1. Faith Gray
PowerPoint Multimedia
Presentation Project
10/22/12

2. Jonas from “The Giver”
Jonas’s adversity is he
fears being the
receiver.
“ He did not know what he
was to become. Or
what would become of
him.”

3. Jonas from “The Giver”
Jonas overcame his
adversity by running
away from the
community.
“The community
where his entire life
had been lived lay
behind him now,
sleeping.”

4. Adam Zebrin (also known as
Zebra) from “Zebra”
Adam’s adversity was he
was hit by a car.
“Then, a year ago, racing
down Franklin Avenue,
he had given himself that
push and had begun to
turn into an eagle, when a
huge rushing shadow
appeared in his line of
vision and crashed into
him and plunged him into
a darkness from which he
emerged very, very
slowly…”

5. Adam Zebrin (also known as
Zebra) from “Zebra”
One way Adam started to
overcome his adversity
was by using art as a
hobby.
“He put together clowns,
airplanes, and helicopters
out of discarded
cardboard, clothing, and
wood. From time to time
his hand hurt, but his
fingers seemed slowly to
be coming back to life.”

6. Lance Armstrong from “It’s not
about the bike”
Lance’s adversity was
he had cancer.
“After his cancer
diagnosis, Lance
Armstrong launched a
relentless attack
against his disease
with the help of the
doctors and nurses at
Indiana University
Medical Center in
Indianapolis.”

7. Lance Armstrong from “It’s not
about the bike”
Lance started to overcome
his adversity with the kind
words of a nurse, LaTrice
Haney.
“When you’re cured, hey, let
me see you in the papers,
on TV, but not back here.
I hope to help you at the
time you need me, and
then I hope I’ll be gone.”

8. Reflection
From all of the characters’ adversities and the
way they solved them, I have learned that
there isn’t only one way to solve an adversity.
I also learned if you don’t give up, you’ll find a
way to solve your problems. For example,
Jonas overcame his adversity by running
away. Zebra overcame his adversity by using
a hobby. Lance started to overcome his
adversity with kind words. If you don’t give
up, you’ll eventually overcome your adversity.

9. Bibliography
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