On this page the word is used in two back to back sentences to emphasize its importance. Overcoming struggles is a large part of this book, and using the word overcome, rather than something like conquer or get over was very purposeful. Those words had been considered but, to me didn’t have the feeling that I was going for. Conquer holds a negative connotation because it is used often to make reference to winning a war or battle, and I wanted a more uplifting feel for the ending. ‘Get over’ was a phrase I was avoiding like the plague because the last thing to say when helping a child to open up about and prevail over their issues is ‘get over it,’ and whenever I read over that passage with ‘get over’ in the sentence that’s all I would hear. Overcome, on the other hand, has more of an elevating or inspiring tone to it, which is what I was aiming to
On this page the word is used in two back to back sentences to emphasize its importance. Overcoming struggles is a large part of this book, and using the word overcome, rather than something like conquer or get over was very purposeful. Those words had been considered but, to me didn’t have the feeling that I was going for. Conquer holds a negative connotation because it is used often to make reference to winning a war or battle, and I wanted a more uplifting feel for the ending. ‘Get over’ was a phrase I was avoiding like the plague because the last thing to say when helping a child to open up about and prevail over their issues is ‘get over it,’ and whenever I read over that passage with ‘get over’ in the sentence that’s all I would hear. Overcome, on the other hand, has more of an elevating or inspiring tone to it, which is what I was aiming to