From a Broken Fragmented Life Comes the Gift That Transforms the Lives of Others Forever
Ben Carson is a young African American boy (Jaishon Fisher) lives with his older brother Curtis and mother Sonya (Kimberly Ellis), both boys are being raised by their mother in poverty in Detroit’s ghetto. Their mother Sonya (Kimberly) is raising the boys without the help of their father who is a chronic gambler and abandoned his family when Ben was 9 years old. Sonia is the boys driving force providing her children with her maternal primal protection, positive reinforcements and guild lines, nurturing their belief in God, education and self-worth. Sonia (Kimberly) grew up in foster homes trying to find a way out of the system, she married at the tender age of 13 to the boy’s father, believing that this was her ticket out of foster care system. She only had a third grade education and could barely read or write she was devastated when Her husband left them for his for his first wife that he was still married too. This left her suffering with bouts of depression causing her to neglect her children at times because she could not get out of bed. She provided for her children by laundering other people’s clothes and cleaning homes. For the most part Sonya lived life in a depressive state and had contemplated suicide but the love of her children prevented the fatal act. She thought that she has passed on her bad genes and karma to her sons which caused them to get bad grades in schools. Ben would continually get F’s in class and when he got a D it was cause for celebration.
Ben struggled in school he thought he was dumb and had very low self-esteem. He faced racial prejudice and ridicule from his class mates and teachers alike and ...
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...ting on a badly injured man without supervision in order to save the man’s life. He later performed a hemispherectomy removing half her brain that cause her seizures improving her quality of life. Became a renowned number one neonatal physician. He was the first doctor who successfully separated conjoined twins saving their lives and sparing their parents of a life of grief. He went on to touch so many families giving them hope and dreams for their children.
This movie extends to all demographics and its audience would have taken away a great life values which they can use in their daily lives. It also bounds the thought process of Robert Kubey and Mihly Csikszentmihakyi and the effects of watching TV which revolutionize thought process of both Marie Winn and Steven Johnson who believe television ultimately is education and causes no ill effects to people.
Not only educational shows accomplish these goals, but fictional television programs can often incorporate information that requires viewers to grapple with a topic using logical reasoning and a global consciousness. In addition, not to diminish the importance of reading, television reaches those who may never pick up a book or who might struggle with reading problems, enabling a broader spectrum of people to interact with cognitive topics. Veith has committed the error of making generalizations about two forms of media when, in truth, the situation varies depending on quality and content. However, what follows these statements is not just fallacious, but
Ben is one of the main characters in the movie. It all started with the class going to a
Television does hold a purpose in life; whether it is a good one or a bad one is completely up to the person or people who are watching it. For Steven Johnson, in his writing, he begins with a passage that states that watching television is more helpful to the brain rather than harmful. It secludes the person watching it to better understand what is happening in the world today. Arguments have put themselves forward to what has been said in his piece; such as, that certain shows can be helpful for better understanding, but most television is harmful to the minds of youth. Johnson, who has been working on this material for quite a long time, is trying to up hold what he has thought and what
Jeffrey D. Sachs’s essay “ A Nation of Vidiot” focuses on his views about the American relationship with televisions. In his essay explaining why people should avoid watching TV too much. And the author also gives readers a reason to believe in the articles that he wrote. He explained the problem to television advertising used to sell the product and the country's politics. There are fine examples why developing countries the consequences that have ever television were created. And he has to convince his readers when he criticized some of the problems seen too much television can cause people watch television as reduced memory, and body weakness. However, for the children, the TV screens the main tool of the children. The authors also offer TV how difficult and dangerous for television viewers. Overall it’s a pretty interesting read, but one thing is sure: the essay is a
On December 13, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia, Philip and Edna Bernanke gave birth to their first of three children, Ben Shalom Bernanke. Ben’s mother gave up her job as a schoolteacher when Ben was born, and his father was a pharmacist and part-time theatre manager. At three years old, Ben was able to add and subtract. It came as no surprise that he quickly proved to be a gifted student. One of Ben’s teachers said that you could put him in a dark closet and he’d still learn.
