman. Initially, Mathilda is…

Experiences can change you in many ways, good and bad; but some experiences move you in a direction forward and instead of asking, “What am I going to do in life?” you ask, “What will I accomplish to make my life mean the most?” I started college in an accelerated dental program with the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, but both of my parents were diagnosed with cancer within the span of less than a year. After my mom was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer before my…