Comparison Of Aimee Mullin And Bethany Hamilton

Aimee Mullin had her legs amputated below the knee when she was one, Bethany Hamilton had her arm bitten off in a shark attack. Both of these women faced a big adversity in their lives. While both were persistent when facing their adversity, they are different in the ways they acted at first. Both Aimee Mullin and Bethany Hamilton where persistent. Amiee was persistent when deciding that she wanted to be the fastest woman with artificial legs. She worked with different people to help build legs for her. It was important because once she knew what she wanted she went for it. What it shows is that no matter what situation you are in or facing you can do anything if you believe you can. Bethany was persistent when wanting to get back to surfing

Aimee was very accepting and positive when dealing with her adversity. This shows that even though she was going through a very tough adversity she stayed positive and it is important because she accepted who she was and that her having prosthetic legs was a part of herself. Bethany was frustrated and felt sad about losing her arm. This is important because it shows that it was going to take a while to learn to accept her not having an arm. It is also important because it shows that takes a lot of people a lot of time to accept their adversity. In conclusion, they were different in the way they acted in the beginning of their adversity. What can be learned from these athletes is that if you are facing an adversity persistence is an important thing to have. Both of these athletes had persistence when facing their adversity. They teach you that when facing an adversity no matter how difficult persistence is key and not letting anything get in the way of what you do, want to do, or what you love to do. Another thing that can be learned from these two athletes is that you need to accept what you are going through and stay positive. Also that it is okay if it takes you time to accept your adversity or what you are going through. To conclude, what can be learned by these athletes is persistence, to stay positive, and acceptance. The athletes were both persistent when facing their adversity, but different in the way they acted at