Do you ever have a hard time being determined and never giving up? In the short story called “Marble Champ”, written By: Gary Soto, Lupe has to be very determined to reach her goal of being good at the sport marbles. What the famous Michael Jordan said is: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But, I can’t accept not trying .” In the beginning of the story, Lupe had to be determined to reach her goals by practicing for all of those awards she got. For example, in the text it said she won: “Spelling bee champion 3 times in a row, blue ribbon awardee in the science fair, she is a straight-A student, and many more!” She must have had to study a lot, be responsible, and have to have stayed on top of her homework.
The final reason why she had perseverance is she played people on her street. My evidence is about her getting back up and my claim is about her having perseverance. ¨Obstacles cannot stop you, problems cannot stop you, most of all, people cannot stop you. The only person who can stop you is yourself.¨ -searchquotes.com One reason why she kept practicing is she squeezed an eraser 100 times a day. Another reason why she kept practicing is she could be playing video games but, she decided to practice marbles.
He learnt to kill animals, defend himself and a whole lot more. Suddenly a mystery girl shows up with a secret that changed Finns world. Smith explores the idea that in times of affliction people can become different in the following ways. People ransacking the general store, The villagers not allowing Finn to leave for selfish reasons, Willow being in the care of Kas and Finn and Ramage taking Hope after the death of Rose. Exposure to a deadly virus can turn a town into narcissists.
Even her walking showed importance, she did it just the right way. Ryan played her part as high school queen bee well. Me, I just did my subjects and hoped to make my crush to like me. We put our hoverboards on the ground and pushed off, speeding down the suburban sidewalk. “Keep your weight on your toes, sis.” I said, telling her again.
The readers are able to witness in the beginning of the short story Rainsford believing the animals have no understand. Shifting then as Rainsford becomes the hunted, having to change his mind set to what it feels like to be an animal. As the story comes to an end, the reader is able to notice Rainsfords shift for the last time as he must now kill General Zaroff. Throughout the short story the reader may witness the theme of Rainsford's dynamic character change as he continues to go back and forth between the two different classes: the hunters and the huntees in The Most Dangerous
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee can be related to the book The Maze Runner by James Dashner. In To Kill a Mockingbird everyone at one point or another was faced with a choice. Whether it was Atticus having to decide to shoot the old dog and set a bad example. Or parents teaching their kids not to be racist. Atticus decided to shoot the dog.
I tried to hide, but by the time I began running toward the bushes that lined the creeks edge, they had spotted me. “Amelia? Is that you?” One of the girls laughed. “Ya,” I replied, digging my nail into hand. Karina, the second of the three, laughed.
In “ The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, the main character’s qualities contribute to the theme of the novel because Katniss is very brave,determined, and self reliant, and the theme of this novel is never let anyone silence you. The text states “ Over the period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death.”(Collins 18) The text also states, “...forcing them to kill one another while we watch --this is the Capital way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy.” (Collins 18) In other words , the Capitol wants the districts to know they are powerless, and that they have full control over everyone 's lives.“I want to do something,right here, right now, to shame them,to make them accountable, to show the Capitol whatever
“The Sniper” is just one example of how war affects people mentally. When you’re in the battleground, you don’t consider others. In fact the only thing on your mind is to kill the enemy. You continue fighting til the bitter end. You fight til the end, also when you tears families apart.
Scar tricked Simba to run away to the Pride Lands, when really he was plotting to have the hyenas kill him. Simba also escaped this strategy and returned home with the help of his new friends, Timon the meerkat and Pumba the warthog. Simba, similar to Hamlet, kills his uncle by pushing him off of a cliff. Hamlet and Simba have many similar aspects to their personalities, but are also very different. Their relationships with other people demonstrate how they differ.