Roberto Clemente A Bittersweet Memoir Summary

The short story “Roberto Clemente: A Bittersweet Memoir” contained a few inspiring and meaningful phrases and sentences. A sentence that was inspiring to me was "'... fact that he was a Puerto Rican and that he was a black man… had pride.'" This sentence is meaningful to me because it relates to me. In Clemente’s case, he had received prejudice about his ethnicity and skin color. However, he did not let those factors affect him. He kept on moving and persevering, and finally achieved what he wanted. In my case, I am a Muslim who wears a scarf (also called a hijab.) I had received a lot of hate because of these things throughout a lot of my childhood. Some of my classmates would make fun of me and call me names. I even remember some kids accusing me of theft and injury. The
However, I always thought about the prospect of going to a good middle school, making good and trustworthy friends, and getting the respect I think I deserve. Fortunately, I was able to get into P.S.122, and I did make really good friends. I have finally found peace, and I have not been bullied at all! Roberto withstood his problems by sticking to his pride, dreams, and beliefs. I also kept moving forward by sticking to my pride and dreams. Some people believe Clemente had hypochondriac, so he may not have felt hurt at all, only imagined it. But personally, I felt hurt even if others didn’t realize it throughout my childhood. Nevertheless, my life story ties in with one sentence in the short story “Roberto Clemente: A Bittersweet Memoir” because Clemente and I had to face obstacles in order to achieve what we both needed and desired. Even throughout the hardships, we both fought through and persevered, In all, the sentence "'... fact that he was a Puerto Rican and that he was a black man… had pride'" had some sentimental meaning to me because of my own life