Elijah Huggins was born in Hampton, Virginia on November 25, 1997. He has five older siblings, four living and one deceased. He attended Newsome Park Elementary, Huntington Middle School, for ninth grade he went to Warwick High School, for tenth grade he attended Kecoughtan High School, and for eleventh and twelfth he went to Heritage High School. Elijah suffers from the sickle cell disease. Growing up with disease was a struggle, but he became a stronger person. His last couple of years in high school was really bad. Elijah grew up playing basketball with his older sisters. Once his last years of high school came he wasn’t able to play. The sickle cell disease caused him to be in and out of the hospital. He nearly didn’t graduate because of him being out so much. The sickle cell disease caused him to have pain crisis. Which means anytime he grows it feels all of the movement in his body especially in his back. When his ribs grew it caused so much pain that he wouldn’t want to breathe/take deep breaths because it hurt him so much. But even through all …show more content…
He relies on no one for anything. With the condition he has he doesn’t let it bring him down he lets it strengthen him. Elijah has always wanted to be an engineer. He wants to work on cars from start to finish. But with his condition it makes it hard from him to do that. But does he quit no he still pushes through. Elijah has a legacy to live behind. His sister graduated early and got a full ride to John Hopkins. His other sister got a full scholarship for basketball. He uses them to mentor him. He uses what he stands behind to actually push him forward to be a better person. Elijah is a hero. A person that you would want your kids to look up to. Elijah is my hero. That’s why I chose his story to tell. Not because he is family and because he is my best friend. But because he lives by what he preaches. He sets a great example for not only me but for anyone that is around
Josh Bell(Filthy McNasty)l is an active, hard working, ambitious, 12 year old, but that’s not all to him and his twin brother JB. These twin twisters will knock you off your feet on the court and in the street. They are the masterminds of their junior high basketball stardom. Although they are twins they could not be more different. Josh is one inch taller, can dunk and has golden locks to fly him to the hoop, but the fact that they are different makes them work so well together. Though they couldn’t have learned all of their tricks without the help of their all-star father Chuck “Da Man” Bell. After their father’s career abruptly ended, he made his goal to train his boys to follow in his footsteps. Their mother keeps of all of Bell boys in
Facts: Chet is basically Gene's only real competition in school for valedictorian but Chet doesn't really notice it as competition because his love of learning is so sincere. Also, he is amazing as tennis and playing the trumpet, and was even asked by Finny to play at their winter get together when the band can't come.
Will Allen (2013), a multi-talented, meticulous man who turned his profession from a basketball player to a professional salesman and then finally, into an urban farmer, in his book THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION precisely elucidates the significance of being patient in everyday life and how farming played an important role in teaching him this extremely important life skills.
Another female character that appears to be an ideal representative of the emancipated woman is This Side OF Paradise’s Eleanor Ramilly Savage. Amory Blaine, the main protagonist of the novel, meets Eleonor while taking a shelter during a rainy haystack in Maryland: “(…) he saw nothing, but a slender figure, dark, damp, bobbed hair, and the small white hands with the thumbs that bent back like his” . Mentioned in the passage hairstyle, matches Eleanor’s rather wild persona perfectly. As the result of a quarrel with her Baltimore relatives, concerning her rather usual personality, she came to live in Maryland with her grandparent. She was an open-minded, independent women, who, unlike her female counterparts
Elmo is a fiction character. He is amazing. He’s red, he’s furry, and he’s loud.
In the book “Elijah Of Buxton” by Christopher Paul Curtis there are many different characters that have different behaviors . In the book there is a character that is called “The Preacher”.The preacher lies and does many things that aren't good. The Preacher in chapters 1-4 lies to another Character called Elijah . He has lied about the hoop snake. he has said that hoop snakes are very deadly and if they bit you you would die. The preacher told Elijah and Elijah's friend that if the hoop snake ever bit the him that elijah would have to kill him. the book never said why he lied about the hoop snake but he just made it up to scare Elijah. In another chapter The Preacher got two guns from two white men that were dead . the book never said
For many comic book fans and sci-fi addicts, "Castle" star Nathan Fillion could very well be a superhero himself. Even before he portrayed the charismatic author Rick Castle in the long-running ABC detective series, he already made his mark playing Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the space western science fiction drama "Firefly" and its film continuation "Serenity."
