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Push

The book Push by Sapphire I believe is the best book I have read about teen’s life because this book was interesting from begging to end. The best theme I think that happens the most in Push is over coming adversity. I think Over coming adversity happens in everyone’s life. I remember a time when I couldn’t play for my middle school basketball team because of my height and skills. This was a rough time for me because I really wanted to play for my school's team but I had to overcome this adversity and move on. Not making the basketball team force me to try harder next year. One theme in Push that also relates to my life is overcoming adversity because everyday my main character precious Jones overcome an adversity is just a way of her life.

Precious has to over come adversity most of the time when her mother is biting her trying to get her education skills or even when her father rapes her. An example of precious overcoming adversity is when her mother calls her nasty names. "I don’t wanna stand here 'n hear mama call me slut! holler 'n shout on me all day like she did the last time. slut! nasty ass tramp!" This are just name's that Precious mother name her. She make's precious feel like she is nothing. Precious also couldn’t get her G.E.D because she couldn’t read or write. “No this is not a G.E.D class this is set up to teach students how to read and write." Miz Rain said. Precious couldn’t read or write so she had to take a pre- G.E.D. This is an example of precious not giving up and first taking her pre- G.E.D because she didn’t have her basic learning skills.

Well in my life I had to over come many adversity but I never gave up and it just made me push my self. For example when I didn’t make my middle school basketball team I had to over come this and try harder to make it next year. I practice almost everyday and I step up my game. My coach notice than improvements that he pick me up right away when he so how good I was. I learn to never give up of what u love doing and this made me push my self in almost everything I need to developed on. Not only in sport but just in my life and school I had to pay more attention in school, and do my homework. I remember a time when I had to over coming a very big adversity. When I would go play baseball with some of my friends they would underestimate me in baseball they would think am very wack. So they said "Easy out easy out just pitch it to that bum ass." I didn’t care what they said and they pitch the ball to me and I hit it out the yard we where playing at they got very surprise and after that day they stop jugging me and other kids by the kind of person they are. As u could see Over coming adversity effects many people daily life is just a way off someone life. Just like when I was under stagnant playing baseball and not making my middle school team. Precious face many challenging adversity trough the book of Push. She never gave up and she pushes her self to be a great parent.