SUMMARY
This study aims to determine the intelligence of Overcoming Adversity (Adversity Quotient) on the character Enong in the novel Padang Bulan by Andrea Hirata. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method and the technique is content analysis technique, in which analyzing data which have been described and the approach used is psychology of literature approach, the theory used is Adversity Quotient which is proposed by Paul G. Stoltz. It can be concluded that Enong has the intelligence when facing difficulty or Adversity Quotient (AQ) as a climber. Climber itself is a fighter figure. Climber has always been serious about living his/her life, having a sense of optimism, having plans for his/her life and they are a figure of thinkers who will not let the obstacles come to halt his/her struggle.