Overcoming Adversity By Elie Wiesel
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Ryan Shear
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March 10th, 2015 Adversity Essay Adversity is like a mighty wind that tears away at individuals, but the things that cannot be torn, allow individuals to see who they really are.
Overcoming adversity is one of the biggest obstacles individuals face while on the path of life. Problems, some larger than others, present themselves to people throughout their whole life. Regardless of how sharp, clever, or unworried one is, a person will encounter challenges, struggle, difficulties and at times, heart jerking moments. Thanks to many hardships, learning to deal with and conquering adversity is what makes the individual who they are in the world today. Elie Wiesel in the book
Night
, Tom …show more content…
Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never." (Wiesel 32). Elie Wiesel largely struggled internally whether or not he should continue to believe in God after witnessing so many deaths that he was not stopping, in addition to the harsh external weather, and the little amounts of food. Despite Elie’s hardships, he still kept his faith and had hope which was able to allow him to overcome one of the most barbarous, inhuman acts of violence to ever take place in history. Due to the way Elie reinvented his future and tried to maintain optimism, he was able to overcome adversity. By applying the way Elie Wiesel overcame tragedy in society today, individuals can constantly reinvent their future in order to triumph over adversity.
As one once said “
Learning from the past is a gift for the future”. Learning from from past situations, some bad and some good, allows for one to be able to face adversity when it hits them. As Tom Benecke realizes for the first time is his near death situation in
Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket
. When Tom finally realizes his mistakes the author states that …show more content…
Another person who made the most out of the situations that were thrown at them was Hannah in
The Devil’s Arithmetic.
Hannah cheered up her friends that she had met in the Nazi camp, continuously telling them that they would meet again and that everything would be alright in the end. This portrays idea that when stuck in a hard spot to always stay positive and you will have a better chance of overcoming the adversity holding you back.
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While adversity may come often and is not always the easiest to overcome it is possible.
The way people choose to react to these setbacks shows who the person is, and whom they may become. Dealing with and learning from adversity makes individuals who they are. As Elie
Wiessel, Tom Benecke, Hannah stern, and Malala Yousafzai all faced adversity many times throughout their lives, they all coped with their problems by managing to change their future, learn from their past experiences, and find positives in every situation that was thrown at them.
These three ways to deal with adversity not only allows people to survive in their position, but to also thrive and come out stronger than
Ryan Shear
Jackson Per. 3
March 10th, 2015 Adversity Essay Adversity is like a mighty wind that tears away at individuals, but the things that cannot be torn, allow individuals to see who they really are.
Overcoming adversity is one of the biggest obstacles individuals face while on the path of life. Problems, some larger than others, present themselves to people throughout their whole life. Regardless of how sharp, clever, or unworried one is, a person will encounter challenges, struggle, difficulties and at times, heart jerking moments. Thanks to many hardships, learning to deal with and conquering adversity is what makes the individual who they are in the world today. Elie Wiesel in the book
Night
, Tom …show more content…
Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never." (Wiesel 32). Elie Wiesel largely struggled internally whether or not he should continue to believe in God after witnessing so many deaths that he was not stopping, in addition to the harsh external weather, and the little amounts of food. Despite Elie’s hardships, he still kept his faith and had hope which was able to allow him to overcome one of the most barbarous, inhuman acts of violence to ever take place in history. Due to the way Elie reinvented his future and tried to maintain optimism, he was able to overcome adversity. By applying the way Elie Wiesel overcame tragedy in society today, individuals can constantly reinvent their future in order to triumph over adversity.
As one once said “
Learning from the past is a gift for the future”. Learning from from past situations, some bad and some good, allows for one to be able to face adversity when it hits them. As Tom Benecke realizes for the first time is his near death situation in
Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket
. When Tom finally realizes his mistakes the author states that …show more content…
Another person who made the most out of the situations that were thrown at them was Hannah in
The Devil’s Arithmetic.
Hannah cheered up her friends that she had met in the Nazi camp, continuously telling them that they would meet again and that everything would be alright in the end. This portrays idea that when stuck in a hard spot to always stay positive and you will have a better chance of overcoming the adversity holding you back.
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While adversity may come often and is not always the easiest to overcome it is possible.
The way people choose to react to these setbacks shows who the person is, and whom they may become. Dealing with and learning from adversity makes individuals who they are. As Elie
Wiessel, Tom Benecke, Hannah stern, and Malala Yousafzai all faced adversity many times throughout their lives, they all coped with their problems by managing to change their future, learn from their past experiences, and find positives in every situation that was thrown at them.
These three ways to deal with adversity not only allows people to survive in their position, but to also thrive and come out stronger than