Welcoming Adversity And Neighbours Analysis

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Life is full of challenges. In the stories, “Breaking Through Uncertainty—Welcoming Adversity” and “Neighbours”, the main characters demonstrate the benefits derived from taking risks. Taking risk can face the challenges of fears, fear is part of life, however, we can face them in some point of our life. In “Breaking Through Uncertainty—Welcoming Adversity” and “Neighbours”, both characters face personal challenges.
Jim in “Breaking Through Uncertainty—Welcoming Adversity” faces the fear of death. First, “I was confronted with a life-threatening situation” (Paragraph 3). Jim is thinking negative and there is no backing down. This shows he has overconfident in him because it interferes with the ability to make correct decision. Secondly, “Having

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