The Challenges Of Harriet Tubman's Life

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Many people face many challenges each day. Every person goes through some what of a challenge at least a couple times I their life, if they don't give up and try hard enough they can defeat those challenges. In the most recent unit my class did was a facing challenge unit. In most of the stories we read you could tell most of the characters were facing challenges, but they never gave up on hope and eventually got through all them. The characters in this unit showed many others and I to never give up arms good things will happen Harriet Tubman, one of the most inspiring people in American history. Harriet ran into many obstacles in her life. Harriet never gave up and at the end of it all better came things came to her. As a lot of people know, …show more content…
That is a line that was said I know why the caged bird sings by Marguerite. Margurite said this reflecting on her life of many challenges. When Marguerite was a young girl she went through a tragic experience that her mothers boyfriend did to her. After that it took her about five to seven years to just talk to her family and her best friend was her brother, Bailey. Marguetite and her brother started living with there grandmother in the back of the store. At this point you can tell that she has already gone through a lot of challenges from tragic experiences to not taking for several years. When Marguerite was all grown up she was very successful in life like being on many talk shows and traveling all around. She has shown me and many other that if you don't give up and keep trying good things will come at the end, like …show more content…
Most people don't know how to over come the challenges that come their fears and face their challenges. All you have to do is simply believe in yourself and not giving up in yourself, that could change a lot. There are a lot of examples in this essay if never giving up. Look back at Harriet Tubman and I know why the caged bird sings to see how inspiring and believing they are you could be like the too. Then look back at Charles and see how he never gave up, good things didn't come to him but he still never gave up. So the theme in this story is never give up and keep trying, good things will most likely

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