Summary Of The Rise Of A Star: Lebron James
Keshawn Murray
March 19, 2013
Ms. Gooden, D.
The Rise of a Star: LeBron James
By. David Lee Morgan, JR.
Summary
“The Rise of a Star” is a book about a young athlete making it to the NBA. The book is a biography on LeBron James. It tells about how rough LeBron’s life was before he started making money in the pros. It also tells how he kept himself out of trouble and came to love basketball, not many people come out of gang related cities successful. The book goes through his life beginning with his first travel ball team then to picking his High School, he chose St. Vincent, St. Mary’s a high school which had a very successful athletic team and that team had added the Fab Four of Akron. Willie Parker, Dru Joyce the third, Sian Cotton, and …show more content…
last but not least LeBron James.
Then we go through his 4 high school years which would later become the most important four years of his life. Its first began with his freshman in which his team won the championship. Then in his sophomore year they added another link their Group they became the Fab Five with the addition of Willie McGee. Then in LeBron’s junior year a big tragedy struck the team. Their best player was being accused of taking gifts from agents who terminated his amateur level. The Akron League had suspended him for a month. Then he came but St. Vincent, St Mary’s lost in the championship. That next year they came humble and hungry and they won the championship. That summer LeBron had decided to skip college and go straight to the NBA. LeBron James was a humble boy when he was a child, he didn’t ask for much. His mother could not afford for LeBron to play any sports so he would play on his own. But when LeBron was playing in a football league he met a young boy name Dru Joyce the third. …show more content…
Dru’s dad was a supporting dad and invited LeBron to play basketball with his son. That is when his career skyrocketed. Main Characters (Protagonist & Antagonist)
The Protagonist character is LeBron James.
The Antagonist character is The Media.
Describe the Main character
LeBron James is caring, athletic, and optimistic; he lives in Akron, Ohio, his friends are his teammates which is Willie Parker, Dru Joyce the third and, Sian Cotton, The relationship that LeBron had was really his friends and they stayed close together through the whole year of basketball, and he had a strong relationship with his mom (Gloria) no matter what she was there for him during the good and bad.
LeBron J., Willie Parker, Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton
Explain the Conflict
There wasn’t really a conflict but other than LeBron had to move around a lot from home to home (Elizabeth Park) and didn’t really have much. He didn’t have a lot of clothes, food, etc. LeBron was a child who grew up rough but want to be independent and help his mom out with some stuff because she couldn’t do it all on her own.
Turning point
One rising action in the book is when LeBron started change from a kid with not a lot to a pro basketball player, another rising action is when LeBron started to give back to the community and the people who help him and his mother out during rough times. LeBron became a role model to a lot of kids and told them the experience he been through just like them and other things.
“LeBron & Gloria”
How the conflict does get solved? List 2events that led to the resolution and explain how they
relevant.
The conflict gets solved by LeBron James becoming famous and doing thing to help out others who grew up like him and having rough times in life. LeBron started his own shoes and team up with Nike to create good shoes that we wear today, also he has gotten chosen to play in the NBA (National Basketball Association). He got drafted to the Cleveland Cavilers in 2002-2003 and still had his favorite number 23. This day LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat and has his first championship ring.
March 19, 2013
Ms. Gooden, D.
The Rise of a Star: LeBron James
By. David Lee Morgan, JR.
Summary
“The Rise of a Star” is a book about a young athlete making it to the NBA. The book is a biography on LeBron James. It tells about how rough LeBron’s life was before he started making money in the pros. It also tells how he kept himself out of trouble and came to love basketball, not many people come out of gang related cities successful. The book goes through his life beginning with his first travel ball team then to picking his High School, he chose St. Vincent, St. Mary’s a high school which had a very successful athletic team and that team had added the Fab Four of Akron. Willie Parker, Dru Joyce the third, Sian Cotton, and …show more content…
last but not least LeBron James.
Then we go through his 4 high school years which would later become the most important four years of his life. Its first began with his freshman in which his team won the championship. Then in his sophomore year they added another link their Group they became the Fab Five with the addition of Willie McGee. Then in LeBron’s junior year a big tragedy struck the team. Their best player was being accused of taking gifts from agents who terminated his amateur level. The Akron League had suspended him for a month. Then he came but St. Vincent, St Mary’s lost in the championship. That next year they came humble and hungry and they won the championship. That summer LeBron had decided to skip college and go straight to the NBA. LeBron James was a humble boy when he was a child, he didn’t ask for much. His mother could not afford for LeBron to play any sports so he would play on his own. But when LeBron was playing in a football league he met a young boy name Dru Joyce the third. …show more content…
Dru’s dad was a supporting dad and invited LeBron to play basketball with his son. That is when his career skyrocketed. Main Characters (Protagonist & Antagonist)
The Protagonist character is LeBron James.
The Antagonist character is The Media.
Describe the Main character
LeBron James is caring, athletic, and optimistic; he lives in Akron, Ohio, his friends are his teammates which is Willie Parker, Dru Joyce the third and, Sian Cotton, The relationship that LeBron had was really his friends and they stayed close together through the whole year of basketball, and he had a strong relationship with his mom (Gloria) no matter what she was there for him during the good and bad.
LeBron J., Willie Parker, Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton
Explain the Conflict
There wasn’t really a conflict but other than LeBron had to move around a lot from home to home (Elizabeth Park) and didn’t really have much. He didn’t have a lot of clothes, food, etc. LeBron was a child who grew up rough but want to be independent and help his mom out with some stuff because she couldn’t do it all on her own.
Turning point
One rising action in the book is when LeBron started change from a kid with not a lot to a pro basketball player, another rising action is when LeBron started to give back to the community and the people who help him and his mother out during rough times. LeBron became a role model to a lot of kids and told them the experience he been through just like them and other things.
“LeBron & Gloria”
How the conflict does get solved? List 2events that led to the resolution and explain how they
relevant.
The conflict gets solved by LeBron James becoming famous and doing thing to help out others who grew up like him and having rough times in life. LeBron started his own shoes and team up with Nike to create good shoes that we wear today, also he has gotten chosen to play in the NBA (National Basketball Association). He got drafted to the Cleveland Cavilers in 2002-2003 and still had his favorite number 23. This day LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat and has his first championship ring.