Gifted Hands Movie Analysis

: The movie begins in 1987, where Dr. Ben Carson goes to Germany to visit a couple, who have twins conjoined at the head. Ben knows that chances of saving them both will be a risk, because one baby always dies in situations like that. Ben agrees to do the operation, but he will wait for a time so he can come up with a plan to save them both. While looking into some of his books, the movie flashes back to the year 1961, when Ben is 11 years old and he is in the elementary school as a child from a one-parent home with failing grades at school. Ben has an older brother named Curtis. His mother starts making decisions for him. When her boys need to learn multiplication tables, she has them swear to learn them while she is gone to check herself into a mental institution. When she sees her two sons' success hindered by TV, she schedules timings to watch TV, boys show great interest in watching only a quiz show later on and commands them to read two books per week from the …show more content…
The movie foregrounds Carson's struggle to defy all odds - aided by his iron will, tremendous faith, respect, meekness and an unconditional devotion to God.

On the movie we also can see how Carson displayed great determination and dedication from a young age. He thrived to be ahead of his studies and went the extra mile for the well-being of his education. Carson focused more on being the best he could be rather than being top of the class. The desire to be smarter is an admirable trait essential for an academically successful career, as is desire in any other occupational field. I think that the principal objective of the movie is to show that by possessing a strong ambition there is no limits as to what can be