For Holling Hoodhood, the everyday trials of seventh grade and the upheavals of the decade are complicated by some troubles of his own.
"Gaff Aff," by the Swiss team Zimmermann & de Perrot, is a silent comedy in the vein of Chaplin's "Modern Times," about the everyday trials of a hapless character, brought to life with a cardboard set and impeccable timing.
Just about the best portrayal of the everyday trials and tribulations of ordinary pubescent existence, My So-Called Life burnt bright during its all too brief time on the schedules.
This study of how young black men survive in the vastly unequal American city is populated with real people and their everyday trials, brilliantly brought to life with academic attention to detail.
It's the modest story of a Methodist minister (Fredric March) and his wife (Martha Scott) dealing with everyday trials, bringing up children on almost no money and trying to adjust to life in the 20th century with odd new phenomena like the movies.
Health restored or a rescue from accidental death are recurring themes, but there is much to be gleaned about local society in subjects referring to crime, domestic situations and everyday trials and tribulations, like property disputes and farm and business incidents.
And in turn, listening to people reminds him that his everyday trials and anxieties are part of a larger whole.
In an effort to explain what it's like to deal with fear-based anxiety, clinical psychologist Bill Knaus detailed the everyday trials of the condition in a Psychology Today blog post.
This memoir highlights the everyday trials and tribulations of life in the city, from simple tasks that somehow become maddening when living abroad, to simple pleasures of Lebovitz's new home, the vibrant Bastille neighborhood.
It followed this wise nine-year-old girl named Troy Zelda Harriss), her brothers, along with her mom and dad that went through the everyday trials and tribulations of a "lower-class" black family.
