Commentary On Luma's Story

The main character of the story fantasy league is a twelve year old boy named Charlie gaines. This book was written by mike lupica. this boy is a very caring and loving young boy. He is very intelligent. He is very observant and very quick on picking plays up.He shows and helps many people like the football coach. The coach is the nfl coach for the los angeles bulldogs.

The story of a miraculous Jordanian immigrant coach, refugee soccer team, and the transformation of a small Georgia town. This tale follows Luma Mufleh, a female youth soccer coach of the refugee team, the Fugees. Warren St.John takes us into the lives of children with diverse cultural backgrounds, and shows us how Luma had shaped them into the people they are today, simply by coaching them in the game of soccer. The settling of many refugees affected not only the refugees themselves, but many of the Clarkston residents as well. After the town of Clarkston had altered due to the relocation of many people retreating war-torn countries, it gave the townspeople a greater need to adapt than the refugees. Adapting to not only the physical changes in the environment, but also the hate and isolation

Mike Lupica is an extraordinary author that has inspired me to read more. Michael Lupica, better known as Mike Lupica has been publishing books for 33 years. Not only is he an author, he is the sports commentator for the New York Daily News. His significant life has inspired many people to read and pursue their dreams.

I have heard through the “gossip mill” and Doreen Wyche- that Felicia Hendrix told Ambeth Grandy to “write a letter regarding her probationary period review and before my probationary end.” She stated, “I am a racist and it would stop her from losing her job and I could lose my job as a Supervisor.”

Ethnicity does come into question as he is an American citizen, he should not have been treated any other way. Fittingly neither occurrence had ethnicity be a major problem seeing that race was the main dilemma.

In 1961, she won the best supporting actress in the Academy Award for her role in the West Side Story. Another example that lead to the main claim of the movie was the story of Herman Badillo. He was an orphan from Puerto Rico that arrived in New York by 1941, because his parents died from tuberculosis. He went to Haaron High and graduated from there. He became Bronx Borough President in 1966, and he made a friend with President Kennedy. He became extremely important person for the Latino society, especially Puerto Ricans, because he helped them to vote in an election. He paved a way for many Puerto Ricans to vote and he also fought against discrimination. Later in his life, he became a Congressman and he opened up a way so that all races can vote. Another evidence that support the main claim of the movie was the story of Manuel Capo. He was an immigrant from Cuba, that leave the country because of Fidel Castro. Him and his sons moved to Miami to start a small business. However, they didn’t know how to speak English, so it was hard for them at

In her early years, Shirley Chisholm was separated from her parents and lived in the Barbados. Through this experience, she was able to prove her willpower by being a studious student in school despite the hardship she faced of being away from her parents. This determination benefited her when she came back home to the racist and misogynistic United States at ten years old. Her exceptional grade statuses helped her graduate at the top of her class and earn a scholarship to college so that she could pursue her dream as a school teacher. After she became a teacher, she was content with her position; but after observing lower wages, verbal assaults such as a woman being asked, “Do you type?” when given an interview, and many other discrepancies that blacks and women endured, she became more alert in the brutal society around her and turned to politics.

The performance which she held was a protest against the forced removal of homeless individuals from a tent city in a previously unused lot (Columbus, 2005). She was asked several times not to hold her protest by a former friend of hers, Benny, who was the landlord of the buildings next to the lot. However, she refused and went along

In Martinez’s writing, I do not agree with her. I do not like her tone, her calling names, calling names that don’t fit everyone or all White people, classifying all Whites in one group. She

Summary: Mike Lupica’s book True Legend takes place in Agoura Hills, Southern California. The main character Drew “True” Robinson a 16 year old basketball phenom at Oakley Academy, he has some troubles along the way, a little romance and makes some new friends. He would love to to go to the NBA.

She argues how she was treated differently for being the only daughter in her Mexican family. She executed her argument well with the support of self-experiences of events in her life.

Although being hispanic, I also consider myself American.” Even though she is an immigrant to the United States herself, she believes that the US should not have open borders and immigration should be limited. She believes that people take advantage of the freedom and do not come to America for the right reasons.

In a time never given, a young girl suffers from Porphyria, and goes through a journey of self-discovery and acceptance in the short story, Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood. The reader never learns the narrator's name, and she is only known as Lusus Naturae, which translates into freak of nature. Diagnosed by a foreign doctor, the young girl seems to be forever cursed and becomes a burden to her family and shame to her village. Throughout the story, Atwood uses different forms of figurative language-such as symbolism and irony- and the first person narrative to portray the theme of how self-discovery can be an independent, and lifelong journey.

In the Carbado and Gulati article, A Black woman (single mother) named Mary is secretively discriminated against not only because of the color of her skin or her gender, but how she presents herself in the work force. Mary was up for promotion but was denied and created a case in court with the hopes of finding out why she never got partnership. There were four Black women working with her at the

The things that were being asked were not only racist but seemed to have hurt her on an emotional