The document argues that hardship and suffering do not bring out the best in people for three reasons: poverty deprives people of opportunities and prevents them from reaching their full potential, failure and exhaustion cause people to lose motivation, and the mental trauma of hardship inhibits potential and can lead to depression. Examples are provided of people in poverty unable to escape cycles, cancer patients giving up after suffering, and students committing suicide after academic failure.

1. EXPOSITORY
Hardship and Suffering bring out the best in
people. Do you agree? ["NO" stand]

2. POINTS
General Definition of Hardships and Suffering:
P1: Poverty – malnourished, starving
P2: Emotionally exhausting – Lose motivation
P3: Mental state of the people affected
– aggravates the problem

3. INTRODUCTION
G: Lance Armstrong once said "Pain is temporary. It may
last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually
it will subside and something else will take its place. If I
quit, however, it lasts forever."
I: When confronted by hardship and suffering, when its
begins to erode away at one's will, eventually it becomes
harder to resist the current dragging one into pain and
suffering.

4. INTRODUCTION
S: Oprah Winfrey once said, "Turn your wounds into
wisdom". Though this is a common saying, yet, in many
cases, this is a feat few strong people can achieve.
T: I believe that hardship and suffering causes one to lose
motivation and this along with poverty does not bring out
the best in oneself due to poor circumstances

5. PEEL 1
P: Poverty is a form of hardship and suffering that does not
bring out the best in people.
E: People that are living in poverty usually suffer from
malnutrition and starvation. They live in terrible conditions
and are unable to break out from the poverty cycle. The
children do not receive enough education and they would
not have the capability to improve themselves. They are not
given the opportunity to achieve their full potential and are
stuck doing menial jobs.

6. PEEL 1
Eg: An example of this are the children and adults that live
in the slums of Mumbai. Children do not go to school but
start work at an early age to help provide for their family.
L: Therefore, hardship and suffering brought upon by
poverty does not bring out the best in people as their poor
conditions deprives them of optimal conditions to attain
their full potential.

7. PEEL 2
P: The hardship and suffering people encounter, especially
those that led to failure, acts as a mental barricade for them
to start again.
E: As people do difficult things that are exhausting, both
physically and emotionally, but in the end do not achieve
success, they might just lose motivation to continue trying
to achieve success and eventually just give up.

8. PEEL 2
Eg: Certain people who are diagnosed with cancer,
especially tose who had suffered for a very long period of
time, would feel like fighting cancer would be impossible
and eventually give up. In August Liepold decided she
didn't want to spend what time she had left suffering from
the effects of chemotherapy. Instead Liepold chose
palliative care and signed a do-not-resuscitate order.
L: As hardship and suffering causes one to lose their drive
and motivation, it does only harm to people and definitely
does not help bring out the best in people.

9. PEEL 3
P: People who endure hardships and sufferings will affect
the mental state of people
E: Living in an environment that is discouraging, where
people will constantly be under pressure from adverse
conditions. They tend to give up all hope which will put
pressure on one's mental stability. This will eventually result
in severe depression.

10. PEEL 3
Eg: Certain students commit suicide when they do not
achieve a certain grade despite studying hard. Chaninard
Rungtivasuwan, 21, a fourth-year science student, was
found dead yesterday after she leapt from a building in the
vicinity of the university. Faculty of Science dean Prof
Supot Hannongbua said her grade dropped to 3.18 in the
last semester of her third year while she used to get 3.7 to
3.9 in her first and second years.
L: As such mental trauma caused by hardship and suffering
inhibits one from reaching one's full potential, it does not
necessarily bring out the best in people.

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Example for PEEL 1:
http://www.actionaid.org/india/our-projects/tackling-urban-pove
Example for PEEL 3:
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20
080610-70006.html
Example for PEEL 2: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?
id=125161&page=1