Adam Brown Is A Hero

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There are many heroes in the novel Fearless. Adam Brown was one of them. Adam was a brave and hard-headed man. Adam never gave up. Adam Brown was someone that will never be forgotten. He made many impacts on people’s life.
Adam Brown was from Hot Springs, Arkansas. He went to school at Lake Hamilton High School and graduated with honors. (Blehm, 36.) Adam attended Arkansas Tech University and played football there. Adam began to realize that he was not as good on the football field in college, than he thought he was in highschool. In high school Adam was a popular student. Everyone injoyed to be around Adam. In college Adam was just another student. Adam’s grades started to drop and he began to spend most of his free time at bars and parties.
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She also influenced him to quit school and spend his paychecks on drugs. (Blehm, 44.) Adam began to steal from his friends and family. Adam’s parents began to get suspicious and began to worry about Adam. Adam go so bad that he tried to kill himself while under the influence of drugs. Adam was staying with a friend at that time so luckily his friend called 911 to get help. When Adam woke up in the hospital the nurse made him take a Alcoholic Anonymous Class. Adam’s family began to go back to church and prayed that Adam would get better. Even Adam prayed that he would get better. Adam began to turn himself towards God and read the Bible. Adam wrote in his notepad, “But I will climb out of this hole and be somebody.” (Blehm, 58.) Adam did not want to give up. A hero does not give up. After Adam finished his two week program his parents began to worry that two weeks wasn’t long enough so they convinced Adam to go to Teen Challenge to get more …show more content…
He met a girl named Kelley and he fell in love with her. They ended up getting married and Kelley put up with Adam and his problems. Adam slipped up a few times while he was with Kelley, as he began to think that if he joined the U.S. Navy it would help him by keeping him away from drugs and Hot Springs. So Adam set out to train and become a U.S. Navy SEAL. Adam did not give up no matter how hard training was and he achieved his goal of becoming a SEAL. “He pushed the Trident through the fabric above the upper left pocket of Adam’s soaking wet cammie top, and a U.S. Navy SEAL was born- on paper anyways.” (Blehm, 119.) Adam turned out to be one of the best and most likable U.S. SEAL there

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