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Overcoming Challenges In Everyday Life

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Essay 1 Overcoming obstacles is a crucial part of everyday life so that we can continuously succeed in life. When we overcome obstacles we grow our understanding of the world and the people in it which helps us succeed in life. I had to overcome an obstacle in grade seven which affected my ability to write finals. I also recently finished a TV show that was based of a book called Thirteen Reasons Why where she wasn’t able to overcome her obstacles in her highschool years. Earlier in the year I read a book called “Mrs. Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs where the children were faced with many obstacles they had to overcome. These are all examples of people who were faced with obstacles even though sometimes they weren’t able to overcome them. In June of 2015 I was riding my scooter when I fell and hurt my wrist. We didn’t want to go to the hospital because we weren't sure if it was broken. The next day at school I had to perform a dance in front of our class. We were dancing to “California Gurls” and the dance was going well until I had to do the worm. I got on the floor and started …show more content…

Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. This book is about a Teenager named Jacob whose grandfather calls his family and tells them that they’re here. The family just thinks he hasn’t taken his medication until they arrive at his house. Jacob finds his grandpa without eyes and is very confused and scared. Jacob remembers the stories his grandfather told him and wants to go to his childhood home to find the peculiar children he would talk about. He convinces his dad to take him but the house is completely destroyed he comes back the next day and sees some of children. He runs into a cave in fear and goes into a time loop where the peculiars live. Everything is going fine until the “monsters” come they have to run from the house and fight the “monsters”. This ends up coming to a life or death

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Hard Work Solves Everything Adversity is a difficulty that people go through. Adversity helps makes people work hard and overcome obstacles to become successful. The short stories “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty is a story about a man who overcame adversity on the battlefield. A sniper was watching a street when he was shot in the arm.

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The next examples deal with life’s obstacles represented by the struggle of living in a divided world, growing up, overcoming diversity, and creating a positive change. Liza is now telling Emma the story of her grandmother Rosa and her dreams with the Mammoths. In Rosa’s second dream they discuss how their plan is not working, and they need a new one. This for me was a lesson on overcoming obstacles and circumstances. When we have set a goal and our plan to achieve that goal does not work, we must accept the problem and focus on a different plan, but not give up on the goal.

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Overcoming advers requires being brave and noble. Also, being able to look on the positive side in life in tough situations. Overcoming illnesses, disabilities, or disfunctional families can be very hard to deal with. Sometimes you just need to keep going and not look back and by doing so a lot more opportunities may appear in life. Christy Brown in My Left Foot, Bethany Hamilton, and Jeanette Walls in The Glass Castle are all examples of people who had to deal with great hardships in order to push them to become the successful and mature people that they are today.

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Obstacles Numerous people stumble upon obstacles, but only a few can overcome them. Most obstacles are influenced by the values of the society. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger overcomes her lack of education and her different beliefs on Jewish people. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet both overcome the obstacle of not being able to be together because of the feud between their families. In “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza overcomes the obstacle of not fitting into her society because of her lack of money.

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Living in Conditions that Ultimately Made Them Stronger John Quincy Adams once stated, “patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” In the world today, obstacles have an impact on the way one goes about their respective life. These obstacles range from emotions to illness to social class. How one interprets those obstacles decides whether that life goes down as a success or failure. As a society, we often admire those who take their obstacles and use them to create a better life.

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Proposition 65 is the initiative regarding the funds from the sale of carryout bags in certain stores. According to the Official Voter Information Guide provided by the State of California, if a state law prohibits distribution of free single-use carryout bags and requires a minimum charge for other carryout bags, this initiative would redirect these proceeds to a special fund — the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Fund — to support programs and projects related to recycling, beach cleanup, litter removal, clean drinking water, drought relief, habitat restoration, and state, regional, and local parks. A small portion of these funds would be used for grant administration and audits of the programs receiving funds. Proposition 65, or

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Everyone in life, has faced many difficulties, it's a part of growing up. Many people however, do not have the same issues to overcome. A superb example, would be a man named Dave Pelzer. He has gone through the most brutal childhood ever imagined. He had, of course, overcome this difficult obstacle and he became very fulfilled with his life.

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This essay will show the obstacles that people face while facing adversity, the factors to overcome adversity, and the greatest factor to overcome adversity. Firstly, there are many obstacles that people face while facing adversity. It could be physical like a broken arm or mental like the mental pain after the loss of a loved one. In the book, “Letters From Rifka”, Rifka faces many obstacles. She got ringworm, which prevented her from going to America.

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