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INTRODUCTION This story is about a movie called Hoop Dreams. It is about two kids that have a dream to become a famous basketball player. It shows how there life changes as they get older and their dream of trying to get in the NBA.

This is about William Gates William’s family is poor and is just getting by. His dad left when he was little. He hasn’t seen him sense he was 16. William has a pretty cool brother named Curtis Gates. Sense William was a little boy his dream was to play in the NBA. That is a lot of kids dream but William knew he was going to become a the NBA player. William wants to go to this really nice High School called St.Josephs. You can tell that he wants to be in the NBA because he practices every day. William never gives up. William makes it to St.Josephs and has been doing great in basketball and really good in school. During a game something bad happened. William hurt his knee really bad and had to have knee surgery. When William was in High School he had a baby girl. William was starting to not like basketball and thought it was kind of like a job. But he still tried hard. He went to a really cool basketball camp. All the college scouts were there watching. Then when he was playing he hurt his knee really bad. He was in so much pain. They had to take him to the hospital for knee surgery. After that the college Marquette started to notice him. He was doing really good. A lot of colleges really want him but he decided to go with Marquette. He went to Marquette for about two years and then quit his dream of becoming a basketball player.

This is about Arthur Agee Arthur is a kid that has the same dream as another boy named William Gates. It is to become a professional basketball player. He loves basketball like it is his brother. Arthur started out at St.Josephs like William but his parents could not pay the school so he got kicked out. He was really sad. He spent a year out of school then he went to a really poor public school with a bad basketball team. But Arthur was going to change all of that. Arthur was behind on his grades. He did not really care about school at all. Then his dad left the family. Arthur was not that happy at all. Then one day he was playing basketball he saw his dad buying and selling drugs. That was when he got really mad. He was doing great in basketball but bad in school still. He took his team to the finals and they lost. He was really sad. His dad was back in the family as a new person not doing drugs. Arthur could not go to a good college because he had really bad grades. Arthur also quit his dream and got a job. Today Arthur and William are happy and they have a steady job and family.