Perseverance in 'Boy Overboard'

The definition of 'Perseverance' is...

• Giving up easily when things are hard

• Trying hard even when things are really difficult

• Having a nervous breakdown when things get too tough

• Putting in minimal effort to achieve your goals

A synonym for 'Perseverance' is...

• Hard work

• Persistence

• Failure

• Detail

Jamal shows perseverance when Bibi steps on the landmine by...

• Legging it

• Yelling at Yusuf

• Freaking out and panicking before curling up in a ball on the floor

• Swapping positions with Bibi and putting himself in danger to protect her

Jamal shows perseverance when his ball is stuck under the tank by...

• Standing up to the tank and asking for his ball back even though it was really dangerous

• Legging it

• Destroying the tank with his supernatural powers

• Throwing Bibi at the tank

Jamal shows perseverance when his house is blown up by the government when he...

• Declares war on the government and starts a revolution which leads to the overthrow of the Taliban

• Legs it

• Argues with his parents about what to do in the situation they are in

• Protects Bibi from the explosion and then comes up with the plan to become soccer stars so that the government won't be mad anymore

Jamal shows perseverance when he is at the public execution by...

• Stepping in and saving his mother

• Staying calm in the face of a terrifying situation and making sure that Bibi was calm too so that she was protected

• Legging it

• Staying in the shop like his father told him

Jamal shows perseverance at the refugee camp when Omar steals the ball by...

• Legging it

• Telling on Omar to the camp police who arrest him and have him thrown out of the camp

• Letting Omar keep the ball and going back to his family

• Not giving up and chasing him down to get it back even though he could have got lost

Jamal shows perseverance in the scene at the dock when Bibi falls in the water by...

• Getting his parents to help

• Getting the sailors to help

• Getting Omar to help

• Diving right in after her even though he can't swim in an attempt to save her life

Jamal shows perseverance when they are stuck at sea with little food when he...

• Complains to the sailors about the lack of food

• Does nothing

• Steals from the other people on the boat

• Bakes bread on the diesel engine so that everyone doesn't starve

Jamal shows perseverance when the pirates come on board the boat by...

• Hiding away in the back of the boat where the pirates couldn't find them

• Doing nothing

• Fighting them back off the boat in an epic sword duel

• Protecting Rashida and Bibi and standing up to the pirate even though it was really dangerous