Friday, November 30, 2012

Fearless

 Fearless
 Eric Blehm
Biography
272 pages

quote from the book: "Adam was born three minutes after his twin sister, Manda, and it was the last time she beat him at anything. She came out crying; he came out quiet, looking around" I like this quote a lot because it describes how tough Adam is and even as a baby you could see it. 

 I already mentioned that Fearless is a novel about a man who was born fearless and grew up as a really good kid but in collage got involved into drugs, alcoholism, and addiction. But being the strong and good man that he is Adam got himself out of it with hard work and went to go fight in Afghanistan as a navy seal officer on the SEAL team SIX (also the team that took down Osama Bin Laden). He has 2 kids and a wife who misss him dearly after he died the Hindu-Kush mountains. He lost all his fingers and had them sewn back on and he also lost an eye and yet he continued to be an amazing navy seal officer. His life is absolutly amazing and inspiring, even though he left the world in 2010. His path to redemption is absolutly remarkable. As a child Adam was such a tough boy, he once completly slashed his head open in school and simply got up and told everyone, I think I need to go to the nurse and left. Also in High School he went to a party, but it took a lot of convincing for his mom to let him go. Because it was on a boat, Janice, his mother, said that teens partying and a boat dont mix well, but he promised her to wear a life jacket at the party. And he did! Even when his friends told him "dued your moms not heat you can take the jacket off" He said "nah its ok, i promised". Adam was a man of tough character and good morals he never broke a promise, until his addicitions came. I am at the pat where it shows his bad time, where he got addicted to crack and his girlfriend Cindy got him into it. He would dissapear for days and not come back for a whlie and his parents didnt know wheather he was alive or not. Eventually Cindy broke up with him, no one could be more pleased, but Adam continued his addicition and didnt stop. I dont know what will happen next but I am very intrigued to see how Adam will go on his path of redemption. He really is a remarkbale man and I reccomednt this book to anyone!

1 comment:

  1. In the middle of the blogpost you mentioned he died...that's just sad...or did I misunderstand something? Well anyway I like how you put examples of what makes him a strong character. He must have been really positive! And if this is a true biography, it's unbelievable how one can change!

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