flames of a fire to pick up

calamity or trouble to fall, suffer some mishap or disaster

the afflicted people

endure troubles, take pain

afflicted, unfortunate, calamitous, unfortunate one, miserable or wretched person

time of adversity

join the dots, establish the linkage, discover the clues

being in trouble, witnessing a tough time

extremely hard

calamity, trouble, misery, misfortune, disaster, woe

adamant, rude