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    When life hits you with a brick‚ it is how you respond that reveals your true character. No matter how hard we try to be perfect‚ adversity in our lives is unavoidable. The truth is‚ we usually discover the depth of our strength and learn the most valuable lessons after facing these hard times. Up until my eighth grade year‚ I had the seemingly-perfect life. Most of my worries revolved around the completion of my homework and which outfit I would wear to school the next day. However‚ these matters

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    There have been many times in my life where I had to overcome adversity‚ but my best example was way back in elementary school from the grades kindergarten through 5th grade. I used to not care about my academic standpoint or ego on how people looked at me. I had the potential to be a very smart and excellent student and excelled in school but I didn’t take advantage and did everything possible to not do the work. In many circumstances‚ I would have lied or cheated so I wouldn’t have to do the work

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    Adversity Horace‚ the Roman poet‚ once said that adversity brings out talents within an individual that otherwise would remain undiscovered. This is a very true statement‚ although only to an extent. Those who have talents that shine through are those that had an escape method‚ a way of getting out of their situations. Those who do not have a way out‚ and do not have hope‚ are at too much of a disadvantage and do not have talents that shine through‚ as they are constantly at battle fighting the odds

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    anyone you know and you don’t even have your own family to lean back on! How long do you think you would last in that society? I intend to prove that each character in the story Of Mice and Men face adversity and loneliness. The first character that is a prime example of the loneliness and adversity in the story Of Mice and Men is Crooks. Crooks is the only black worker on the ranch and in the 1930’s there was a lot of segregation and separation between whites and blacks. No one would offer Crooks

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    James Eriksson: OK. Chris the boy in the ML short story--faced adversity‚ the no money for school -depression years that just got worse...this combined with the love of learning and ambition to be an engineer...drove him to study and work...first when he was away at HS. ...then when somehow he couldn’t afford? to go to Univ in Winnipeg...it drove him to rebel against going home to the farm(north of Wakanaka)...He cashed in his ticket and ran away to Winnipeg. James Eriksson: He tried to

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    relationship between Amir and Hassan as more of a social class hierarchy rather than a friendship which Hassan longs. Amir seems to realise his bad treatment towards Hassan‚ but despite them having grown up together he still neglects Hassan and fails to apologise for his wrongdoings. This is shown in chapter seven in which it reads: “Still‚ I had been mean to Hassan. I almost apologised‚ then didn’t …Hassan always understood about me”. This quote explains that although Amir acknowledges that he had

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    He shows us that we can rise above adversity in the home Adversity on the job in the classroom and even in our relationships as long as we keep god first and focus on Him. It is this focus of his that ultimately makes a name for him. Notice that his conspirators realized that his integrity was on point

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    Garcia 1 Jose Garcia Professor Kaufman English21B 27 January 2014 Educational Adversity There are many issues plaguing the educational system that need to be assessed immoderately. The American government needs to increase the number of students pursuing a higher education without diminishing the quality of learning. Through subsidies and government assistance the general public may have greater chances of earning a degree. Equally important work experience and military service

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    character‚ Amir‚ is an intellectual character‚ loving books more than sports‚ a major disappointment to his powerful father. Amir’s best friend is also a Hazara servant‚ Hassan. Although they are master and servant‚ the boys’ relationship is more of friends and companions. Amir’s favorite activity was to go Kite Fighting with Hassan. The object of the game was to be the last kite in the air while trying to cut the strings of the others. Hassan’s job was to pick up the fallen kites for Amir to keep

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    more prominent relationships one may observe in The Kite Runner is between the Hazara boy‚ Hassan‚ and Amir. This relationship is one the most important in the novel as it acts as a large foundation which is required for the rest of the novel. “…we were kids who had learned to crawl together‚ and no history‚ ethnicity‚ society‚ or religion was going to change that either.” (27‚ Hosseini). Amir and Hassan were very close from a very young age‚ they had grown a very strong friendship with each other

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