The Challenges In The Novel 'Gifted Hands'

He has had a great impact on me and a million more people. His story has taught me to never give up and fight for what I aspire. His father walked out on him at the age of 8. Through phases of heartbreak, violence and financial struggle, his mother, Sonya Carter, who was also battling depression provided for Ben and his brother. She taught them that education will change their lives for the better. And it did. After being called dummy uncountable times and thinking he was one, he discovered, with his mother’s help, that with reading he could control his future. Within the space of a year and a half he went from the bottom of the class to the top of the

It's found that he has a rare blood disease and has less than a year to live if he goes without treatment. Ben, with his fragile home life and lack of love, decides to keep this to himself and deny treatment. He decides that he’ll live this year to the fullest, knowing he’s dying. Growth and change are the largest parts of the book Deadline. The main character changes his perspectives and grows his views, whether it be acknowledging others' feelings or changing his

Throughout the story, we see how Ben adjusts and changes his goals, whether it be with his grades or his goals in sports. In the beginning, Ben’s only goal was to go to the state to run cross country. However, after being

A standout amongst the most fascinating advancements in nineteenth-century American writing school courses as of late has been the presentation of old well known books by ladies to the syllabus. Among works of this kind, E. D. E. N. Southworth 's The Hidden Hand is the book understudies appreciate the most.

Reilly uses similes when describing Ben’s injuries during his race, with concrete facts and evidence, resulting with the reader feeling sympathetic for Ben. We can see this at various points throughout the piece, like when his coach says, “I don't think there's an inch of that kid I haven't had to bandage up." We can see it again when his own mother can’t even watch her son run sometimes because his falls are so bad. Reilly uses pathos to really highlight the terrible hardships that Ben has to go through, and to force the reader to feel what it’s like to be in his shoes. This puts the reader in the situation that Ben is in; given the circumstances, would you give up? Now most people would throw in the towel, but that’s the thing. Ben Comen is not most people. This really accents the message because he’s not letting his disability get the better of him. This also accents the passionate tone because Reilly pieces the article together so well that you can tell how passionate Ben is about anything and everything he does in his

Ben was the youngest son to Robert and Sonya Carson. Ben's father Robert lived a double life with a double family. Once Sonya found out about his double life, Robert left them leaving their family with nothing. Ben, who had anger issues, often got in trouble at school and home. Ben apologized, rushed home, prayed to God, read his Mother's Bible, and became a Christian. Every day Ben and his brother Curtis would have to read a book which gave him the idea of becoming a neurosurgeon.

Ben had to deal with a kinds of shame, he had his family ashamed of him and he was ashamed of himself. His whole family was disgraced the way he look and

His father had to leave because he was married to Ben Carson’s mother and another wife that no one knew about. He also had other children and therefore the father had to leave the family which makes Carson very sad and angry. Curtis, Ben Carson’s older brother, also becamebecomes sad to hear this news. Ben and Curtis becamebecome

While in the tenement, Ben introduce his friends to his dad, but he never introduce his dad to his friends like he doesn’t even know him. Parker wants to make the talk familiar with Ben, as he said “I was using a very old expression, from my childhood. Did you ever hear a song that goes ‘Alpha, beta, delta hand poker?’ ”(283) The dad wants to use a creative speak to influence Ben to talk to him, and Parker is trying to get the lost back. After they finished the short talking, the dad realize he cannot changes his son’s side anymore. As the dad said at the end of the essay “What could I say to him? I couldn’t say anything to him. I threw out everything I had. I couldn’t make anything skip across the pond. None of them. Not one”(287). This quote is significant because it shows the helpless attitude from the dad to the son, he can not change anything to turn his son

He struggled with poverty and the social issues that came along with it. Ben always wore clothes that were out of style because his mother could not afford buy the fancier clothes. Also, other kids “capped” Ben, but he then overcame that issue by capping the kids who capped him. Eventually, his mom bought him some clothes that the in-crowd accepted and he could then fit in. Ben encountered racial prejudice as well. When Ben and Curtis started going to Wilson Junior High they regularly hopped a train to get to school. One day when Ben was alone and running along the tracks, a gang of older White boys came walking toward him, looking fierce. One boy had a stick and when they reached Ben the boy whacked him across the shoulder with the stick. The boys called him a bunch of dirty names. Ben was extremely frightened and they warned him that if they ever saw him again that they would kill him. The mean boys called Ben a nigger and told him he should not be going to Wilson Junior High. They told Ben to run as fast as he could and he never saw that rotten group of bullies again. Another incident was when Ben received an award for the highest

Ben’s mother being in a psychiatric ward has caused him to leave his childhood behind to raise himself, while Mrs. Cadaver has to deal with the loss of her husband, her mother’s blindness, and a possible case of survivor’s guilt from a bus crash. Aside from the novel, this theme has also taken place in current and past time periods. The horrors that occurred during and after the Boston Marathon bombing left people shocked and astonished. For they knew that this would most certainly affect them and others in the course of a lifetime. After all is done, it becomes clear that all along this message was trying to remind us how it is crucial we find how important something really is, and if it will affect us later in life. All in all, it’s hard for people to let go of what they know is behind them, and continue on to something they aren’t completely sure is ahead of

To begin with, Ben’s mom has always stayed with her family that she is with now her whole life. On the contrary, Ben’s dad had what I call a “side family”. What I mean by this is that, in the book Gifted Hands it stated that Ben’s dad was cheating on his mom with another woman, and family. Also Ben’s mom was always there for Ben and supports him with all of the decisions. On the other hand, his father is never there to even be there

He believed that he had overcome the awful treatment until he received discrimination as an intern at the hospital was also shown throughout the movie. Ben Carson often overcame the smart comments said to him by people who were above him. From that situation he only became more successful by taking on the challenge to prove those who doubted him

A state that undertakes custody of a child is declaring that it can do a better job providing protection. This system is a powerful agent of support, providing positive nurturing environments that enable a child to reach his or her potential. Nonetheless, when children suffer additional abuse in the system, this government intervention should be questioned.

Gifted Hands is an inspirational novel based around the life of Ben Carson, from his rugged upbringing in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital at age 33. The novel foregrounds Carson’s struggle to defy all odds - aided by his iron will, tremendous faith, respect, meekness and an unconditional devotion to God.