Andrew’s life is hard, he's poor but still keeps a positive attitude. First of all, he lives in an airport, this shows that it must be hard for him. But he doesn't really mind, because in the story
Ender Wiggin’s mental state at the beginning of the novel was stable, but his fear of his older brother Peter Wiggin disrupted his state of mind. As the story progressed Ender was no longer afraid of Peter himself, but of the fact that he was soon becoming Peter, the person he most despised of becoming. Ender realizes his transformation in becoming Peter while he was playing one of the mind games, “ in the mirror he saw a face he easily recognized. It was Peter, with blood dripping down his chin and a snake’s tail protruding from a corner of his mouth.” ( Card 193). As the games in Battle and Command School continued he soon started to become mad, because of the pressure caused by commanding his army to victory and trying to live up to the expectations of the school leaders. An example of the stress put on Ender during the school is shown
“By facing our fears and overcoming them will make us strong and capable enough to face any challenges in life.” - Anurag Prakash Ray
Chris McCandless, a man who went into the wilderness and died in a bus, in the cold wilderness of Alaska, after living 114 days in the Alaska cold. Though, before ending up in Alaska Chris was constantly on the move. Yet he somehow was able to meet people and befriend them. Such people were Wayne Westerberg, Jan Burres, her boyfriend Bob and finally Ronald Franz. In the end, of meeting all these people, Chris ended up leaving such a strong impression on each of them. Though why did Chris McCandless leave such a strong impression on them? Well, in the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, one can read how Chris influenced people, encouraged them, how people thought he was a hard worker that lived out his own beliefs and there are many more reasons
Christopher Johnson McCandless, a.k.a Alexander Supertramp, “Master of his Own Destiny.” He was an intelligent young man who presented himself as alone but really he was never lonely. However, he believed that life was better lived alone, with nature, so he ventured off throughout western United States before setting off into Alaska’s wild unprepared where he died. Some may say he was naive to go off on such a mission without the proper food and equipment but he was living life the way he wanted to and during his travels he came across three people: Jan Burres, Ronald Franz, and Wayne Westerberg. McCandless befriended these people, it is believed that he made such a strong impression on them that their connection left them with strange feelings after finding out about McCandless’ death.
The main character of Mr. Brooks is nothing short of a self-made man with a loving family and a productive business. However, not everything is what it seems. Mr. Brooks has a constant urge to kill. Like most real life serial killers, Mr. Brooks has a charming personality on the outside but a twisted brain on the inside. Every single action he took was thoughtfully played out, as if he were acting in a stage play with no chances of failure. Many psychopaths portray a high IQ and intelligence just like Mr. Brooks had. However, Mr. Brooks was not a psychopath. Deep down inside, he still harvested a strong familial love for his wife and daughter, and understood the mental and physical consequences of his actions. Instead, Mr. Brooks is the type of character that cannot be explained with just one theoretic analysis. The story illustrates that Mr. Brooks was a psychotic suffering from schizophrenia and that somehow his urge to kill could be passed down by generations. With this outline the
My brother Walter Lopez, a man Who is twenty-two years old with no children and single. He grew up in El Salvador, San Salvador with my dad, grandma, and me. Furthermore, my brother is an amazing brother and a great person. His whole life has been hard, but he has never gave up on anything. Before we arrived at The United States my brother was in the best university of El Salvador, Universidad Matias Delgado where he was majoring aeronautical engineering. Nonetheless, because we decided to come to The United States my brother was only able to complete six semesters and during that time, he had won scholarships and was the best of his class. My older brother Walter is the best brother because he is supportive, honest, strong, and hard working.
“True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure - the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character's essential nature.” Robert Mckee