Adversity Causes Resilience In Ishemael By Ishmael

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When facing adversity it can be difficult to return back to a normal life. When a challenge is presented, a lot of people might quit and not learn anything from it, but some people get through it and use the experience to become a better person. In Ishmael’s situation, he kept fighting to write a book about his life. Even after his parents died he didn’t stop fighting and continued to believe in himself to survive. Adversity breeds resilience because if you are in a new situation that you never were in before you might fail but after you work through and experience this situation you might get through it more easily. In Ishmael’s situation he could have stopped trying but then the rebels would have killed him, but because he had the drive

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