Giving Up

When Don refuses to accept the community’s support after his tragic accident, Jay arrives to talk some sense into him.

Themes: Giving Up, Pain, Suffering, Bitterness, Healing, Support, Accident, Tragedy, Appreciation

After a terrible accident, a passerby insists on praying for Don, even after on site medics declared him dead.

Themes: Prayer, Accident, Death, Miracle, Survival, Giving Up, Life, Sanctity of Life, Faith

Solomon admonishes a fellow slave who is crying over being separated from her children, and tells her not to fall into despair.

Themes: Sorrow, Despair, Giving Up, Survival, Hope, Hopeless, Slavery, Perseverance, Freedom

When her hired tracker, Cogburn, leaves Mattie behind, Mattie is determined to join him on the hunt for her father’s killer.

Themes: Determination, Perseverance, Giving Up, Persistence, Rite of Passage, Stubborn, Steadfast, Adventure, Fearless

When Coach Carter learns that players on his team have not kept their grades up as per their contract, he locks the gym shut until they focus on learning.

Themes: Commitment, Education, Teaching, Learning, Teamwork, Rules, Dedication, Giving Up, Resolve

As Nazi forces close in from the rear, Asael empowers the group to tread through the treacherous swamp.

Themes: Despair, Giving Up, Hope, Resolve, Steadfast, Leadership, Desperation, Survival, Inspiration

After being kicked out of his band, Dewey impersonates a substitute teacher in order to make some quick cash, and then gives his students some terrible advice.

Themes: Teaching, Learning, Discouragement, Education, Speech, Giving Up, Pessimism, Cynicism, Advice