Bethany Hamilton is a brave, determined, and most certainly a courageous surfer! She began surfing when she was just a child. When Bethany was thirteen years old, when she got caught in a deadly shark attack. This awful shark attack left Bethany losing her left arm. Just a month later, Bethany was back on her surfboard. Her determination and courage shows just how devoted she is to surfing. Just two years later, Bethany was back on her surfboard and won first place in the “Explorer Women’s Division
Introduction Bethany Hamilton is a well known pro surfer. Although she experiences some hardships along the way, her story will continue to inspire people from all around the world. Early Years and Education Bethany Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. She lived with her parents, Tom and Cheri, and two older brothers, Noah and Tim. She began competitive surfing at age 8 and by age 9, she had her first sponsorship. Hamilton, now had proved that she could beat, even
They have struggled in ways that are terrible. People like Bethany Hamilton. Bethany Hamilton is a great christian girl that inspires me. Her life ways changed big time at just the age of thirteen. At thirteen years old Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm to a fourteen foot long tiger shark. Bethany states that her world was turned upside down. That she had to relearn how to put her hair up with one arm, relearn how to surf with
The Dilemma Why do we try to face our problems? I believe that we face our problems to make ourselves stronger in a way. Because without facing your problems how could you excel? Some people find it easy to run away from their problems but in some cases this only might make situations worse. And in some cases people take the best with what they have and make it work. A common reason why someone might not have the motivation to strive towards their goals is because they might not have the support
a girl named Bethany Hamilton who struggled to continue surfing after a shark bit her arm off. “When you get in the impact zone, get back up.”(Sean McNamera, 2011) That means that when you get in a rough patch, you have to get up and keep fighting. Bethany didn't let her disability get in the way and gave it her all. You have to muster up that strength to keep going, no matter what the situation is. Bethany Hamilton was a fighter who won tournaments single handedly. “Bethany Hamilton is holding nothing
person or group of people's abilities to survive. Bethany Hamilton, got her arm bit off by a shark. Hyeonseo Lee, escaped Noth Korea and Aron Ralston got his hand stuck in between two canyons. These are all people who are able to stay strong in spite of difficulty. For a person to be a survivor it takes mental fitness, perseverance and courage. Initially, Mental fitness is a key trait that one must have in order to survive any situation. Bethany Hamilton states in Young Surfer Girl Tells Tale of Shark
Born to surf, Bethany Hamilton was determined not to let anything stand in the way of her surf board and her. Not even losing her arm during a shark attack. At age 13, on Halloween day 2003, Hamilton and some family friends went surfing on the Napali Coast in Hawaii. While waiting for a wave to come, the wristwatch attracted the attention of a shark. After surgery, recovery and physical therapy, Hamilton continued to surf competitively. Despite her disadvantage, Hamilton surfs at a professional level
Many people go through difficult times sometime in their life, and often have to overcome it during times of adversity. Well how does one do it? With these three stories you’ll see how each character was able to overcome whatever struggle he/she has during times of adversity. Hope, faith, and belief are three things that come to play in how one maintains hope and empathy during times of adversity. In order for one to maintain hope and empathy during times of adversity one must overcome fear and
Bethany Hamilton is a very inspirational woman, who became a pro surfer with only one arm. On the morning of October 31, 2003 Bethany went surfing with her best friends family and a fourteen-foot tiger shark at a beach in Ha’ena attacked her. Surprisingly she started surfing just one month after the accident. She has books and movies, such as the popular 2011 film Soul Surfer based on her journey. Even though Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack, she was able to overcome it, and become a
The story is not the same for Bethany Hamilton. She is a shark attack survivor. When the odds of her surfing again were against her, she proved them wrong. Bethany Meilani Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990. She lives in Kauai, Hawaii with her parents Thomas and Cherilyn, her two brothers Noah and Timothy, and her dog Ginger. Bethany went to a public school until the fourth grade when her mother pulled her out to home school her. Being homeschooled allowed Bethany time to surf as a career, and
This month I read a fantastic autobiography called Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton. In this autobiography Bethany explains her story about being attacked by a shark while surfing with her friends one day. Surfing is Bethany’s favorite sport, her whole entire life and family revolves around surfing. During the attack she loses her arm, and she thinks that might be the end of her surfing career. She now has to learn how to live life, only having one arm. “I don’t think much about it or worry about
Rohld dahl believes that if you are clever you should survive and be prosperous. This is shown in the short story a lamb to the slaughter. This is proven through two contentions; she had tricked the detectives, and got away with murder by using her own wits. After Mary Maloney kills her husband by the use of blunt force, or in other words a frozen leg of lamb, she uses some techniques to get away with murder. The first; we have all seen a crime show where they are questioning a suspect and they
The Painting Martha and Mary Magdalene is one of the many masterpieces in the DIA’s collection in Detroit. Although there is much more to understanding a work of art then just looking at it. In order to understand a piece, you have to understand the Artist, the time period, and the symbols in that painting that may have very different meaning today. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio better known as simply Caravaggio was an Italian Baroque master painter born in Italy around 1571. After he apprenticed
Not for this I was born and then raised up. Unacquainted was I with such need. I once prayed to God, I was faithful. I once had a soul that knew peace. -from "Fallen," a Russian brothel song (Bernstein, 169) Prostitutes, women who sell their bodies for money, have been frowned upon since antiquity by most members of society. However, from as early as Rahab, the Whore of Jericho in the Old Testament who helped Joshua and his men regain the Promised Land, prostitutes have been portrayed as not
In July of 1994, a little girl named, Megan Kanka, was raped and strangled. They found her body near her home in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The story of thing young girl has shocked the nation. The man responsible for this brutal act is named, Jesse Timmendequas. He had been convicted twice prior to this attack. He also served six years in a treatment facility and had been released. Many people said that he was a quiet man, and this left them to think he was harmless. Unfortunately, this wasn’t
In Harrison Ines’ spoken word, “2pm,” is an outcry of the everyday life of the American people who faced the difficult condition of the United States of America’s economic turmoil. Since this spoken word was posted on YouTube in the year 2010, the content refers to a time of post-recession in the United States of America. It was a time when the American economy plummeted, resulted a negative domino affects towards the nation and the world, therefore resulting the closure of banks and businesses
Hamilton and Limited Government ·The proposed band would raise $10 million through a public stock offering. The Treasury would hold one fifth of the stock and name one fifth of the directors, but four fifths of the control would fall to private hands. Private investors could purchase shares by paying for three quarters of their value in government bonds. In this way, the bank would capture a significant portion of the recently funded debt and make it available for loans; it would also receive
the last decade. It appears from some of the research (for example Hamilton and Gifford, 1976; Hamilton and Sherman, 1989 and Chapman, 1967) that stereotypes are often derived from an over-awareness of statistically infrequent events. More specifically that if an event occurs infrequently amongst a group then it is remembered more vividly than events which might occur on a more regular basis. In a study carried out by Hamilton and Gifford (1976) they divided their participants into two groups with
Compare and contrast the Hamilton and Jefferson debates. What was the conflict? Hamilton and Jefferson were both appointed to Washington's cabinet. Hamilton was the secretary of the treasury and Jefferson became the secretary of state. Creating a cabinet was only one of several precedents set by Washington in areas where the Constituton was silent or unclear. Hamilton and Jefferson had very different opinions. This undoubtedly caused them to debate heavily during the times they served this position
bring together in the cabinet of the United States, the Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and the Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson and Hamilton began to take different views when the government began to address the issue of the old war debts and the worthless paper money left over from the days of the Confederation. Hamilton suggested that the government should create the Bank of the United States, which would be a public-private partnership with both government