In Marie Winn’s Essay “Television: The Plug In Drug,” she states, “Television’s contribution to family life has been an equivocal one.” Winn focuses on the issue of television's influence in the lives of American families. Her emphasis is on the medium's influence on children. Although she makes a strong case for the negative influence of television, she fails to consider all of the benefits television has brought to American families. On its own, the television is neither bad nor good. It offers many benefits: awareness, entertainment, and relaxation. Depending how the television is used, it can have a positive, or negative, effect on the family.
Ben Breedlove just wanted to be an ordinary person but that was impossible as he was born with HCM or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This condition meant that Ben's heart could stop at any moment. While certain strenuous activities or foods could send Ben into atrial fibrillation and eventual HCM, heart failure could also happen at any time, including while he was sleeping. This was an amazing burden for his parents to bear; yet like so many parents with children with special physical needs, they lived with this reality, in fact lived as normal life as one could live under their unique circumstances. The story of Ben is not about illness but about living with the knowledge that one is blessed with what one has and that
This stopped ben dead in his tracks for some time. He was mad at what God had done to him. He questioned God as to why he had done this. He was mad that all of his scholarship offers had disappeared. This showed in his everyday life. Jamie Kohl noticed this and told him to stop being such a brat and get over it. So, Ben listened to his advice, and kept on with his life.
The sequence of the movie follows from the time when Ben gets certification after finishing the course for caregiving. He gets a job working for a woman named Elsa and her son, Trevor. Elsa's son has Duchenne muscular dystrophya, and sits in a wheelchair. While Ben is doing his job, the camera carefully
...ghtful and inspirational to many. Realizing that each member of a family has his own issues that he is dealing with on top of keeping his family together can alter his reasoning and decision-making. Becoming less self-obsessed and demonstrating empathy for family members during difficult circumstances can be essential in keeping a family strong. Building and fortifying a foundation of family unity can be pivotal distinction between a family who stands together and one who crumbles apart.
When I was 8 years old, I read Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands”. In order to become the success he is today, Dr. Carson had to jump over hurdle after hurdle. Born into poverty and an illiterate single mother, Dr. Carson
Film is a popular source for entertainment in today’s culture and has become an important aspect of society. While film is often used for the purpose of entertainment, there are other motives that appear in the films themselves. Current events often materialize in some form or fashion on the big screen. In addition to being used for pleasure, film has transformed into “a powerful vehicle for culture, education, leisure and propaganda” (Shah). While not all movies are solely focused on societal issues, various movies are often made to start a discourse among their viewers. Society is reflected in popular culture, specifically film, and is used to demonstrate contrasting views in society, influence social activism, and promote political agendas.
Most importantly Sonya gave Ben motivation. As he was a young boy he went through a lot of difficulties, grades started to drop, and he wasn’t believing in himself. He had told her he wanted to become a Doctor. Due to the fact that his grades were dropping Sonya made limited Television time to 2 shows a week, both boys had to go to the library, read at least 2 books a week and write a report on them. Sonya encouraged Ben to always to better, never give up and he would succeed in what he wanted to do with life.
Instrumental in building up that initially weak deck of cards was Ben’s mother, Sonya who was the rock of the family. She went through some tremendous challenges in her youth as well, in-and-out of foster homes, a third grade education, married at thirteen and heart problems. Worst of all, she found out that her husband, a minister, already had a wife on the other side of town with five children. With all of these challenges she was determined that somehow her two boys would one-day amount to something good.
Freedom is the belief that we are responsible for our own lives. Through our decisions, choices, shortcomings, and successes we are creating who we are. As Jean-Paul Sarte states “we are condemned to freedom,” therefore, we have no choice but to be free. Ben lacks assertiveness and he is severely indecisive. He suffers from existential guilt, which we all have, when making decisions. In essence, by choosing one thing he is also choosing not to do something. The more choice someone he has the more overwhelmed he becomes. For example, Ben chooses to have an affair with Mrs. Robinson and he is not choosing his responsibility. Ben’s inability to take accountability for his freedom hinders him from pursuing the direction he wants to take his life. He feels controlled by his surroundings stating he feels “this kind of compulsion that I have to be rude all the time... It's like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don't make any sense to me. They're being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up.” By saying this, Ben refuses to take responsibility for his own autonomy and truly embrace his existence. He needs to stop believing his major problems are caused by his circumstances or others around him; he needs to understand that he always has a choice in every situation and he is responsible for his actions and consequences.