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Hope And Education Short Story

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Hope and Education We learned from the Junior chapter that one has to look for success because sometimes you don 't have the life you wanted right there in front of you so you have to work hard and look for that glory . In the story Junior hopes for a better education and a better life . For example in the story , page 46 , it says , “ “I want to go to Reardan ,” I said again . Couldn’t believe I was saying it . For me , it seemed as real as saying , “ I want to fly to the moon.” it also said “No , if I don’t go now , I never will . I have to do it now “ and last but not least “but I am running away because I want to find something .” Here it shows Junior has hope for himself and in his education. He wants to go to a really good school and

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