Along with his family he had many supporting friends that helped him many times. In addition to his
Michael is an example of being able to persevere through any rough
Optimism and resiliency are some of the reasons why Louie survived in the POW camps. He got out of the camp after the war was over but there was more struggle to come have come. Louie would have flashbacks non-stop when he would sleep he would freak out about them and put people in danger. After this he began to drink badly, and harm his wife and his newborn daughter He later reconnected with God and stuck with his promise of devoting his life to
Although he faced many hardships throughout the course of his life, Louie managed to stay strong and continue on to spread his heroic life story of survival, resilience, and
He was just so happy to be where he was and made the most of his situations and did not care about anyone or anything
The first stage in grief is denial, when a person hopes that the breakup was not real or only momentary, giving themselves time to adjust to the situation. When Okonkwo arrives at Mbanta, his mother’s homeland, his uncle holds a meeting with his family and specifically addresses Okonkwo. He tells of how after a child has been beaten by its father, it will go to its mother for comfort. He relates this to Okonkwo’s breakup with his tribe, where Okonkwo is beaten or exiled from his fatherland and sent to his motherland to recover. His uncle asks him,”Is it right that you, Okonkwo, should bring to your mother a heavy face and refuse to be comforted?”(Achebe 134).
In the long run, his hopes turned real and eventually made it out of the rough camps he was forced into. Although it took him 9 years, he stayed strong, regardless of what he went through. His story is an inspiration to many since he not only made it out alive, but also managed to stay as sane as possible throughout the process. 10 Injustices
He was always able to get out of troubling situations. We can learn that even though situations may seem tough, we are able to overcome them with
The novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, defines an important literary example of the historical conflict of European colonialism in Nigeria during the
We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” In which achebe’s purpose was to condemn the white colonists for altering the Igbo culture, religion, "Igbo." - Introduction, Location,
Meanwhile, this essay focuses on the behavior of people in standard societies, not their attitude towards a situation of despair. As a result, even though Iwegbu’s approach to life is noble, to say the least, he is not attacked by the same psychological demons that plague regular
Civil Peace Valuables can consist of material goods and traits. Desite Jonathan Iwegbu losing many of his material assets, he still possesses an optimistic trait in Chinua Achebe’s “Civil Peace,” which allows him to look at challenges and improve them. He shows this many ways throughout the story. “Jonathan Iwegbu counted himself as extraordinary lucky” (389). This helped him improve these challenges and get over these obstacles because most people in his community had lost loved ones during the war, but thanks to his luck and him being courageous, his family had few losses, which gave him the opportunity to continue life as it was before he went to war.
"If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. " When you are given what you need in life, always make the best of it. Jonathan Iwegbu had everything he needed and when anything would go wrong he would still make the best of it. In the story "Civil Peace" Iwegbu is a very lucky man who had what he needed in life. Although, there were definitely some rough patches, but Iwegbu always stayed positive and contented through it all.
Everyone as a human being has experienced some form of change in our life, big or small, and it has a lasting effect on who they are and how they act. In Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’, change is a forward facing theme of the whole story, we see change in all forms occur throughout the book; the arrival of the white men and their changing of the igbo culture, the tearing apart of Okonkwo’s family by religion and traditions, and the change that occurs within Okonkwo himself when he realizes he cannot prevent change from happening in the community and culture he loved. Change is destructive in ‘Things Fall Apart’, especially to such a magnitude as we see in the story, it is destructive to communities, to families, and especially to individuals.
He used to take me to the courthouse and point at the judge and say “that will be you when you grow up”. It also brings to mind the power of believing in people. As a child all i needed was one person to motivate me and i tried my best to be the best at what i do. I see motivating as a great leadership
