Goal Movie Review

When Jim White first moved to McFarland, him and his family didn’t like anything. He didn’t trust anyone, but when watching a few boys run to school, he realized that McFarland has potential. Once he started a cross country team, he had seven boys: Danny Diaz, Thomas Valles, Jose Cardenas, David Diaz, Johnny Sameneigo, Victor Puentes, and Damacio Diaz who had big hopes inside them.. Johnny also put a little faith in them by saying “It’s not the size of the dog in fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Jim White really cared

Richard Rodriguez had faced a lot of problems that most students in America do not have to deal with. Richard had to deal with parents that couldn’t help him in school and wanting to be successful academically. He had become embarrassed of his background and where he came from and did not want to embrace his culture.

How many times in a lifetime does a person hear or been told to dream big, aim high, keep striving and believing even when everything around seems impossible or appears to be falling apart? Often these phrases are told by an influential person in one’s life. In the novel, Heat, written by Mike Lupica, 12 year-old Michael Arroyo is a little league player who has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of carrying out his father’s dream of him playing in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, P.A. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces as he and his brother, Carlos, faces day to day life as newly orphaned children following the death of their father. As they face the many difficult

Louis went from some random kid to being the greatest, humble person today. Laura Hillenbrand executed this perfectly through her literature. During one of Louis distance runs, Laura writes, “A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie though: Let go” . Being a soccer player, this touched me deeply because there is a lot of pain in being a soccer player, but scoring that goal for your team is my “lifetime of glory” that I strive for. Another stunning example is when Louis said, “I just thought I was empty and now i'm being filled.. And I just wanted to keep being filled”. When I started soccer I had the same feeling that Louis did when he said this. Soccer filled something inside of me I can't really explain to this day, but it has grown to a deep passion of mine that I will take with me to my death bed. Not only was her wise words that inspired me, but it was the incredible detail she gives sight into with the current world stance of that time

He even sets the minor league record for career home runs. After all of this he still fights with all his energy to make the majors, he is one of the team’s leading hitters and mentors the team’s star pitcher, Nuke. Again, despite his efforts the team decides to send him down. At first, he is heartbroken, but then he bounces back on his feet and decides to become a manager. Even though he does not get to achieve his dream of being a major leaguer he adapts and makes the most of his situation. By all measures he fails in almost every aspect of becoming a major leaguer, but in the end he is happy and is doing what he loves. This is a key to the American lifestyle.

For a 12-year-old Cuban boy living in the Bronx, baseball is his family's only way out and means a better tomorrow. In the novel, Heat by Mike Lupica, baseball represents a way out and a better tomorrow. He loves baseball and idolizes the Yankees pitcher El Grande, who was also Cuban-born. Michael Arroyo is a young boy who has reasons to distrust the representatives of the state must figure out how to continue life on his own terms while navigating the adult world and avoiding both the well-meaning and the badly-intentioned interference of grown-ups. Michael is also the best baseball pitcher on his South Bronx all-star team. Michael's arm is so good, that a rival Little League coach begins requesting proof that he's only 12 and eligible to play. They ask for his father but, recently, his father took a trip to Florida and had a heart attack, killing him. Michael and his 17-year-old brother Carlos, are trying to avoid Child Protective Services until Carlos turns 18.

Santiago’s growth was inspiring to me. He has learned a great deal from action. He learns quite a lot about the land and his sheep by being a shepherd and paying attention to the world around him. His grandfather had mentioned to him a while back of an omen. “By traveling, watching and paying attention, the world will speak to Santiago to help him find is Personal Legend.” Through action, Santiago learns how easy it is to search for one’s Personal Legend. Everyone has their own way of learning things. For example when Santiago decides to try reading the Englishman’s book and he would try and read the signs of the desert. The boy does not learn a thing from the book and the Englishman learns nothing from watching the caravan. Just as Santiago

I like this quote because there are a lot of times in sports where there is a guy that may seem bigger or have more strength but that never stopped him. Personally, if I was in a football or basketball game and we were down on points I would have loved to have a coach or teammate use this quote because it is really motivational and uplifting. It personally motivates me because knowing that even people

Furthermore, the biography of Jose Antonio Vargas, “Outlaw,” expresses the idea of enduring through Jose’s efforts to receive his citizenship. In the beginning, readers are aware of the situation Jose is in. Currently, he is conflicted with his citizenship and he is striving to resolve the problem of him being undocumented. With great ambition, Jose describes matters further when he writes, “I convinced myself that if I worked hard enough, if I achieved enough, I would be rewarded with citizenship. I felt I could earn it” (Vargas 1). In spite of Jose not being a citizen, he has managed to achieve numerous things. His accomplishments, however were done in hopes to be rewarded with citizenship. Jose believed that working hard for something could eventually lead to the results he was looking for, as long as he was tenacious with his goals. Moreover, Jose maintains a candid mindset towards his

Being able to deal with adversity, coach constantly reminds us, is what allows a soccer team to succeed. Not only have these words shown to be true on the soccer field, but the ability to overcome adversity may be one of the most important qualities one can have in life. This made me realize that not everything is going to come easy, and being able to recover from any sort of failure and reach my goals

Coming from mexico because his father couldn't find work, after losing his job as a principal. Living in poverty, he deals with the struggles of his family having financial issues. And not attending school on a regular basis. This all played a factor to his life and his decisions.

While trying to figure out what to do with the body they go have a look at the cook Mrs. Ho to find her murdered in the kitchen, with the knife in her back. On coming back to the study Mr. Boddy has vanished to be later found bleeding from the head in the washroom attacked with the candlestick.

Can you see the signs ? The movie “Sign” is based on a small family. Graham a loving father, Merrill a carrying brother, Morgan a opened minded boy, and Bo the quirky little sister who lived on a small farm together. The film “Signs” is full of suspense and it keeps the overall audience on their feet wondering what was gonna happen next but also playing with audience mind. Signs the movie was very interesting, the way the director/producer planned out the movie was ingenious. The heroic father cares and loves for his kids and he’ll do anything to protect them from harm's way.

“The Mission” is a film that gives a historically accurate depiction of the events that took place in South America around 1750, displaying the jesuit missions and their attempt at expanding missionary ventures in the area. These missions foresaw the Jesuits going to uncharted areas of the jungle inhabited by the Guarani people, demonstrating the significance assimilating the Guarani people meant to the Jesuits. Additionally, the Guarani people were accurately displayed as a self-sustained society where basic components such as: productivity, protection, justice regulations and a form of a leader was evident in the form of their King. Nonetheless, the Guarani were an isolated group of individuals who were secluded to the outside world; their only contact with outside personnelles were slave traders who would put them into forced slavery for personal benefits. Not to mention the “Treaty of Madrid”, which resulted in the social and political disputes between the, Portuguese, Spanish and Catholic community; manifesting in the form of territorial conflicts and misunderstandings amongst the three vigorous societies, where each have a different purpose for the Guarani people.

During the pinnacle of his bittersweet life, Rodriguez eventually realized that he had sacrificed one of the biggest things in life to do what is best for himself, his family. Being from a different