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The Contender Book Report

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Many times in life I think why was I born? Why am I not in poverty? There isn’t a day I don’t think about my mom. Your book The Contender has imp bacted the way I see life, family, and friends. As the world is revolving, we are always evolving to be better people in this small but huge world.

Since I have been little I have been told to always follow your dreams. I always said I would be an astronaut, firefighter, and a cop. Truth is I don’t want to be any of those. I have never wanted to let my parents down. With The Contender I feel the main character is very inspiring. He’s always energetic, happy, and calm never letting anything destroy his dreams. I still remember reading the line saying “She had cancer” Thinking why? having such a strong connection. Cancer doesn’t destroy the person it destroys everyone around. I remember sitting at a table with family my mom saying she had bad news. I thought the worst, but my worse wasn’t what I thought. My mom says “I have stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. Family in tears but we tried not to fear.

The Contender is a lot like me. Always looking up, and the only reason to look down is to pull someone up. This book has made me who I am today. One part of the story I like is when the main character says “You’re not defeated until you defeat.” This line …show more content…

My 1st grade teacher said you’re the generation that’s gonna change everything. The day I read the part saying something like “You’re gonna change the world.” I had an instant connection with the book. I always felt like I had a reason to be in this world. I’m here for some reason, and I may not know until i’m 20, 30 or even 40. We all have a reason so make that reason worth it. When the main character says he reflects on life all the time I think to myself I do too. You have to set huge standards for yourself. No matter what you can’t get through life without standards. From this book The Contender I’ve realized

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