Gifted Hands The Ben Carson Story Analysis

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TITLE: “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” will have you skipping to the theater

“You can do anything else anyone can do, only you can do it better” A Christian like movie which, encourages and motivates children, adolescences and Adults to apply Gods inborn gifts which he has given to them, and with the help of god you’ll be able to overcome anger, prejudice and any other obstacle in your way. There is no offensive language, I only saw one instance of violence where a young man took up a hammer to hit his mother, there are scenes of medical procedures which may be disturbing to young children, no nudity, no sex, no smoking, no alcohol.
“You can do anything else anyone can do, only you can do it better” GIFTED HANDS THE BEN CARSON STORY: is an inspirational story of an African American child raised in a single parent home with his brother, whose mother
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During an award ceremony Ben’s success was recognized, but a teacher went to the podium after Ben received his award and told the other white kids that they should be ashamed of themselves for letting a coloured boy from a broken home do better than them.
Angered by the statement made by the Teacher Ben’s mother moved him to a school district where he would be among a greater population of black kids.
Ben started acting differently, he was seen buying a knife with his friends; after a few days passed he had a discrepancy with his friend, which led him into a rage of anger, and (5) five seconds after Ben swung his hand towards his friend with the knife hold tight, what happen, trust me and watch the movie. In disbelief of what happen Ben ran home and cries out to God to take away his overwhelming temper.
Ben hears a missionary Doctor story and decides he want to pursue a medical career. He had various obstacles on the path to fulfilling the gift God had for him, withstanding grave amount of prejudice and

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