Called Out By Barbara Kingsolver

In the texts, “Called out,” by Barbara Kingsolver, “Emma Marris: In Defense of Everglade Pythons,” by Andrew C. Revkin, and the short article, “Sea Stars,” by Barbara Hurd, we gain a greater understanding of how similar we are to nature in terms of adaptability, persistence, and resilience. The scientific essay “Called Out” by Kingsolver was about how adaptable and resilient ephermals are to their desert environment. The blog “Emma Marris: In Defense of Everglade Pythons” dealt with how successfully pythons have adapted to their non-native environment, the Everglades and how people do not want them there. The short article “Sea Stars” by Barbara Hurd was about how sea stars have adapted to survive along the narrow space in the shore that separates the deep sea and the extremely shallow waters. A time when I faced an obstacle and overcame it through adaptability, persistence, and resilience in order to grow and move forward in my life was when my parents divorced.
My dad being the only source of income in the household told us that he had gotten laid off. At the time, my mom was not working. My dad began to go through a stage of depression which resulted in him abusing alcohol. He began to be very aggressive with my mom and I by the day. His behavior was highly unusual because my parents and I were always very close. This home situation began to reflect on me academically. My grades began to dramatically drop, A’s were becoming D’s. I was unable to focus on my school work because I was always so sad and angry over my situation at home. Then a Saturday in late November, my dad began to harshly disrespect my mom and I by saying that we were just a waste of money. My mom and I were very offended and both agreed to pack some clothes and just leave the house. From this point on I knew, there was no going back and that my parents were going to eventually divorce. In “Sea Stars”,