Jim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries

Michael Jordan: Legends in Sports is a biography about Michael Jordan. It was written by Matt Christopher. This book talks about Michael Jordan’s basketball career. It also includes the time where he joined minor league baseball. This taught me about Michael Jordan and I recommend it to others. It shows how much hard work is needed to succeed in life. The achievements and awards he won are a testament to all the hard work he put in.

It all started in Dubuque, Iowa. Then bam he started getting college scholarships when he was a sophomore in high school. He went to do big things in sports and make big records. He leads the all-time NBA in 3 pointers. He was looking in the spotlight of Steph Curry when he was little then later in life he beat it. Read about Kobe Meyers autobiography.

Jeannette’s battle against sexual abuse helps encourage teens who have experienced similar situations to fight on. As Jeannette Walls fights to institute normality in her family, abnormality is established by her parents. Reading such a story has a greater affect on teens, rather than reading an article on the topic of abnormality would because the teen can make more connections to the story. Peer pressure plays a strong role in the life of a teenager and causes the adolescent to conform in fear of rejection from their peers. With this being said, displaying novels about peer pressure and reading on how fictitious characters handle peer pressure not only helps the teen learn from the character’s mistakes, but teaches them how to problem solve for themselves. Rita Mae Brown once said, “The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.” Going against the status quo may not make those around you happy, but it will make you happier in the long

Jim Casy, a martyr and leader with a large following, reflects the sacrifices of Jesus Christ for the downtrodden by uniting the less privileged and rebelling against the religious constrictions of their time. Jim Casy parallels Jesus Christ in many ways throughout the novel. Steinbeck purposefully gave Jim Casy the same initials as Jesus Christ in order to signify the link between these two influential figures. Jim Casy, like Jesus Christ, is consistently willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good. When a scuffle ensues between Tom Joad and a police officer in Hooverville, Jim Casey offers take the blame: “Somebody got to take the blame. I got no kids. They’ll jus’ put me in jail, an’ I ain’t doin’ nothin’ but set aroun”(266-267). Jim does not want Tom to be arrested because Tom has broken parole, Jim recognizes that there would be less suffering if he takes the blame, so he does. Jim is watching out for someone he cares for deeply, and is willing to make a sacrifice for Tom. He would rather be punished than see another person be punished more than himself. Jim believes that since he’s “got no kids,” it would be better for him to be in jail as compared to Tom because Tom has a family and is someone’s son. Jim values family and wants to keep the Joad family together and since he does not have his own family and does not have a present father, Jim believes it would be better for him to be in jail as opposed to Tom. Jim thinks that his life is less important than some

I fell in love with basketball 7 years ago. What began as a few trial trainings gradually grew into a deep passion for the sport. I realized that I had the flair for it as doing moves like layups came to me very naturally. All I had to do was to observe my coach do an example once, practice the move a few times, and I got it.

The social problems in Your Blues Aint Like Mine was un bearable to read at times, some characters suffer because unfortunate circumstances into which they created circumstances that was not good for the situation at that current time. Floyd was abusive towards people and Lily was an uneducated woman that gave in to Floyd. Lily wanted attention but was not aware of the detrimental situation she was in. John Earl was the dad that still want to have control and Ms. Purdue was a caring teacher that was looking out for Lily wellbeing. The murder in the book was like Emmitt

James Dickey struggled with suburban family life because his sets of beliefs contradict and interfere with the way others live. His dishonesty comes not from his misrepresentations or distortions of facts in his life to other people, but in his failed attempt to be true to his worldview. He is a loner not by choice, but by philosophical differences with the majority. These differences result in a mental tug of war that produces chaotic results in his life. Christopher Dickey witnessed the alcoholic, the adulterer, the liar, the artist, the promoter, the creative genius, and the decimated father figure. Christopher Dickey judged his father from his own perspective and at the insistence of his wife. Christopher Dickey may have connected with his father, but the reciprocal connection from his dad was certainly different. James Dickey did not openly display his dark side to his wife and immediate family to secure their loving devotion. They put up with him, because he provided for them financially; he had enormous charisma; and his wife was too weak to do anything. The connections in his family were superficial; he controlled them from a detached standpoint.

