Synopsis Of The Film 'Hoop Dreams'

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Hoop Dreams Your dreams of being someone may not turn out the way you think they will. The documentary Hoop Dreams is a story about two boys from the ghetto that want to play in the NBA. Arthur ¨Man”Agee goes to Marshalls and William Gates goes to St. Joseph’s which are both situated in Illinois, where their dreams of becoming a pro basketball player vanished. Both of the boys face obstacles that are outside of themselves. Arthur´s family struggled with money, education, and pressure from others hurts him. Also, William struggled with balancing his family with basketball, the pressure from others, and education. Having a lot of money can determine how you are going to live your life. For Arthur, money was a big issue for him when he was at St. Joseph’s. Even though his parents only had to pay half the cost of tuition, they still were not able to pay it. So Arthur had to enroll in Marshalls where everything started to crash for him. St. Joseph’s weren’t going to give him his transcript for the semester because of the lack of payment for the tuition. Money was really hard for him and his family. But for William, he got someone to help his parents pay the tuition to stay at the school. William still was having trouble supporting his daughter and …show more content…

Going to a public school, gave Arthur less opportunities to work with better coaches and scouts that could help him by giving him scholarships for college. His dream slowing started to deteriorate because he realized that basketball didn’t make him happy anymore and same with William. William by the end of high school, didn’t have the same view of basketball as he did when he was a sophomore and most people don’t make it to pro. According to the NCAA, out of the 541,054 high school players, only 1.2% of college players get drafted by the NBA. So the chances of him making it in the NBA were very

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