Throughout the memoir, A Question of Freedom written by him, Dwayne Betts had faced a lot of obstacles and limited choices/decisions behind bars in a Fairfax County Jail in Virginia. There are many reasons why others define Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”, Betts chose himself as a “learner”, others define me as “motivated” and to reflect based on challenges of defining an identity is, “failure to success”. Throughout the memoir, many people describe Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”. A felon is “a person who has been convicted of a felony” and success is “the accomplishment of an aim/purpose.” This is because he was basically arrested for carjacking, convicted of 6 felony charges and he
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This is lastly because failure is part of a life experience and our obstacles courses we faced that we should/must correct it immediately in order to improve and to do better on. For example, one “failure” in Betts’ memoir, Betts wrote, “I hadn’t had a shower in over a week and smelled liked it.” (20) and “…the University of Maryland awarded me a Transfer Academic Excellence Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship.” (236). This lastly proves that, he was suffering in prison with a foul, stinky odor that he hadn’t showered and after prison, he became really successful that top colleges/universities are seeking/looking out for him to apply it as soon as possible to apply and accept it as a full granted scholarship that his GPA in Prince George’s Community College in Maryland are really good and almost excellent. Therefore, there are many reasons why others define Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”, Betts chose himself as a “learner”, others define me as “motivated” and to reflect based on challenges of defining an identity is, “failure to success”. Finally, we can say that, Dwayne had overcome his obstacles by learning a valuable lesson not to carjack no more, getting both a GED and high school diploma early before college and to soon apply highly competitive schools as soon as possible after prison and to shortly attend Prince George’s Community College in Maryland with a very good
This is lastly because failure is part of a life experience and our obstacles courses we faced that we should/must correct it immediately in order to improve and to do better on. For example, one “failure” in Betts’ memoir, Betts wrote, “I hadn’t had a shower in over a week and smelled liked it.” (20) and “…the University of Maryland awarded me a Transfer Academic Excellence Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship.” (236). This lastly proves that, he was suffering in prison with a foul, stinky odor that he hadn’t showered and after prison, he became really successful that top colleges/universities are seeking/looking out for him to apply it as soon as possible to apply and accept it as a full granted scholarship that his GPA in Prince George’s Community College in Maryland are really good and almost excellent. Therefore, there are many reasons why others define Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”, Betts chose himself as a “learner”, others define me as “motivated” and to reflect based on challenges of defining an identity is, “failure to success”. Finally, we can say that, Dwayne had overcome his obstacles by learning a valuable lesson not to carjack no more, getting both a GED and high school diploma early before college and to soon apply highly competitive schools as soon as possible after prison and to shortly attend Prince George’s Community College in Maryland with a very good