Have you ever faced a challenge and thought that it was too hard to accomplish? Has there been a time when you felt giving up on accomplishing a goal that you wanted? In the story, “The Marble Champ” by Gary Soto, Lupe Medrano faced many challenges while competing at the marble championship. There were many examples where she never gave up on her goal regardless how challenging it was. One example that shows that Lupe did not give up on her accomplishing her goal to win the marble championship was the time when she was practicing even when she was exhausted. According to the story, the author states that, “She squeezed a rubber eraser one hundred times, hoping it would strengthen her thumb.” It also states that, “Lupe worked so hard one day,
