This document summarizes the adversity faced and overcome by several characters: Jonas from "The Giver" struggles as his community's rules are unfair but runs away with a baby. Zebra breaks his leg in a car accident but overcomes his fear with help from a veteran. Ernie has a mental disability but finds love by sending flowers to Delores. All characters demonstrate courage in overcoming challenges.

1. Adversity
Chermaine Frempong
10/25/12

2. The Giver
 Jonas’s Adversity: Jonas is
now realizing that his
community is not the
same as he once thought
it was. Now that he is
receiving memories he
notices weird and unfair
things and does not like
his communities ways.
The community had
families set up the same
way and only the giver
and receiver are able to
feel emotions like pain,
love, and hate due to the
memories. To Jonas its
just not fair.

3. The Giver
 Overcoming the
Adversity: Jonas
could not persuade
the counsel to
change the rules
and ways of the
community so he
ran away with a
baby who was about
to be released. He
took memories with
him so that the
community would
suffer.

4. Zebra
 Zebra’s Adversity:
Zebra loved to run.
Every time he would
he felt free. One day
when Zebra was
running he was hit
by a car. Zebra
injured his arm and
leg. He would no
longer run. Zebra is
now left with a
broken arm and a
lost passion for
running.

5. Zebra
 Overcoming the
adversity: Zebra
meets a man named
John Wilson. John
Wilson was in the
Vietnam War. In
that war he lost his
arm. With this
relatable disability
John Wilson inspires
Zebra and he
overcomes his fear
of that hill where he
was hit.

6. A Crush
 Ernie’s Adversity: Ernie is
mentally slow. He is not
stupid but he does not
progress as fast as others.
Because of this Ernie needs
special help. Without the
support of his mother, who
recently passed away, Ernie
is moved to a home that
helps people with the similar
problem. There, Ernie then
meets a friend who takes
him out to town and shows
him around different places.
While out Ernie spots
Delores, a woman working
in a shop, and realizes he
has a crush.

7. A Crush
 Overcoming the
adversity: Ernie then
starts sending Delores
dozens of flowers that
he has grown by
himself. Ernie never
tells that the flowers
are from him or that he
even has a crush on
Delores. Hinting from
the gesture Delores
starts to dress up nicely
waiting for the man
behind the flowers.

8. All Together
 All the characters from this story show that they have
courage and that even though they go through tough
situations they find a way to overcome them. Each
characters story is different but in the end they all pull
through whatever challenge they face.

9. References
 The Giver- Lois Lowry. Publisher: Bantan Books 1993
 Zebra- Chaim Potok. Knopf Random House 1998
 A Crush- Cynthia Rylant
 Black and white photography
 Photography
 Bicycling
 Zebra
 Marathon runner
 Hilly land
 X-ray of broken arm
 Love wallpaper
 Assorted flowers