Father Figure Eddie and, I both lost father to gang related Violence, Technically I didn’t lose my dad but, he has been in jail since 2009. He calls me now and then I’m trying to go see him before he gets out. He gets out in 2018 so right before my graduation. He will be able to see me play a little basketball. Eddies dad is not around any more because he left when he was a kid.
When came time to play his former school, Wellpinit, he started his first game. He scored only three points, but shut down his best friend/ best enemy, Rowdy. Reardan went on to beat Wellpinit by 44 points. Sherman Alexie has been noted for his love of basketball as a player, and a fan. He happens to be a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even testified for the then Seattle Supersonics to stay in Seattle until there lease at the KeyArena in Seattle was to expire in the year 2010.
My first experience playing organized basketball began when I was in the fifth grade on an after school program in the old armory. We played every Saturday morning and I remember that this is where I became the best point guard ever. At least that was the mentality I had because I thought I knew where my basketball career was headed. Little did I know at that time, the odds of me becoming a professional NBA star were not in my favor. Nevertheless, I continued on with my dad’s support and mentoring to be the best player the Arkansas River Valley had ever laid eyes on.
Love and Basketball is a romantic flick originally released in 2000. It follows the development of Monica Wright and Quincy McCall, played by actors Sanaa Latham and Omar Epps, from elementary school until they ultimately wed following a five year separation after college. Monica and her family moved to Los Angeles, California from Atlanta, Georgia, next door to Quincy and his parents. Monica loved basketball and aspired to be the first woman in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Monica’s father was an accountant at a bank who supported his daughter’s aspirations.
Not surprisingly, Bryant was offered scholarships to almost every major college and university in the country. Not only was he a brilliant basketball player, he was also a good student, scoring an above-average 1,100 on his Scholastic Aptitude Test. Bryant and his parents remained coy about his future, however. They realized that they faced a momentous decision: whether to bypass college completely and go straight into the NBA draft. Vanessa met Kobe Bryant in November 1999.
He looked at Susie and grinned. “Tell me you love me,” he said. Susie did, but he killed her anyway. A few weeks after her death, Susie watches life continuing without her, her school friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her family hoping that she’ll be found, and her killer trying to cover his tracks. Susie sees her parents’ marriage fall apart by the loss, her younger sister, Lindsey trying to stay strong and her little brother, Buckley trying to figure out that she was gone.
However, amid all this suffering and despair, Morrie reconnects with his former student, Mitch Albom, a successful yet emotionally and spiritually bankrupt sports columnist. Mitch Albom was Morrie’s former student at the university and although he had promised Morrie that he would keep in touch with him after graduation, he failed to honor TUESDAY WITH MORRIE MOVIE REVIEW3 his promise. One night as Mitch was flipping through the channels, he recognized Morrie in a television program “Nightline” hosted by Ted Koppel. Surprised to learn that his former professor was dying of A.L.S, Mitch decided to get in touch with him. A reunion of friends turned into an opportunity to appreciate life’s little pleasures.
The father of Tom abandoned him, Laura, and Amanda, forcing Tom to provide for the family. This conflicts with his desire to follow his dreams. There is a notion of constant fear Amanda has of her son following in his father's footsteps. He goes out every night and drinks, telling his mother he goes to the movies. Many teens use this excuse with their parents these days, while they go out and drink.
The next piece of literature we read was Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller. This play followed the Loman family and their ailing father, Willy Loman who is struggling with a mental disorder. The play follows the failing career of Willy Loman and his son Biff Loman and the womanizing other son Happy and the strong mother who holds the family together, Linda Loman. As a class we finished the year by watching a documentary called 21 & Up. The movie follows several children and films them for a couple days when each of them are
Sometimes taking the road less traveled by will make the most difference in one’s life. The year was 1990 and Adam Johnson was a high school basketball “phenom” from Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Brooklyn, attending Arrowhead High School. It was his senior year, he had just won the class AAAA state basketball tournament, and was on the McDonald’s All-American team. Adam grew up in a low-income household, with just his mother because his father left when Adam was a young boy, never coming back or sending money for support.