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The Marble Jup Character Analysis

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Marble Champ Have you ever met someone that keeps trying to be good at something and wants to be perfect like the other kids in the school? In The Marble Champ by Gary Soto Lupe Medrano is always challenging herself to try new things. First Lupe challenged herself to try new sports. Another Lupe challenged herself to practice a whole lot. Lastly Lupe challenged herself to exercise. At the beginning of The Marble Champ we see Lupe is always challenging herself to try new things. First challenged herself to try new sports. addition Lupe tried soccer, for soccer one time she kicked the ball in her own goal, baseball, and basketball and she is no good for them. According to paragraph # 5 and 6 Lupe said “ I’ll never be good at sports… I wish

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