This week, we began thinking about tragedy, beginning our second unit, What is a Tragedy? To do this, we researched about characteristics of tragedies and different types of tragedies, in literature. I found this very helpful, as this helped me gain an understanding of why tragedy is so unique, and why it's important for us to learn. There is a lot behind tragedies that I did not previously understand, such as the many different forms that influence the outcome of a tragedy.
One big question that we were told to think about throughout the week was, "Can we overcome tragedies?" At first sight, I was stuck on how to answer the question, I struggled relating the question to my own life, thinking about tragedies in literature what effect tragedies have on characters. Well, like in life, we are those characters, and adversity strikes on all of us. Talking about tragedy makes me think about a quote that Rocky Balboa says to his son in one of the later Rocky movies. That is, "But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!” Playing football nearly every year in my life, hearing similar lines was common through my many coaches. I interpret this quote as when hard times hit, what is our response to that adversity? The response is what defines us and builds the character inside of us.
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