Squeaking of the shoes on the court thousands of fan cheering the name of a an Nba all star.The time has come all the hard work,blood,sweat,and tears are starting to pay of as He begin to look at myself in the mirrors as a Nba champion.To watch it all flash before his life the dream of life was finally coming true thanks to all the hard work and dedication.

The relationship between Jim and his parents at the start of the film provides a powerful insight into how his personal values create a barrier between him and his parents, who evidently retain values that derive from an alternate generation. This notion is employed in The ‘Police Station Scene’. Jim is seen fidgeting in emotional pain while his parents argue about the situation. Jim’s father tries to identify the motives behind Jim’s actions: “Don’t I buy you everything you want? A bicycle, you get a bicycle, a car…well, not just buy. We give you love and affection, don’t we?” Jim deems his parents love to be artificial and smothering. His emotional anger climaxes with his out burst: “You’re tearing me apart! You say one thing, he says another, and everybody changes back again.” He feels alienated from his conformist parents and their values. He additionally blames them for the misery in the family. Jim’s emotional anger derives from his lack of a father figure. He hates that his father is incessantly submissive to his mother. The effect of this dysfunctional family results in Jim not being able to establish any personal values that coincide with the values of the broader world, resulting in Jim not feeling he possess any sense of ethical direction. This is the basis of his overwhelming struggle of transition from adolescence to adulthood. In ‘Raw’, Brett struggles to experience and develop relationships

In 1984, after he won the championship at North Carolina, Michael Jordan was signed to a five year endorsement deal by Nike. The contract was worth about 2.5 million dollars. A lot of people were very judgmental because of the huge endorsement given to a rookie. I am surprised as well because in this day and age, a company would never do that. However, because Michael Jordan had so much skill, he made all of the skeptical people eat their own words.

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career I've almost lost 300 games 26 times i've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed i've failed over and over again and that's what makes me succeed.

Name your favorite sports team. Throughout my history of watching sports, I have found an interest in going for two sports teams. The first team is in the national football league and they are the Seattle Seahawks. I first started rooting for them back in 2005, which was the year they lost in the Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers. After I watched that game, I started watching a couple more games following their Super Bowl loss, then I finally decided that this is the team that I would be dedicated to rooting for the rest of my life. My other favorite basketball team is in New York and they are the New York Knicks. I began rooting for the Knicks because I was an Amar'e Stoudemire fan and when he left Phoenix, I decided to follow him there since he was the only player I cared about. I stayed a Knicks fans because of the electric atmosphere that consumes Madison Square Garden when their team is giving their all.

This is a writing about a book called first part last. Which is a book that is about these two teenagers who are in a relationship. Turns out Bobby's girlfriend is pregnant and the book talks about what bobby goes threw to take care of his baby daughter named feather. What this book is also trying to say is if they are coming of age has he ?

With no means of solving this feeling of insanity, she grabbed her yellow, spiral bound notebook and began doodling. (Call To Adventure)Slowly, but steadily, this doodling became writing, writing about nothingness and yet... in its own way everything. She wrote about her favorite tv show, her classes, her friends till somehow she transitioned to world problems and... somehow that was what was bothering her. The world. The world where girls could not walk home alone. The world where children were sold for profit. The world where women are given less of a worth. Soon, this lengthy essay was minimized to a paragraph. A paragraph with emotion, and heart woven into it. Spencer decided this paragraph meant so much to her and that this short compilation of words strung together, needed to be published so that the world knew she was upset with it. In her own adolescent way, that made sense to her. (Refusal To Meet The Call) Yet, as a seventeen year old she could not quite press publish without worrying about what her peers would think. (Meeting the Mentor) She worried and contemplated till, “bzzz bzzz,” Spencer’s phone vibrated, indicating a call from her

Within Hollywood’s movies depiction of drug addiction, many have failed to represent all true aspects that come along with such lifestyles. The movie, The Basketball Diaries, is based off a novel Jim Carroll wrote from his own diary entries. As a teenager growing up in the sixties, Carroll reveals his progression of drug abuse which eventually leads him addicted to heroin.Heroin is a white powder derived from morphine found in opium. It is commonly prescribed as a painkiller, but is also a popular street drug.The director casted Leonardo DiCaprio as Jimmy, and concentrates on creating the character as a stereotypical drug abuser. DiCaprio’s most captivating scene is when he is going through heroin