Marble Champ Short Story Analysis

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Perseverant. To stay persistent even when there are difficulties or obstacles. The story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto, the theme of the story is to stay perseverant. In “Marble Champ”, a 12-year-old girl named Lupe Medrano wants to be the best at marbles, but is a tyro at sports. The theme of the story is to stay perseverant because Lupe doesn’t give up, She tries her best, and she practices all the time. The first reason that the theme of “Marble Champ” is to stay perseverant is the fact that Lupe never gives up. One reason this is is because Lupe didn’t stop doing finger push-ups when her muscles burned of exhaustion. Many athletes have a hard time doing finger push-ups, and Lupe is horrible at sports. Most people would just