This week in class, we wrote a synthesis about where resilience comes into play in our own lives, The Color of Water, and included tips talked about in the article we read. As I concluded my reading for the week, I realized that Tobias is resilient. The part I was reading discussed his difficulty about being beaten when he was younger. I realized that although he discusses his poor childhood memories, he doesn't let them bother him much. He didn't let his father ruin his entire life because of those bad situations, instead he used them for his own good. Tobias let those bad situations shape him, and make him stronger. He doesn't live with it in a depressing way, but in a powerful way that can help him grow, and that's exactly what resilience is.
From what I have read of Tris, I also think that she is resilient. She is actually shown as being resilient a lot throughout the Divergent series. For example, in Divergent when her mother was shot,
she put it aside at the moment and focused on would mother would want her to do. She needed to focus on dissembling the factions and protecting herself at the same time. Her resilience showed when she took her focus off of her mother just dying, and focusing on the task at hand that could effect her more in the future.
When I am in a bad situation or am faced with a problem, I see myself as being resilient by not letting it destroy me, but putting it into a positive perspective. I will look at a situation or problem and think of positive pieces that I can take away from that will help me with other situations or problems in the future. I think that this really helps because focusing on positive things are good and healthy for you! You don't want to be negative towards every situation that comes your way. Think of situations as lesson so that you can learn from them instead. My mother will always say, "When you have to deal with a bad situation, learn from it in a positive way because all bad situations will only make you stronger in the end."
This link goes to different quotes about resilience:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/resilience
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