Theme Of Sbig Enough Anna

In the article “Playing With Pain” by Michelle Crouch, published by Scholastic SCOPE, in December 2015 and January 2016, is about how when you specialize in one sport, you put a lot pressure on yourself to do well and be the best you can be, but some consequences can be life changing.

Being a small framed boy, it was no walk in the park to be in such a physical sport, not to mention, he was on a league of older and much larger seventh and eighth graders. Even though he was much younger and built extremely smaller than the others on the league, Lou finally talked his uncle into letting him in on a play. The lesson he learned from this play would stick with Lou for the rest of his life. As the play unfolded, Lou stood motionless and petrified as he saw one of the large boys on the opposing team charging after him, and all he could think of was getting out of his way before he got tackled. The disappointment that he felt from his uncle as well as his team became a turning point in his life and one of the first great lessons that he learned. Young Lou had a job to do in this play during the game, and by cowering away, he turned his back on his responsibilities not only to his uncle and his team, but to himself. He vowed from then on to never make that mistake again. If he was in place to do a job, he was going to give it all he had. His theory was that even if he failed at trying, it was better to do his best than to give up on his obligations. This was one of his greatest lessons learned in teamwork.

The first reason why hard work pays off is, because it helps you achieve your goals. To begin with, in the story ´´The Marble Champ´´ Lupe achieves her goals of winning the marbles championship by practice and hard work. ´´She squeezed a rubber eraser one hundred times hoping it would strengthen her thumb.´´ So, her practice and hard work leaded Lupe into

This can be seen all through the practices, competition trials, and Olympic races in which George Pocock’s words ring true every time. It is during the final Olympic race in which the boys realized, “that they needed to do what was impossible, to go even higher. Somewhere, deep down inside, each of the grades at shreds of will and strength they did not know they possessed,” (Brown, 350). Giving the reader a look at how these men have to put aside everything and focus on pushing themselves through the hardest race of their lives, shows the hopes and dreams that they all share to gain what others thought might be

Motivation is a driving force that leads to success. Be it, winning a race or becoming a rocket scientist, everyone has their own motives to succeed. In the short story ‘Spelling Bee’ by Laurene Chambers Chinn and the poem ‘ballplayer’ by Evie Shockley, the protagonists are motivated by their audience to succeed in their respective competition, but despite their similar motivations, they both have different goals to

Since I was five years old softball and sports have been a huge part of my life. In softball, specifically, there are many times of failure and success. High school sports, for me, has taken a lot of my time, effort, and commitment. From the first day I stepped onto the court and field to the last, I want to be able to say I did my best. It has been tough and frustrating at times. I experienced failure many times, even when I did not want to admit it. My moments of failure within high school sports have turned me into the character and person I am today. It has taught me how to take failure and turn it into success. Failure has made me realize that the only way for you to succeed is for you to fail first.

According to the passage the league of extraordinary Loser " A kid who loved basketball, and he did not make the varsity team, so then he had to spend his time on JV working his butt off sometimes scoring as many as 40 points per game."This is important because kids should never give up on what they love because with practice they could get better. As you fail you can end up succeeding in life just by a little practice so come on get to it i know you can do it. Just think of all the bad failures that happened to famous people and they would never be there if it was not for the failure, so if you want to be someone better start now.

The theme of this book Where The Red Fern Grows By wilson Rawls. This quote really shows how hard Billy works and how determined he is. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” The professional athlete Pele said this about soccer but still ties in to my theme.

The Marble Champ! Many people are determined to win a game or do good in school. Lupe in the story The Marble Champ by Gary Soto is very determined to do many things. Lupe is smart but Lupe was never good at sports Lupe wants to win something, anything sports related. A theme you can see in the story is that Lupe is determined.

A lesson I took from the story about achieving success is that no matter what obstacle you encounter, you need to keep pushing forward to your end goal and beyond. Certain situations can cause us to pause or if they’re severe to completely give up on our goals.

Each character has a motivation to “Never Give Up.” Lupe has the metals and that the fact she learned a sport she’s really good at. The scientist has his granddaughter to impress or to be a role model to. These actions illustrate that some things that happen can trigger to Never Give Up.

Both of these stories brings up a theme of to never give up in very similar but also very different ways. In the stories Women Leaders: Malala Yousafzai by Newsela and Fantasy Baseball by Alan Gratz readers experience the them in similar and different ways because one protagonist wants to help others, they both faced very difficult challenges, and they both are wanted by somebody.

What could be better than making new plans to win the games or cross a finish line like the two articles. Sports it's also not about winning, it's about letting your mind understand the sport. It's also better to have the strength so you could accomplish your goals or dreams while you participate in that sport. I’m going to show examples that

In the story “From Wild” the main character shows extreme determination to reach his destination, It was 1008 trail miles away; I’d only hiked 170 so far” (Strayed 1). 1008 miles thats a long way to hike but the guy is excited for the rest of his journey even though he is a sixth of the way done with his journey. Even when he reaches difficult points and absolute misery he continues through his journey, “My lower legs so snow burned it felt as if the flesh had been scraped away with a dull knife” (Strayed 11). When the character was facing a difficult and painful challenge he kept pushing to experience the rest of the trail. It is important to grow stronger and learn from the journey and face hard times for the experience and

It suggests that one would be successful because they had the right personality to do well in a certain environment. In any given competition you have to have the right personality and attitude, otherwise you would give up. In softball you have to be focused, committed, willing to work as hard and as long as it takes, and you have to be okay with sometimes failing in order to succeed later. I believe that I was successful in doing my part for the team because I put all my heart and effort into everything we did, big or small. If I didn’t have a “go hard or go home” personality I would have given up when something got tough or didn’t go my way, I would have let my team down. We wouldn’t have gotten to where we were on the day of the state championship game. I believe that you have to do something whole hearted with 110% dedication if you want to succeed in some of the biggest events of your