Overcoming Obstacles In Facing The Giants

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Overcoming Obstacles Even though life can be hard at points, the clip from the movie Facing the Giants by Alex Kendrick shows how if you don’t give up you will eventually get around it. Brock, a football player on the team, had to do the Death Crawl to the 50 yard line because he doubted his team. The Death Crawl is when someone lays on your back and you have to crawl. To begin with, The coach told Brock to put on a blindfold so he could avoid distractions. “ I want you to do the Death Crawl blindfolded, Brock.” Brock couldn’t pay attention to the yard line he was at which helped him overcome the obstacle. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Furthermore, The coach told Brock to keep going and not give up. The coach says “C’mon Brock, don’t quit

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