1. Overcoming Adversity

2. What is Adversity Difficulty Misfortune Range of intensity
Different shapes and sizes
Distress or concern

3. How to Overcome Adversity
Fight through pain
Determination
Drive
Having ups and downs
Making sacrifices
Standing up for what is right

4. Books
Night
Flowers for Algernon
Unbroken
To Kill a Mockingbird

5. Characters
Elie Wiesel
Charlie Gordon
Louis Zamperini
Atticus

6. Night
Elie Wiesel
Holocaust
Auschwitz
Survivor

7. Elie Wiesel
Concentration camp
Loss of family
Hunger
Emotional scenes

8. Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon Mental Retardation
Harsh Experiments
Not so great treatment
Tough situations
Emotional heartbreaks

9. Charlie Bakery issues Trouble finding himself Friends and family
Experiments
Treatment issues

10. Unbroken Fight for survival Nothing went right Detention camps
Close to death

11. Louis Zamperini
Olympics
Japanese war
Beaten
Struggles of survival

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Atticus
Defended Tom
Towns hatred towards Atticus

13. Atticus Role of defending Tom Family struggles Bob Ewells threats
Put down and discouraged
Emotional experiences

14. Adversity in the Author’s Lives
Harper Lee
Youngest of five children
Daniel Keyes
Seventeen year old Marine
Laura Hillenbrand
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Elie Wiesel
Told in Night

15. Adversity in Our Lives
Moving, Divorce
Death, Age
Soccer

16. Benefits of Adversity Makes you stronger Changes your life
Builds personality
Wisdom
Enhances drive in a task
Builds confidence

17. Conclusion Adversity comes in all forms
Everyone has adversity in their lives
Flowers for Algernon
Unbroken
Night
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18. Bibliography
“WWII B-24 Bomber.” Weather Underground. Max crow, n.d. Web. 8 Jan <