AP LANG HORACE ESSAY
Cristiano Alguzzie
Ms. Johnson – 1st
AP Lang
2-12-2015
Horace argument essay
Adversity is a condition marked by misfortune. Adversity is everywhere and occurs in everyday life. Adversity can be defined in many complications, obstacles, barriers, challenges, disasters, and troubles that we have faced in our lives. And they definitely make people stronger. Take for example Brooke Ellison or the life of a superhero.
Brooke Ellison was just an average girl then at the age of eleven she was hit by a car. The accident left her paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on a ventilator. This adversity did not stop her from continuing her life. She was destined for greatness and graduated from Harvard Law School. Would these talents and achievements have arisen were it not for the accident? Possibly, but Horace makes a good point when he states that adversity “has the effect of eliciting talents.” In other words, challenges bring forth talents and skills you may not have known you had.
Superheroes know the difference between right and wrong. The whole point of having a superhero is because there is a villain to face, an adversity. There can be no good without evil. If there is nothing to fight for, nobody will reach a new potential to fight for it. Whenever a villain is attempting to impose a reign of terror amongst a population, the superhero steps in and gives it his all to ensure the safety of the people. They are constantly proving who they are and what they stand for. If superheroes were real, they would be a definite figure to look up to considering how much adversity steps in their path, and how they show no fear and they would give their lives for the sake of people. If you think about it, what made them want to be a hero in the first place? There had to be some form of evil, some adversity, which made them want to be the ones to save everyone else. Super villains further prove this point because they also have great power, do they not? Who knows what set them
Ms. Johnson – 1st
AP Lang
2-12-2015
Horace argument essay
Adversity is a condition marked by misfortune. Adversity is everywhere and occurs in everyday life. Adversity can be defined in many complications, obstacles, barriers, challenges, disasters, and troubles that we have faced in our lives. And they definitely make people stronger. Take for example Brooke Ellison or the life of a superhero.
Brooke Ellison was just an average girl then at the age of eleven she was hit by a car. The accident left her paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on a ventilator. This adversity did not stop her from continuing her life. She was destined for greatness and graduated from Harvard Law School. Would these talents and achievements have arisen were it not for the accident? Possibly, but Horace makes a good point when he states that adversity “has the effect of eliciting talents.” In other words, challenges bring forth talents and skills you may not have known you had.
Superheroes know the difference between right and wrong. The whole point of having a superhero is because there is a villain to face, an adversity. There can be no good without evil. If there is nothing to fight for, nobody will reach a new potential to fight for it. Whenever a villain is attempting to impose a reign of terror amongst a population, the superhero steps in and gives it his all to ensure the safety of the people. They are constantly proving who they are and what they stand for. If superheroes were real, they would be a definite figure to look up to considering how much adversity steps in their path, and how they show no fear and they would give their lives for the sake of people. If you think about it, what made them want to be a hero in the first place? There had to be some form of evil, some adversity, which made them want to be the ones to save everyone else. Super villains further prove this point because they also have great power, do they not? Who knows what set them