Bethany Hamilton

represents a step taken by a successful student to reach his/her goal. 1. responsibility: In Soul Surfer responsibility is shown when Bethany tries to surf again but she has to work at it and do different exercises that help her be able to keep her balance and what she needs to do now that she doesn’t have her arm. She had to discipline herself in order…

Bethany Hamilton, a champion Hawaiian surfer, was bitten by a shark in 2003 that took her arm off, jeopardizing anything she had planned for the future. Hamilton had never been someone who gave up, so she pushed through and and two years later, she won first place in the Explorer Women’s Division of the NSSA National Championship. Hamilton reacted to her struggles in an outstanding way, much like the characters in the novels The Scarlet Letter and The Other Wes Moore. Reaction to Mistake is…

4). Umbelino displays that our bodies can remember how to perform actions that may go unnoticed and we can perform actions without necessarily thinking about it. Having previous knowledge of day to day tasks will make it easier to relearn them. If Bethany had never been a surfer and tried to become one after the attack, she probably would not have been able to. However, because she had been a talented surfer before, her body was able to remember what it needed to do to mount her board and catch…

Overcoming adversity always starts off by knowing that you can achieve anything you put your mind to. Through your whole life, overcoming adversity has many struggles but you can either wait out the obstacle or avoid the problem by finding an alternate solution. People overcome adversity by learning to accept their differences, believing in their self, and having a positive attitude. During, the story “A Work In Progress” not only did Aimee Mullins accept her disability, she never gave up.…

Courage When I think of courage, many things come into my head. I personally believe courage is something that people face on a daily basis, whether it’s getting up in front of a big crowd when you have stage fright or risking your life to save someone else's. “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.” (Courage). Courage to me is something that someone is willing to do something fearlessly for the first time or doing…

What Does It Take to Be a Survivor? Imagine being in a situation where everything is life threatening and you have to escape to survive. Hamilton from "Young Surfer Girl Tells Tale of Shark Attack" became a survivor after learning to surf again but with one arm. Hyseoneo Lee's story "My Escape from North Korea" became a survivor after helping her family escape from North Korea. Aron Ralston from "Trapped" became a survivor after cutting off his arm to escape being stuck under a rock in the…

In her autobiography, Bethany reveals when she tragically got her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing. Her whole family and friends were devastated, knowing that her life would never be the same and that she may never surf again. Determined to keep pursuing her passion, Bethany learned how to surf and balance with only one arm, something that has never successfully been done before. This burst of…

As Bethany Hamilton once said, "Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you." What people don't know is that fear can have a huge impact on your life, just like courage. Fear can have a negative impact on your life but that fear drives courage. Bethany Hamilton was explaining how you need fear to get through life's scariest challenges. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how one's courage can change the way they look at people and what they go…

Are you a slow learner, and want to accomplish something more in life? Grit is the answer. It is a predictor of success and shows a person's strength of character. Grit means to meet a goal that is hard to reach and it simply shows more than a person’s ability to learn fast. The key to being successful, is grit. In “The key to success? Grit,” Angela Lee Duckworth stated, "...One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It wasn't social intelligence, it wasn't good looks,…

successor. People overcome adversity by embracing their difference, be patient and persevering, and to own a positive attitude. Firstly, In "Soul Surfer," Bethany Hamilton suppresses her adversity by embracing her difference and making it positive. In "Soul Surfer," Bethany lost her arm while surfing, but she didn't let that stop her passion. Bethany didn't give up on surfing. She would practice and practice, day by day, adapting to surfing…