Hoop+Dreams+Essay+BR

= =  **We watched the movie Hoop dreams and studied march madness. Then we id comparing and contrasting of the two main characters in Hoop Dreams, Aurther Agee and William Gates.The documentary follows the teens threw 8th grade until college. I hope you enjoy my essay on how the two inner city Chicago boys go threw the struggles of getting to the N.B.A. I will tell you about William first.**


 * William lives with his brother and his mom, Williams dad left the family when William was three years old. They live at Cabin Green housing project. William has short hair, he is also 14 years old. His dream is to become and N.B.A star.His basketball coach, Coach Pigitore, thinks he could be the next Isaya Thomas. William plays basketball for ST. Joseff, he is a starter on the varsity team as a point guard. He is a 9th grader, right now he is at a 4th grade reading level.He is working hard and at the end of the year he was up to average.He is getting noticed by many colleges including Mr. Smith. Later in high school, William injures his knee while playing basketball and has to get and M.R.I. He gets knee surgery and will not be able to play basketball for the season. His surgery and rehab was paid for by ST. Jose. William is 17 and has just had a baby girl. When Williams knee is healed he goes to the all American NIKE camp. Where 100 of the best basketball players in the country go. During the camp, William injures his knee again! After High school he signed with Marquette, and also got a scholarship. William got married and had two more kids!! So he dropped out of school to help his new family. When he was more stable with his life, he went back to Marquette. He finished college but sadly did not go the N.B.A.**


 * Now I will tell you about Aurther who is very similar to William.He is also 14 years old and is African American.He lives in West Garfield Park Neighborhood in Chicago. Aurther has a mom, a dad, a sister, and a brother.Is idal is a N.B.A. star, Isaya Thomas. Aurther was playing basketball as a starting point guard for Saint Joseph's. Aurther was playing well but he had a 4th grade reading level being a freshmen's basketball team finished second in the state champion ship. Then, his dad left the family, and started using drugs. Aurther's family was now poor and he had to switch schools. At his new public school are didn't do well, he was getting very bad grades. Also, his family couldn't pay the bills so they had know water and the power shut down. THen Aurther's friend, Shanon moved in.Aurther's team was doing bad; and to make it worse, his dad went to jail for using drugs. After Aurther's dad got out of jail he came back to support the family. Aurther also got a job at pizza hut. When Aurther got out of High school, his parents split up. Arther then joined Mineral Area Junior college. When Aurther got out of college he got married and had two kids.**


 * Neither of the boys went pro but both had families and It showed me that you need to work hard to succeed. Both boys lived in inner city Chicago. They are both humans because the do not have fur or any thing like that. William and Aurther both had families but they didn't make the best choices. Both boys passed college and had a successful family.**