In life there are hardships we experience that may lead us realize and shaped our identity. Hardships are a part of life that everyone must deal with. These hardships can either enable you to succeed or cause you to fail. The outcome of these obstacles all depend on how this situations are handled. As demonstrated by the short excerpt "Over the Rocks and Stones" by Chantal Kreviazuk. The Author describes how she value the hardships and fears she experienced and realizes that these experiences have made her who she is. Also in the play "The Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, the protagonist dealt with these hardships in a destructive and negative manner which she used to put emphasis on her desire to cleanse herself. In personal response to the topic there have been difficult experiences faced that enables someone to see the world as how the identity is shaped.
In the excerpt "Over the Rocks and Stones" by Chantal Kreviazuk it is described how the author value the hardships and fears she experienced and realizes that these experiences have made her who she is. The excerpt described how Chantal find it fascinating now as an adult woman to look back at the time where she was never popular one in school, always dreaded failing a test she couldn't focus on enough to study for and the girl who stuffed her bra and got caught by the most popular boy. She finds it difficult that led her down the path she have been on and back then she hadn't learned to lean on it as her source of confidence and security. Without experiencing all those fears and insecurities she hadn't find herself singing, writing and performing for people and she hadn't realize that she is way too far from all insecurities and fears back then. Much like it said in the quote “I attribute this sense of security to the very things that have hurt and humiliated me the most”. Based on this excerpt it is demonstrated how she has to come to value the anxieties she experienced