J.K. Rowling by Sofia V.

When you see celebrities, you think that they haven’t faced adversity in their life, but celebrities did face adversity at some points of their life. Adversity can happen to anyone. Facing adversity can make people make the best choices and try to have a better life. And one of the people who faced adversity is the author of the famous Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling. Rowling had depression, faced rejection, and lost her mother.

To start with, J.K Rowling had to face depression. According to observer.com’s “J.K Rowling: How to Deal with Failure” by Zat Rana, J.K. Rowling was poor with her newborn baby after divorcing her husband. Meaning that J.K Rowling had to raise her baby all by herself with no money. She also considered herself a failure. And lastly, she tried to commit suicide. This comes to show the many moments of adversity she went through at this time, with more to come into her life. This was actually the beginning of her success since she had to pull herself out of these circumstances. 

Next, Rowling faced rejection. In “J.K Rowling’s Magical Success Despite Adversity” by Todd Stuart Kaplan, her Harry Potter book  was rejected twelve times. This indicates that many publishers refused to publish her book. Next, she was rejected at jobs. She needed the money to support her daughter, but she was rejected by numerous workplace bosses. And then, after all of the rejection she faced, her Harry Potter book was published and made 480 million dollars. She went through bad times to then face the good. She went from having no money to plenty of wealth.

Lastly, she had to deal with her mother’s loss. To start with, according to biography.com, her mom had passed away. This made J.K Rowling really upset because she was dealing with her newborn baby, and there was no one to help her. Next when Rowling was making her Harry Potter book, she makes Harry’s mom die. This is because she had to deal with the death of her mother the best she could, including using writing as therapy and a form of expression. And lastly, when she published her book, she became rich. This means that no matter what are you going through, you can face adversity.

In concluding, Rowling faced adversity when she first stared her career. She had depression, she didn’t have money for her newborn baby, she considered herself a failure, and she even tried to kill herself. She also had to face rejection as her book was denied 12 times, and she was rejected at jobs as well. But then someone took her book, published her book, and this created millions of dollars. And she lost her mother, and she dealt with the grief by having Harry’s mom die too. Rowling faced numerous adverse times and became a well-loved and wealthy author after all the difficulties.