Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story Essays

The book is about Ramona, an eight-year old who wants to show that she is old enough to take care of herself. She narrates her school life experience as a grade 3 student in a new school and her family concern. Since Ramona’s dad lost his job and wants to go to school to become an art teacher, her mom must go to work (2 jobs) to keep up with the family’s finances. This concerns her, since Ramona sees and feels the family stressing about money. Meanwhile, in school, she has a new teacher, Mrs. Whaley

immensely. The obstacle was my view on my family values but, Liz Murray, my inspiration had changed my view. One person that inspired me to exceed the barrier to my ambition is Liz Murray. Her story had inspired me to not lose sight of my dreams and be persistent through arduous times. Liz Murray was born into poverty along with her sister. Her parents had major illnesses and were drug-addicts. Liz Murray’s mother later died and she was homeless at a young age along with her father and sister. Her life

the only one who was holding him back from succeeding. Students need to take it upon themselves to get a good education. In the movie Homeless to Harvard, Liz Murray has a rough life at home, living with her sister and two addicts, her parents. Liz never attended school not because she wasn’t smart, in fact, she was quite the opposite. Eventually, Liz became homeless and breaking stereotypes she went to school and got an amazing education by working all through the night until she completed all of

For many poor people the only way they can get out of poverty is through education. The movie “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story,” based on Liz Murray’s experience of growing up with heroin addicted parents. Her parents would used their welfare money to buy heroine which Murray led to dropping out of school. She filled her mind with rubbish until one day her mom died which led Murray to pursue a better life since her mom died without changing her situation. At the age of 17 she was