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Personal Narrative: Junior Overcoming Challenges

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“I rose above him as he tried to dunk it. I TOOK THE BALL RIGHT OUT OF HIS HANDS! Yep, we were, like, ten feet off the ground, but I was still able to reach out and steal the ball from Rowdy. Even in mid air, I could see the absolute shock on Rowdy’s face. He couldn’t believe I was flying with him.”(Alexie 194). I chose this because it shows Junior overcoming a challenge. This connects to the theme that if you believe you can, you can overcome challenges even though they seem impossible because Rowdy was a tough man who was always better at the basket than Junior, but Junior believed in himself and stopped Rowdy from dunking. This connects to me because I have always believed I would do well in school and sports and since I believed in myself

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