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Harry Potter Hardship

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People truly do benefit from hardship and misfortune because it is an opportunity to learn. In the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter's parents died when he was very young. Therefore, he had to live with his uncle and aunt, the Dursleys. They were cruel to him because they knew that he was a wizard, but Harry didn't know. He suffered from their harshness, but he did benefit from it. Because he was used to being disrespected and hated by others, it helped him handle all of the problems that we would face at Hogwarts, the school for wizards. The Babylonians were the first empire builders. However, they were conquered by the Hittites. They lived under their rule and the rule of other empires as they conquered the land. During this time, they

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