"Dream" By: Langston Hughes

  "Dreams" By: Langston Hughes

   The theme of the poem "Dreams"  By: Langston Hughes is that you should never give up on your dreams. For example in the text it says that "Hold fast to dreams,/" This means that you need to hold on to good dreams because they come and go when you have the chance to make those dreams cmd true.

  15 Day Challenge

     I am sticking with this challenge because basketball is a big sport to me. It would also be really easy to complete this challenge because I have this sport everyday of the week. It would make sense because I am on 3 basketball teams. I either have a game or practice everyday. And if I don't I have a basketball hoop in my backyard. So I could just go out their and practice if I wanted to.

Sparky

     The theme of "Sparky" is even when you fail, you can still succeed. For example, the text says "For Sparky who such lack of success in school and whose work was rejected over and over was Charles Shultz." In this quote we see that he failed over and over again, but he had never given up.

     I decided to practice basketball for my 15 day challenge. I have basketball practice or a game everyday, so I am fine. No it has not been difficult because I am used to all of the exercise. It has also been a lot of fun.

Courageous Characters: Nelson Mandela and Jackie Robinson

     One similarity is Nelson Mandela and Jackie Robinson led non-violent protests. In the biography I read about Nelson Mandela, it said "He built bridges of peace between blacks and whites." This means that he didn't use violence to fix his problems, he used his words. In the biography I read about Jackie Robinson, it said "After baseball, Robinson became active in business and continued his work as an activist for social change. This means that he only used his words to fix problems. That is what social change means.

     One difference I noticed between Jackie Robinson and Nelson Mandela was that one broke the color barrier and the other went to fight against arpetheid. The text says, "Blacks and other non-white South Africans were forced to live separately and with fewer rights under a system of segregation." This means African-Americans have less rights than Caucasians. Nelson Mandela ended that. In the biography I read about Jackie Robinson it said, "Robinson began playing in the Negro Leagues, but he was soon chosen by Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to help integrate major league baseball. This means that Branch Rickey thought he was ready to integrate into the MLB, he was ready to break the color barrier. Nelson Mandela and him are different.

Nelson Mandela

     Nelson Mandela was courageous  because he stood up for what is right. The text states, "Arpetheid was a system that forced non-whites in South Africa with fewer rights." This means that white people had more rights than black people. Nelson Mandela went to jail for 27 years. He stood up for what was right.
     The second attribute of Nelson Mandela is feeling fear, yet choosing to act. He was very courageous. The text states, "His fight cost him 27 year's in prison." When he was on strike, he knew he was going to go to jail. He still fought for more rights. He went through some tough times.

Jackie Robinson: A Baseball Hero

     Jackie Robinson showed us a lot courage for other peoples' rights. For example the texts states, "During boot camp in 1944 in Fort Hood, Texas, Robinson was arrested and court martial led after refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of the when ordered by the driver." This quote shows that when he said no to the driver he was fighting for African, American's rights. He also showed a lot of bravery by doing that.

     Jackie Robinson had the courage to take a unpopular stand. The text says, "Rickey also personally tested Robinson's reactions to the racial slurs and insults he knew the player would endure." This quote shows that Jackie Robinson didn't care about what other people had said about him. All he wanted to do is play baseball and nothing else. He had a strong personality. When he didn't react, they eventually got tired of insulting him.

"Don't judge me by my success,  judge me by how many times fell down and got back up."
Nelson Mandela

     The quote is saying don't look at me by how many times I have succeeded, look at me by how many times I have failed and never gave up. I can relate because I have succeeded because how many times I have failed, but I still never gave up. I agree with so much because judging a person by how many times they have succeeded is stupid because, you couldn't have been good at something right from the start, you had to fail and learn from that mistake.

          

What lessons about life are readers supposed to take away from it?

     My book is Ender's Game. The main character is Ender Wiggin. He was sent to space to train for an alien invasion. He was a troop for somebody else but then they promoted him to Captain for the abandoned team the Dragons. They won every game. Then he was sent to another planet to train in a simulation. In the last simulation he was tricked and he fought the actual enemy. He was mad because they waited and he didn't know what they wanted.

     The name of my book is Ender's Game. This book is about how kids are sent to space to fight an alien invasion. The main character's name is Ender Wiggin. The conflict in my book occurs when Ender gets taken to another planet to train to be the fleet commander. The book teaches lessons about how you shouldn't destroy something before you really know what it wants. The moral of the story is that before you do something, think about it first. In the story for example, for the final battle the aliens were waiting, Ender thought it was a simulation so he charged at them. He managed to destroy or make them extinct for good. After that Crl. Graff told that is wasn't a simulation, it was the real battle. Ender didn't know what they wanted because they were waiting. I believe that reader's should read this because this book teaches you a valuable lesson. In my opinion the author is trying to teach the reader's to think before you do something. Don't have poor impulse control.