SAT II Essay Help

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<p>Can someone please grade my essay 1-6? Thanks.</p>

<p>"Tough challenges reveal our strengths and weaknesses." This statement is certainly true; adversity helps us discover who we are. Hardships can often lead us to examine who we are and to question what is important in life. In fact, people who have experienced seriously adverse events frequently report that they were positively change dby their negative experiences."</p>

<p>Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are?</p>

<p>My Essay:
Although living a life of ease often gives people pleasure, adversity helps many to find their true selves. When challenges are presented, humans often changes their actions and belifes. This is exemplifed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Malcom X's life.</p>

<p>In Sinclair's The Jungle, Jurgis, an immigrant, faces many hardships. Throughout the novel, the readers are able to see Jurgis change both positively and negatively. For example, when he first arrives in America, Jurgis is forced to work in dirty factories in order to support his family. As a result, Jurgis becomes a dedicated and disciplined worker. When Jurgis becomes involved in the political business, however, he begins to prosper without having to perform strenuous duties. Because he no longer has to formally attend work, Jurgis begins to regress and lose his true identity.</p>

<p>Similarly, Malcolm X also found his true niche in society through ahrdship. As a young man, Malcolm Little was involved in several criminal activities, and he was eventually arrested. In jail, Malcolm faced several adversities, but he discovered religion. AFter being released from jail, Malcolm decided to live his life combating racial discrimination and segregation. Malcolm changed his life for the better as a direct result of his hardship in jail.</p>

<p>As Malcolm X and Jurgis show, challenges often create better lives. Thus it is not always best to follow the path that provides the least resistance because one may never discover his true identity.</p>

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<p>Someone wanna grade this?</p>

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<p>I'll give it a 5 out of 6. I think it's pretty well written (good grammar and spelling). Maybe you should try to do 5 paragraphs.... What do you all think about that? Four or five?</p>

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<p>I would give it a 6/6 or a 12/12. i think it's much better than my essays (2 writing tests, 10/12 on both, i think 11/12 on the 2nd but not sure). anyway, your essay deserves way more credits than mine had received. i think you write extremely well and you will do well on the writing test. GL :)</p>