Character Analysis Of Greg Harriss In Walter D. Myers's 'Slam'

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In the novel Slam by Walter D. Myers, a boy from the hood, Greg Harris, can do it all on the basketball court and knows he can make it to the NBA. The only things stopping him are his grades and attitude. Greg must overcome his struggles in the classroom and his temper to keep his dream alive. Greg will have to go one-on-one with the thing he loves most verse the thing he hates. It will be a match he cannot afford to lose. In the beginning of Walter D. Myers novel Slam, Greg Harris is all about the game of basketball and does not put the same effort in the class room as he does on the court. Greg is a 6’5 Point Guard from the hood who believes basketball is his ticket to success. He visions being a millionaire with “3 kids, all basketball

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