Do you like marbles? Lupe Medrano, the protagonist in ¨The Marble Champ¨ by Gary Soto, sure does. Lupe is a very determined girl when it comes to being good at marbles. From working as hard as possible, to being confident that she will do well, Lupe is bound to be a marbles champion.
To begin with, Lupe is a determined character because she works extra hard. Whenever Lupe has time, she pulls out her marbles and starts practicing. For example, the text states that she ¨left her homework in her backpack and practiced for three hours straight, taking time only to eat a candy bar for energy.¨ Even though Lupe is a straight A student that is practically obsessed with school, she ditched her homework to practice, and was so tenacious, she didn’t even eat dinner. As if this wasn’t enough, Lupe also squeezed an eraser for an entire hour to strengthen her thumb. Her thumb was so sore the next day, she could barely even hold a
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For instance, Lupe became confident after she played and beat her brother and their neighbor, Alfonso, who is an extremely good marbles player. Alfonso even told her that ¨she could beat the other girls for sure.¨ As a result of Alfonso’s encouragement, Lupe became more self assured that she will succeed. Furthermore, Lupe shows confidence when she is not at all nervous for the big marbles tournament. As said in the text, ¨ Lupe, walking between her brother and father, shook from the cold, nots nerves.¨ I know from personal experience that it takes a lot of determination to stay confident before a big event. To add on, Lupe’s dad gave Lupe even more confidence when he told her ¨ You can do it, just think of the marbles, not the girl, and let your thumb do the the work.¨ Like Alfonso’s encouragement before, Lupe’s father motivated Lupe to stay strong willed and confident in herself. As you can see, Lupe is a determined character because she is confident that she will do
In conclusion, Luis was not able to establish any confidence or self-esteem whatsoever. He was not able to develop a healthy sense of empathy. Moreover, he was not able to exhibit any meaningful activities because he was excluded from class. According to Erikson, he is very likely to have developed a profound sense of inferiority. As to substantiate that conclusion, Rodriguez describes himself as a bouncing ball during that time which fittingly illustrates the extent in which Luis is being pushed around by others and how serious his lack of initiative
While Luis was talking about the dangers of “fighting the freeze” he says, “if you get too cold, come in here. If you get too tired, come lay down”(219). Those words demonstrate that Luis understands the risk they are taking. He really thinks things through, and is also a good leader by the way he takes charge of the boys. When they woke up the next morning, Paul tells Luis that he saw him get hit with the blackjack, and Luis tells him not to be afraid of them.
If only he was given the opportunity when he first came here from Mexico, he wouldn’t have had to live the violent life he lived. Luis and his Family weren’t excepted nor given any hope. Sadly, Luis’ story is the story of many. Racism is real, it exists and it is affecting young people causing them to turn to a life of gang and violence in order to gain acceptance. It all starts at a young age and something that will determine the direction of one’s life. Luis’ life was a prime example of what society and statistic said he would be as if he would never amount to anything but against all odds the fire that has always lived in him, that desire to be someone and rise above out of the pits of hell is exactly what he has done. Giving others hope. “There are choices you have to make not just once, but every time they come up” (132). Unfortunately, there will always be obstacles, weather its racism, violence, drugs, gangs in life battling against you but it’s a choice you have to continue to make, it’s all up to the individual to persevere and raise above to get out of that life and become someone before that life takes
Everybody's good at something, you can be smart,sporty,or good at cooking, really anything,but things that don't come easy to you you have to work to get. In the story Marble Champ by Gary Soto the girl works hard to try to win a marble champion contest.
Different levels of confidence can influence their academic performance.
