Graduation Speech: I Don 'T Cry'

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Based on the quote, Mr. P words are to encourage Junior to follow his dreams and believe in such things as hope exists even for him. One of the main purposes of Mr. P's words is to let Junior understand that in order for him to live his life perusing his dreams, he must leave the rez. "You're going to find more and more to hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation.". For Junior to continue having hoped, he must leave and find others that have a positive feed of hope. The book portrays the rez as what I think is an retirement home where you just live your life in the same place doing the exact same thing for the rest of your remaining days or a negative thought of "hoping" where everyone has given up and becomes hopeless, sad, drunks that aren't sure what they're fighting/dreaming for anymore; that everyone on the rez is designed to kill you, your hopes. But, what Mr. P sees in Junior very much different …show more content…

And in the end, I was on the path to not being able to walk out of high school in time. And I felt like I was being one of those people who had given up on their hopes and dream. But one person reached out to me and helped me to find more and more hope and also figure who I will become in the future. In order to find more hope, I had to keep working my ass off to find more hope and opportunities to improve, motivate, and also try to balance my current lifestyle. By then, I was able to complete and remake all the classes I needed, and I was able to graduate. I am not the person I once knew myself as but now, I am a different person who is willing to do his best even if it mean giving it all I have and not being able to finish because I know that the next day that I’m going to improve and keep hoping for a better future. That is why this quote speaks to

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