“One, two, three…” she groaned. By the end of the first set she was breathing hard, and her muscles burned from exhaustion. “The Marble Champ” by Gary Soto, Lupe learns to never give up when trying to reach her goal. Lupe learns this by, never stop practicing, and she never stopped trying even though the competitors were getting harder. Lupe learns to never give up when you are trying to reach your goal.Lupe does this by, never stop practicing. She keeps squeezing even though her thumb hurts. She also, did push-ups on her fingertips.She did this constantly every single day, even though her fingers hurt. She even did these workouts for her fingers instead of doing homework right when she got home. In the story it said,” After school the next