Do you ever have a hard time being determined and never giving up? In the short story called “Marble Champ”, written By: Gary Soto, Lupe has to be very determined to reach her goal of being good at the sport marbles. What the famous Michael Jordan said is: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But, I can’t accept not trying .”
In the beginning of the story, Lupe had to be determined to reach her goals by practicing for all of those awards she got. For example, in the text it said she won: “Spelling bee champion 3 times in a row, blue ribbon awardee in the science fair, she is a straight-A student, and many more!” She must have had to study a lot, be responsible, and have to have stayed on top of her homework. In addition, Lupe is not good at sports, In the story it said “No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t run as fast as the other girls.” Another example why Lupe is determined, is because in the story it said that she did 20 push-ups on her fingertips. I can’t even do one push-up on my own hand let alone my finger tips. She must have had to keep trying and practicing. This shows that she is determined to keep
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Also, in the story it said that “A gust of wind blew in her eyes.” This means that she had to keep trying her best and be determined and to stay focused so she could hit the marble accurately. Lastly, Lupe got 2 big huge trophies. How did she get those trophies? Because she was determined to reach her goal of the sport marbles. Lupe had to be determined to reach her goals.
In the short story, Marble Champ, Lupe had to be determined to reach her goal of the sport marbles, like the famous Walt Disney once said: “All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt is telling us that we have to be determined to reach our goals just like Lupe had to