The World's Fastest Indian Essay

In the movie “The World’s Fastest Indian”, Burt Munro set a new world record for speed with his enhanced motorcycle. Till this day, that record has not been beat. Throughout the movie the audience witnesses Monore’s perseverance, prosperity and optimistic attitude. These three characteristics is what contributed to Monore’s success. Also, these characteristics also matched the attributes that are mentioned in the article “A Star is Made” by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt. In the begginig of the movie, the first charactersistic, perseverance Mr. Monore portayed. Mr. Monore wakes up at the crack of dawn to work on his Indian motorcycle. His neighbor was upset and yelled at Mr. Monore because the sounds of his motorcycle roaring woke him up. While he was yelling, he mentions that Mr. Monore is always waking up early and disturbs him and his family. We later learn that Mr. Monore had his motorcycle since 1920, and has worked countless hours in trying to make his motorcycle go faster. Another example of Mr. Monore’s perseverance is when he lost to a group of motorcyclists. Even though his bike shut down on him, he …show more content…
Delibrate practice means repating the same action consistently. This idea is the recipe for success, according to the authors Dubner and Levitt. Mr. Monroe is a perfect example of displaying delibrate practice. For instance Mr. Monroe consistently alters his motorcycle until it’s avaibale to fast enough to beat the record. Anytime something is wrong witht the motorcycle, Mr. Monore is able to test it out and alter it. For example when Mr. Monroe rested his cycle before the Utah race officals, the cycle wobbed like a fish. Mr. Monore tried out an idea he belived that would fix the issue. Thus displaying immediate feedback, an esstial compent of delibrate practice that is mentioned in “A Star is