teenage girl Bethany Hamilton who is a champion surfer. A day surfing in the water with her best friend Alana‚ Alana’s father Holt and brother Byron‚ she is attacked by a shark leaving her with just a right arm. She then has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm. She is told she will never surf ever again but she doesn’t let this happen. It takes her family‚ friends‚ her Christian faith and determination to get back in the water and to reclaim the title of champion. Bethany ends in the
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interactions. By the play’s conclusion‚ Martin changes the characters’ outward appearances while keeping their original intelligences. Bethany‚ who represents the intelligent women‚ speaks for the Genie who is never seen until the play’s end. The magic lamp‚ on the other hand‚ is present at the beginning of the play. The lamp represents the change that Bethany desires. Carla‚ who portrays the beautiful women‚ is talking on the phone at the beginning of the play. The telephone represents her peers
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of discontentment In the satirical one-act play “Beauty” by Jane Martin the two sole characters are Bethany and Carla. Their behavior demonstrates the affects of discontentment caused by the media. Despite the fact that both of these women are reasonably successful‚ they each want the things that they do no have that are present in each other. Carla is beautiful and wants to be smart and Bethany is smart and wants to be beautiful. Under normal circumstances the longing to have what someone else
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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith‚ Family‚ and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton. Bethany Hamilton was born into a family of avid surfers. She has felt a unique and passionate love for the sport of surfing ever since she first got on board when she was a toddler. Bethany had always dreamed of becoming a professional surfer since she first started competing when she was only seven years old. She had everything going for her‚ wonderful friends‚ a great sponsor‚ and a loving and
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Resilient Summary Ella Romig The person I chose is Bethany Hamilton because she had a setback that interfered with her life because she had been surfing and a 14-foot tiger shark attacked. He took a bite in the board and took her left arm with him.She chose to not sit around and throw away her life because she lost her left arm. She started surfing when she was only 8 years old Before she became a role model and star surfer‚ she was born in Lihue‚ Kauai‚ Hawaii on February 8‚ 1990
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Brynn 1 Professor English 14 November 2013 Essay 1 Ginny‚ Allison‚ and Bethany‚ were local waitresses working their way through college. Bethany had been making preparations for the perfect vacation. Travel expenses had been set aside‚ hotel reservations had been made in advance and the concert tickets had been purchased the first day they went on sale. With the rising cost of gasoline today‚ Bethany knew they would have to follow a strict budget. She set up spread sheets to keep track
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Academic Scholarships at Bethany Year 7 Entry Scholarships are awarded on the basis of performance in the Entrance Tests and the information contained within the reference from the candidate’s current school. All candidates sitting the Year 7 Entrance Tests will automatically be considered for an Academic Scholarship; parents do not need to make a separate application. Year 9 Entry Assessment is made on the basis of three written exam papers in English‚ Maths and Science which are designed
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We only talk‚ skype‚ and text to only certain family members. We don’t want to call them and bother them‚ because you could have called us and stayed in contact‚ but all these years have passed and they never bothered to call us. In the book Bethany never knew about her family and
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work for him and to stay in his beautiful mansion‚” Gracie exclaimed. “I’ll give him your message when… well…if I see him‚” Bethany said‚ standing in the doorway with slight despair‚ tears seeming to well in her doe-like eyes. “Is she crying?” Gracie thought. “She couldn’t be; she must have allergies.” “Oh. Okay. Thank you‚ again‚” Gracie said‚ waving Bethany on her way. Bethany exits the room‚ as wipes the tears from her stunning beryl tinted eyes‚ before retreating to her master
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Beauty by Jane Martin In Beauty by Jane Martian (pg. 1759)‚ the central conflict between Bethany and Carla is that the other one wants something the other has. It is an internal conflict because each character is jealous of the other but does not necessarily have a problem with the other. Carla is beautiful and Bethany is studious and normal. Carla wishes she was smarter and could do better in school‚ and Bethany wishes that more boys would pay attention to her. The irnoy of this all is the fact that
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