Bruce Lee Essay Outline

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Kyle Uñalivia
Mrs. Day
4th Hour English 10
16 May 2014
Bruce Lee Research Essay
Introduction
Bruce Lee once said, “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it” (Brainyquote.com). Bruce Lee was very famous because of his martial arts and career in the filming industry. Throughout his life he became very successful becoming an actor, director, screenwriter and a martial artist. He is considered for being the biggest movie star in history. He is also well known for changing the way in which martial arts were viewed around the world. Bruce Lee started out small but soon influenced America by his showing of determination for achieving his goals.
Early Life
From the beginning, Bruce Lee had a very busy childhood. Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California (“Bruce Lee”). His name, Bruce was given to him by nurse at the hospital (“Bruce Lee Biography”). He was the fourth child of Lee Hoi Chuen and Grace Ho. Bruce had four other siblings, Phoebe, Agnes, Peter, and Robert. His father, Lee Hoi Chuen was a Chinese actor as well as an opera singer. His mother, Grace Ho was actually from Chinese and German decent. This makes Bruce not being 100% Chinese because his grandfather on his mother’s side of the family was actually German (Rousseau). Due to his father’s job being actor and opera singer, this dragged Bruce being in films since he was at a young age.
Middle Years
Next, during Bruce’s teenage to young adult years in his life, he experienced many things. In his early days of school, he would become involved in fights with British school boys taunting him. Around the age of 13, he met master Wing Chun martial artist, Yip Man....

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... being part of the film industry and a famous martial artist. He created his own book titled, Dao of Jeet Kune Do. Overall, Bruce Lee has created a new perspective on life passing down his legacy to everyone. His resolution gives inspiration to people to seek out and chase their dreams without any falter.

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