Have you ever stepped out of your comfort zone and attempted something you are not good at? Did you quit or give up because you weren’t good at it right away? Well, Lupe Medrano in The Marble Champ by Gary Soto, is smart and talented but not in an athletic way in fact she is no good at sports at all and but, wants to be good at something. However she is very, very positive about the situation by coming up with a sport she can play, practicing a lot, and being a very good sport.
The first reason why Lupe is positive is because she came up with a sport she could play. In the story Lupe says “I’ll never be good at sports.” But, she still wants to be good at some kind of sport by saying “I wish I could win something, anything,” which shows that she is still positive about finding something. She also, sparks the idea to play marbles and gets excited because marbles is a sport she could become good at. To add on, she thinks positively in the story by telling herself “Yes,... I could play marbles, and marbles is a sport.” It has to be hard to find a sport you could play even though you have tried multiple sports but none have worked for
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She needed to put time in and accept help. In the story the author wrote that Lupe “practiced three hours straight,”. Also, she strengthened her thumb and wrists a lot by squeezing a rubber eraser one hundred times to strengthen her thumb and doing twenty push-ups for her wrists. In addition to this, she practiced by playing against the neighbor boy Alfonso and taking suggestions from her brother: “Think eye and thumb’-and let it rip!” If I personally was in Lupe’s situation I probably wouldn’t practice as much as she did. It probably wasn’t easy for her to practice so much and still be happy and willing to play marbles. This proves that Lupe is definitely one positive person after this much commitment into practicing
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She wants to win the championship, and is going to try her best. When it came time to compete Lupe beat her first opponent easily. Lupe beat many of her opponents later. You can tell that Lupe is doing good and is determined to win. You can tell that she is trying hard to beat the others. When Lupe came to her last opponent thing started to not go very well. Lupe had blasted two marbles, but she missed her next shot. Even though this happened she was still determined to win. When they continued playing Lupe git dust in her eyes. When it was her turn she missed very badly. Even though bad things are happening to Lupe that is not stopping her from trying. She is still trying very hard to win the championship. “I did it!” Is what Lupe sad after she won. Lupe finally did it. She finally won at something. Lupe found a sport that she could do, and she won at it. Lupe was the marble champ. It is really good that Lupe finally did it. She now has something that she can do. If I were Lupe I would be so so proud of myself, and if I were someone that helped Lupe get to where she was I would be so proud of her. Lupe stayed determined all throughout the championship. Even when it got rough she still stayed determined. I think that her determination helped her