we beat the streets essay

Sort By:
Page 1 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    We Beat The Street

    • 676 Words
    • 3 Pages

    can get dreamers hurt, and it is a big waste of time. I believe it is not worth it to dream because usually it doesn’t happen anyway. In the book We Beat the Streets. Rameck, Sampson and George followed their dreams, but their friends did not. They got swallowed up by the tough streets, they had dreams too, but did they ever come true? The answer is NO. We can also see this in this particular video, Mere Doyle tried her best to sing on a show called The Voice and people always told her she was good

    • 676 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Alvarez's "Before We Were Free" and George Jenkins' "We Beat The Streets." However, "We Beat The Streets" more effectively portrays the idea of dreams worth pursuing. One reason for this is that it depicts the character's struggles through active conflict, allowing for a clearer understanding of their growth. In contrast, "Before We Were Free" relies on passive conflict, which lacks the same level of detail and suggests the conflict rather than showing it. Additionally, "We Beat The Streets" focuses on

    • 812 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    We Beat The Street Essay

    • 367 Words
    • 2 Pages

    using the book “We beat the street”. Paragraph 1 is based on the fact that if you want it, you can achieve it. Paragraph 2 is that you need to educate yourself so you're not making the same mistakes. Paragraph 3 is to surround yourself with positive people. Do you believe if you want something, you can get it? Well the book We beat the street is an example of how if you want it you can achieve it. The book is about three boys, Sampson, George and Rameck. They grew up on the streets of Newark, New

    • 367 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    We Beat The Street, By The Three Doctors the themes and messages from the Three Doctors can apply to my life in many ways. First, The Three Doctors message to keep trying and never give up helped out my life a lot because when I keep trying I will be a better person by doing better in school and at home. For example, the Three Doctors had overcome obstacles when they got into trouble so they never went to jail for it. Next, another one of The Three Doctors message is to help your friends out if they

    • 257 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Literary Analysis Final Quote-Analysis-Theory-connection ‘We Beat the Streets’ is a book based off true events of three men named, Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins and their daily life of living the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Brought down by many things like gang violence, drugs and much more it's tough for these three boys, who don’t know anyone that made it to college. But they had a dream to make it there one day! To be acclimated to the everyday struggle of the lawlessness

    • 695 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Compare and Contrast Essay Draft Blueprints a plan that makes a building strong, In all the stories “We Beat the Street”, “The Road Not Taken” and, “Jim Henson Cartoon” all of them built up from rock bottom to top. The Doctors who grew up in the neighborhoods of Newark, The Roads not taken, Different paths that lead to full lives, and A young man who realized that he will make his own path, his own destiny. If you don’t like your destiny, don’t accept it, have the courage to change it. A person

    • 1265 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    positively impact one’s future. The memoir known as, We Beat The Streets, exemplifies just that The memoir shows that we can “ beat the streets”, by overcoming adversities, the power of being positive, and making decisions that positively impact one’s future. We Beat The Streets is an autobiography of three doctors, who grew up in Newark, NJ. The three individuals; Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, made a pact to beat the influence of the streets and become doctors.The story goes back and

    • 1022 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The theme of the book, We Beat the Streets, spins around collaboration and determination. The three characters, Sampson, Rameck, and George experienced childhood in a unpleasant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. Even at a young age they were confronted with risks. Some of these risks included prisons, gangs, and drugs. They needed to choose at a young age to stick together and make it out of the ruined neighborhood they grew up in. Things were never basic for these young men. They were totally

    • 484 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    worked harder and eventually, they finally made a successful rocket that flew. People doubting them and making fun of them just got them to work harder and prove everyone wrong. Additionally, dreams help people stay out of trouble as shown in We Beat the Streets. The three boys grew up in a very bad neighborhood where they were basically expected to do bad things and get in trouble with the police. They dreamed of being doctors and their dreams were coming true. If they had done anything bad like robbing

    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In the story We Beat The Streets, the three people, who are now successful in jobs, once had to overcome some major obstacles. Some of these obstacles had some type of positive outcome. These obstacles probably shaped them into the people and doctors they are now. Sampson Davis, who was more of a follower rather than a leader, had an obstacle where he stole. Both times he stole, he wasn't paying attention to his actions and what the outcome would have been like. Sampson didn't really think before

    • 377 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Previous
Page12345678950