Gavin+Burnett+Hoop+Dream+Essay

In the documentary film, “Hoop Dreams,” Arthur Agee, and William Gates (main characters) are tring to live their dreams of being a N.B.A. Each of them have a lot of struggles in their lives. Some involve: Drugs,poorness, bad grades, etc.. As those issues are going on, their are trying to succeed their dream.. The two boys, Arthur Agee, and William Gates are very poor. They both have sorta’ the same personalities, or same life style. I am going to give a short biography of the kids. I’m going to start out when the movie started. First I’m going to talk about William.. William is in 8th grade, living in Cabrini Green Housing Project. William is living in Chicago. (the ghetto) William Gates has short hair, a mustach, and very stalky. William is a very talented Basket Ball playe, by the way, thats his dream. As an 8th grader he can dunk! In addition, the reason why he’s very talented is because his brother Curtis Gates was a really good Basket Ball player.... Then he gets noticed by this man Earl Smith, a man that notices people that are really good at basket ball. Now, I’m going to talk about Auther Agee. Auther lives in an Aappartment in Chicago (the ghetto.) Arthurs family is poor like William’s. Arthur is small, skinny, and short hair. His dream is to be in the N.B.A too. His role model is Isaiah Thomas. Auther’s in 8th grade. His father “Bo” is a drug addict, that left the family when Auther was a Sophmore. Auther is struggling with his dream of being a N.B.A star... As teens, each one of them got noticed by Earl Smith, a talent scout. William went to St. Joes High school. He is so good at B-ball, his coach Gene Pingatore said he could be the next Isaiah Thomas...! Later on, William sees a College thats a good opertunity for him to get out of the projects.... When Arthur was noticed, he went to Marshall Metro High School. He does’nt try hard in school, so he needs to work in school harder. On his Basket Ball team, his coach (does’nt show his name) says he has talent, but NO confodense... Later down the road William went to Marquette Univerity, and Arthur went to Arkansas State University, and Mineral Area Junior College... When they both were adults, the both had kids, William had 2, and Arthur had 3...

This movie/documentary told me to never do the bad things in life, then you’ll suceed..