Much of Lupin’s description, even before he reveals his lycanthropy to Harry, focuses on his physical appearance, mental health, and socioeconomic status, all of which his lycanthropy severely impacts. When Lupin first appeared in the series in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he was “wearing an extremely shabby set of wizard’s robes that had been darned in several places. He looked ill and exhausted. Though quite young, his light brown hair was flecked with gray” (Rowling 74). In this scene, he was sleeping, and his name had not even been revealed yet. He was also on the train to Hogwarts with the students, though no other professor ever rode the Hogwarts Express in the entire series. The first thing we learned about Lupin, therefore, is that he was fundamentally different than other wizards. We were not told why, but his shabby robes, illness, exhaustion, gray hairs at a young age, and riding the Hogwarts Express with students already indicate a low socioeconomic status within the Wizarding world accompanied by some sort of mental or physical
Louie Zamperini has several traits, one of them are optimistic. “Confident that he was clever and bold enough to escape anything, he was almost incapable of discouragement.” (9) Louie was young, flagrant. He thought he was incapable of discouragement and his greatest fear became legend. Accordingly, to this character trait he was confident
Too much confidence can cause a sense of arrogance, much like Odysseus. Not enough confidence can make you uninspiring and weak as a leader, much like David. People who live their own monomyth everyday, and have the right amount of confidence, achieve great things.
Luis could not resist being influenced by many girls since his absolute weakness was due to feminine power. However, he lost his trust in many girls since many of his previous girlfriends were untrustworthy because they used their bodies materialistically to gain reputation and money. Due to this, he gained a different perspective of girls after having his heart broken several times from infidelity. He transformed emotionally, intellectually, and sexually, due to the encounterance of psychological and physiological life events. It is very difficult for any person to suppress this betrayal, so he turned to drugs and alcohol. In the following quote Rodriguez demonstrates that he tried to reach out to God for help,“God I wanted that light, this whore of a sun to blind me, to entice me to burn-to be sculptured marble in craftier hand” (pg. 105). There was a point in Rodriguez 's life where he felt the light at the end of the tunnel after overdosing on toxic, addictive drugs. His near-death experience from narcotizing himself to an extreme was one of the causes which made him change his perspective of the world at a faster
Like any other sport, ice-skating is obliged to creative people who bring something new to it. These people are known to everyone as the inventors of particular jumps, splits, spins. They are given credit for their work and, sometimes, the skating moves they invented carry their names. For instance, the Lutz jump was invented by Alois Lutz before World War II; the Walley jump was attributed to Bruce Mapes who performed with the Ice Follies in the 1930s. With Mabel Fairbanks that was never the case. The spins she invented never have been officially admitted to be exclusively her creation.
Personal interview. 27 Oct. 2013. Coffey, Delice. “Understanding Confidence.” Sports Psychology For Basketball.
In the novel The Golden Compass, it is proven that persistence is a great personality trait. This is proven first by the fact that Lyra wants to go to the north but is constantly being told no. She tries again and again until she is finally allowed to go. Secondly Lyra wants to learn about the alethiometer but there are over a thousand meanings. Later on in the book Lyra figures out these meanings because she never gave up. In the novel The Golden Compass there are a lot of powerful meanings and one that is clear is that never giving up builds confidence because people with confidence know they can overcome whatever challenges they may face.
...confident, they may be perceived as cocky, and if they are not confident enough, they will be completely ignored. These are cases where the virtue of confidence has been turned into a vice that most definitely will not bring happiness.
At first I thought this was not a big deal, but I have learned from my research that it actually is. According to Dao (n.d), “self-confidence is the fundamental basis from which leadership grows.” By recognizing and acknowledging my level of confidence, I can take actions and develop skills to become more confident which will help me in leading project teams. I know that before I can be successful at leading others, I first need to become better at leading myself. Increasing my self-confidence will increase my motivation because I will have the confidence I need to go after my goals. This is how I will incorporate self-leadership into my leadership model while leading project teams. A high level of self-confidence will show in my behavior, my body language, how I speak, and what I say. This will give off a positive “can do” attitude that will motivate others around me. I know that what I put in as a leader is exactly what I will get out. I also know that as a
Athletes must have self-confidence. It’s all about the positive mindset. Having the thought of not doing well is an automatic lose for the athlete. This happened to me one time, actually many times, but here is one incident that occurred in my life. I was getting ready for my race which was the 100-yard freestyle. I told myself I wasn’t going to do well because I had not trained for it the best I could. Yeah, I did exactly what I thought, I completely bombed that race. I gained almost two seconds. Without the confidence I needed, I allowed my mind to control my body. Marcus Garvey once said, “With confidence, you have won before you