Life-Changing Events

What events in history or in the present have forced people to change their lives completely? How do people cope with hardships that require enormous changes in their lives? Have you ever experienced an event that made a sudden and significant change in your life? If so, describe the even and how it changed your life. If not, imagine how you might react to such an event?

• There are several events that have forced people to change their lives completely before in history. For example, the situation of the Nazis forcing the Jews to certain places and making them work until they die. These Jews have to cope with their situation and try to survive with their families. Another example involves the people with Japanese or even Asian ancestry. During World War II, these people have been moved to camps in certain areas because the United States government fears that there are spies within the population of Americans with Japanese ancestry. This is what the story "Evacuation No.19" is talking about. People cope in these extreme situations by working together with either their family, friends, or with other people that are in the same situation as them.
• I have not been through such an extreme, significant, and important situation before, or at least I believe I have not and do not consider anything (any event) as significant yet. I believe that when I face one of these events, I would be in shock, and that I will try my best in order to overcome this shock with the help of the people around me.