When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
-- J. K. Rowling
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Occasionally we feel vulnerable to whatever the outside world throws at us. We could be experiencing emotional or psychololigcal hurt or trauma. We could be feeling some sort of betrayal. We could be disappointed by those near us.
During these and other vulnerable moments, we tend to behave very defensilvely. We want to be left alone so that we can have time to figure out how to move past that moment. We also want to be left alone so that we don't hurt people near us.
One byproduct of being vulnerable is to lash out at people, both those who wish us harm as well as those truly concerned about our well-being. In the context of a struggle or battle against those who wish to beat us into submission (financial, legal, political, personal, etc.), we have to stand up defiantly if only to make their efforts costly to them. Even if we end up ground to dust, they don't escape untouched. This is when defiance is appropriate.
Some (More) Information about J. K. Rowling
Although J. K. Rowling is known primarily for the Harry Potter series of children's novels, she has also written books for adult-aged people.
In 2012 she wrote The Casual Vacancy. This novel wasturned into a television miniseries in 2015. The Casual Vacancy is a social satire written in our times, and it is set in a small English town.
In 2013 she wrote a crime novel titled The Cuckoo's Calling under the pen name "Robert Galbraith". This turned out to be the first in a series of related novels:
| Year | Novel |
|---|---|
| 2013 | The Cuckoo's Calling |
| 2014 | The Silkworm |
| 2015 | Career of Evil |
| 2018 | Lethal White |
| 2020 | Troubled Blood |
| 2022 | The Ink Black Heart |
In 2017 a television series based on this series aired in the United Kindom. The series aired in the United States in 2018.
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