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In the short story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto teaches us a lesson that if you work hard you will succeed. A scientist named Albert Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” In the beginning of the story, we notice how Lupe learns that hard work pays off.
On October 7th at 7:00 (ish) my friend and I went and saw Klein Oak's production of Strange Boarders. Now, to be honest, I think it's important to note that I didn't have very high of hopes but I was surprised. Let me tell you, it was something else.
Lastly Lupe challenged herself to exercise. At the beginning of The Marble Champ we see Lupe is always challenging herself to try new things. First challenged herself to try new sports. addition Lupe tried soccer, for soccer one time she kicked the ball in her own goal, baseball, and basketball and she is no good for them.
For another example she tried many sports to try and find the sport she really likes and is good at, baseball, running, biking, swimming and soccer are a few. This last but not final reason is she didn’t do her homework when she got home, she went straight to practicing. She didn’t even stop for a meal, all she ate the hours practicing was a candy bar. This to me would have to take a lot focus and willingness. This proves that
She wants to be good at sports and what sport she will try. This short story tells the tale of a young girl named Lupe Medrano and her inspiring journey of determination and effort. Lupe is an inspiring character because she is determined, considerate, and smart. First Lupe is inspiring because she is determined. Lupe realized she was really bad at sports and had an idea of playing marbles which is a sport that gives her the courage to practice.
He arrives to work and see's Pino, his coworker, and son of Sal, give him a dirty look and said, " you are late". Pino is a racist person who does not like black people and does not get along with Mookie. In contrast, Vito is a nice and respectful individual who is friends with Mookie. It is with these four individuals that Sal's pizzeria had become so well known in New York. Sal is a person who likes to help everyone and is a well-rounded individual.
In the novel Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, main character Billie Jo faces several challenging obstacles throughout her lifetime. Getting through these obstacles is the only way Billie Jo can learn to forgive her father as well as herself for their mistakes. Once she learns to stop feeling resentful, and let go, Billie Jo will be able to grow up. The first major challenge Billie Jo faces is when a fire breaks out in her home. The fire ignites when Billie Jo’s mother mistakes a pail of kerosene for water, where,“instead of making coffee, Ma [makes] a rope of fire”(87).
She was not able to ride a bike, swim, roller skate, or even catch a pop fly. Then one day she was pouting in her room she said “I’ll never be good at sports” then a great idea clicked in her head maybe I can play marbles Lupe said. First off, one way Lupe’s practice lead to success was that she practiced hard on marbles. For example, she practiced everyday to get her aim right and her brother helped her by saying “ think eye and thumb and let it rip”. Next, she squeezed a rubber eraser one hundred times and squeezing it for an hour.
Hatchet Essay The scent of the damp earth and its fallen leaves fill the air. Water trickles through the rocks in the stream. Wind whistles through the tall pines in the air and there was no sign of human life. It has been almost 4 months since Brian Robeson, age 13, crashed a bush plane into a lake, but a lot has changed since then. Brian has emerged from his experience, a humble, and competent individual that has much respect for nature after being stranded for many lonely days.
Then after that, Lupe practiced against her brother and easily beat him, then played her brothers friend Alfonso-who is supposed to be a champ- and beat him easily. Also the story said “Lupe worked so hard that one day, While she was drying dishes, her mother asked why her thumb was swollen. Then later on when she got to the park once she took her glove off someone asked “How can you play with a broken thumb,”that has to take hard work to have that much muscle. If people think you have broken thumb you have to be a hard working
Brody Martin-Police Chief Chief of Police is a title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the chain of command of a police department. In both Jaws the movie, Directed by Steven Spielberg, and the novel Jaws, written by Peter Benchley, Martin Brody is a middle aged man who is happily married and a father of two. As a long time officer of the NYPD, Brody advances his policing career by being offered a job as Chief of Police on Amity Island; Brody discovers that “with great power comes great responsibility,” as he quickly realises that his power and his responsibility to protect the public as the newly appointed police chief is being undermined by the local people, a great white shark, and even himself. To combat these challenges,
As a character, Sammy is well rounded. He's quite observant, has a great eye for detail. He is witty, sarcastic, sometimes caustic yet funny, and ultimately capable of empathy. He's also more than a little cynical (sour jobs do that to a person). He's probably somewhat stubborn, has a mean streak, has inherited some of the chauvinistic attitudes of his male dominated society.
Josh enters a tournament and wins and goes on to win all of his next ones. Even though Josh enjoyed chess his teacher and father were forcing him to live for chess and have his life revolve around it. Josh’s mother sees whats going on and makes them realize that they made Josh think of chess as more than just a game.
“Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan, essentially revolves around the struggle of Jing Mei and her constant conflict with her mother. Throughout her life, she is forced into living a life that is not hers, but rather her mom’s vision of a perfect child; because her mother lost everything, which included her parents and kids, so her only hope was through Jing Mei. Jing Mei’s mom watches TV shows such as the Ed Sullivan Show, which gives her inspiration that her daughter should be like the people and actors. First her mom saw how on the television a three-year-old boy can name all the capitals of the states and foreign countries and would even pronounce it correctly. Her mom would quiz Jing Mei on capitals of certain places, only to discover that