In the essay, “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor” written by Hooks, the author addresses on how the society represents, and displays poverty through false assumptions made by the higher class popular culture, and media representations . Hooks uses her own personal experiences to connect with her readers, about the issue on poverty. Also adding to that, she references to a black philosopher, named Cornel West, from whom she learned the difference between being poor and coming from a working class family. Hooks, who was brought up in a working class family, but she was thought to be poor. Many circumstances that occurred in her family, when she was a young child, made her realize that poverty is just seen as show and tell through the eyes of society. With this sense of realization, Hooks argues about the judgments made by the higher class on poverty, and decides to bring a change in the readers’ perspectives. As a result, Hooks wants to create the awareness of poverty in a positive towards the society…
According to Seneca, a Roman philosopher, “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” In other words, the boldest thing in this world is to see an honorable person fighting against misfortune, and never give up. I agree with this statement because it happens in real life and in literature. A man who goes against tragedy caused by nature, human or himself is considered great and honorable. Two works of literature that illustrate the quote as I have explained it are Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and Night by Elie Wiesel.…
While adversity may come often and is not always the easiest to overcome it is possible.…
When people encounter conflict, they learn and grow from the experience. People gain or acquire knowledge and develop themselves when faced with a disagreement or argument, either internally or externally. From conflict they can learn about themselves as well as others, develop skills needed in the future and accept differences. Conflict can occur anywhere, anytime, so it is important for people to learn and grow when they encounter it.…
Adversity forces us as humans to reevaluate ourselves and also pushes us to limits that we would never have found. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist Scout endures hardships and through the experiences, discovers what she stands for and who she is. Similarly, Mahatma Gandhi discovers his role in society and his morals through the adversities in South America. Lastly, in the book Brave New World, the hardships of the protagonist Bernard Marx causes him to identify himself based on who he actually is as opposed to what was assigned to him.…
Adversity is either chosen or brought upon someone; either way, the obstacle is either overcome or not. No matter wealth, age, or location, all people face adversity for it is synonymous with life. Life is the struggle for survival and success and order, while adversity is the representation of disorder and failure. Without either, it would be impossible to differentiate one’s achievements from one’s failures. Overcoming adversity is the basis of all great, successful people similarly to how concrete and steel is the foundation of all astonishing architectural structures.…
Without conflict we won’t truly know the capacity of someone’s inner strength and understanding. Conflict is a true test which raises issues that otherwise wouldn’t be raised, issues which need to be dealt with in order for us to grow as a person. As well as testing a person’s inner strength and understanding it can also expose their weaknesses and flaws.…
Everyone struggles with adversity at some point in their life. People who attack adversity and persevere are people who succeed. In “How I Learned to Read and Write,” from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Fredrick Douglass strives to learn how to read and write. He soon discovers if he can learn literacy he will become free. So, Douglass is determined to learn no matter the cost. Through his determination, he battles with different situations in his life, but he never lets them stop him. Because Douglass continues to push forward, he eventually becomes successful and free. Overcoming adversity leads to personal freedom.…
“I have not yet given up on fight,” John Paul Jones. As recited by J.P.J, it is important to fight for what you believe in since the battle is not conquered by lounging around, and you could possibly be changing thousands of lives.…
Fighting has been around since the beginning of time. Genesis, the first book of the Bible, records the fight between Cain and Abel. The Battle of Megiddo is the earliest battle recorded where Pharaoh led 10,000 men to fight against The King of Kadesh and his followers because a rebellion broke out. Nevertheless fighting will be part of our culture since there will always be conflict and disagreement. How one deals with these obstacles determines if they fight with style.…
As my body started to tense from the stress, I began to visualize what I should do to play my hardest and achieve my goal, making the better team, the A team for hockey. As I stepped onto the ice, I saw the judges sitting in the stands, staring. I took a deep breath, and started to skate. While going through this adversity, I used two life skills to help me overcome trying to make the A team; insight and independence.…
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”…
We fight, we fall, but we rise again and again to fight battles we will never win. And that is, arguably, the bravest thing anyone can do. (Parallelism) Sometimes,…
“Which knows other and knows itself, can fight hundred battles without never being in danger. Who does not know the other but knows itself, for each victory, will know a defeat. Who knows neither the other nor itself, will lose all the battles ineluctably. ”…
Ⅲ.4 Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.…