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Hoop Dreams Essay

In hoop dreams, there are two main characters. Their names are Arthur Agee and William Gates. William and Arthur both live in Chicago but in different parts. They both love basketball. Both of them wanted to be in the NBA. They found out that getting a good education is more important than basketball.

William was very poor. He lived in the projects in Chicago. He worked really hard in school and got really good grades. He knew he would have to get good grades to go to college. He didn’t want to be poor anymore. When he was in tenth grade he had a daughter. He probably didn’t want her to have to grow up like he did. So he worked really hard in school and in basketball so he could go to college and get a good job or go to the NBA. He was one of the best players St. Joseph High School ever had. He ended up getting into Marquette University and got to play basketball there. He ended up dropping out of Marquette but eventually went back and graduated.

Arthur was very poor too. He lived in an apartment with his parents and brothers and sisters. They were so poor that they didn’t have any money to pay their bills and their power got turned off. His dad did drugs and spent money on that instead of helping his family. He went to St. Joseph High School for a while but he wasn’t very good in school and got bad grades there. He had to drop out of school there beacuse the school started giving all of the money to William because he was better at basketball. He had to go to Marshall Metro High School instead. He was one of the best players to ever go to school there. He still didn’t get very good grades there either. He got to go to a small college and play basketball there after he graduated. He went there for a couple of years and then went to another school and graduated.

Both of the boys were really poor. They both got scholarships to play at St. Joseph High School. They both had a mentor. Both boys wanted to play basketball in the NBA. They both got to go to college because they were so good at basketball and they both graduated from college. Each boy had kids at young ages.

Both Arthur and William never made it to the NBA. Both of them did get to graduate from college and have families. They learned that getting an education is more important than playing basketball. They both moved back to Chicago.