Adversity has a way of unforeseeable obstacles, most people shy away from it and get drunk, but when they force it through the people come out stronger than ever. There has always been adversity in history, and today there are people who struggle to deal with it in their daily lives, but other people are able to overcome it as individuals and move forward.
But often there are circumstances that are so adverse that it takes more than one person to mentally and/or physically resolve. The Romans will be one of the best examples of more than one person coming together to face adversity.
Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo’s life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c. 1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose … Read more
One of the most unique and strange relationships in modern literature exists between Ignatius Reilly and Myrna Minkoff, the two perceived dunces in John Kennedy Tooles A Confederacy of Dunces. The correspondence between them runs throughout the novel. In the beginning, Ignatius feels a certain air of superiority over her, yet she feels that he … Read more
Jean Toomer’s family was not typical of migrating African Americans settling in the North, or fleeing the South. Each of his maternal grandparents were born of a caucasian father. But a “speck of Black makes you Black. ” Thus, Toomer’s grandfather, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, was a free born black, a Union officer in the … Read more
