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Title: Soul surfer
Text type: movie/audio
Date: 9-2-14
13 year-old Bethany Hamilton is a champion surfer who was born to be in the water. But after a fun night out night surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and loses her arm. Rushed to the hospital, she remains calm, and maintains her faith in God. Now she has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm - including how to surf. It will take her friends, family, and her Christian faith to get her back into the water, but if that is where she is meant to be, she will find a way to get there.
An interesting idea that this text made me think about was that just because Bethany doesn’t have both arms doesn’t mean she can’t surf and follow her dreams. The author seemed to be suggesting that you shouldn’t give up and in every dream you take three steps forward and one step back but eventually you will reach your goal or dream if you persevere. We see this in the text when Bethany loses her arm in a shark attack but is still determined to become a pro surfer, which she does. I think this is great and that she is a huge inspiration to everyone. Because in our world today people give up easily because they can’t be bothered or have had enough. But this movie changes that, and makes people want to chase their dreams and complete their goals.
Overall, this text by watching this movie I have learned that when chasing my dreams, I shouldn’t give up and instead just look forward to the future because “ life is like surfing, if you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to get back up because you never know what may be over the next wave”.
Hannah Rennie
Title: Soul surfer
Text type: movie/audio
Date: 9-2-14
13 year-old Bethany Hamilton is a champion surfer who was born to be in the water. But after a fun night out night surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and loses her arm. Rushed to the hospital, she remains calm, and maintains her faith in God. Now she has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm - including how to surf. It will take her friends, family, and her Christian faith to get her back into the water, but if that is where she is meant to be, she will find a way to get there.
An interesting idea that this text made me think about was that just because Bethany doesn’t have both arms doesn’t mean she can’t surf and follow her dreams. The author seemed to be suggesting that you shouldn’t give up and in every dream you take three steps forward and one step back but eventually you will reach your goal or dream if you persevere. We see this in the text when Bethany loses her arm in a shark attack but is still determined to become a pro surfer, which she does. I think this is great and that she is a huge inspiration to everyone. Because in our world today people give up easily because they can’t be bothered or have had enough. But this movie changes that, and makes people want to chase their dreams and complete their goals.
Overall, this text by watching this movie I have learned that when chasing my dreams, I shouldn’t give up and instead just look forward to the future because “ life is like surfing, if you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to get back up because you never know what may be over the next wave”.
Hannah Rennie