Everyone has such a dream in their teenage years, hoping that they can do the same job with their idols and become as powerful as their idols. Perhaps in this world, every minute and every second, there will be countless young people who have the idea of entering the NBA one day in the future, but in the end, how many people can realize that wish?
No matter where you go, it's what you have in your heart that you're gonna go somewhere. After
reading Hoop dreams with a little knowledge of English subtitles, I was most impressed by this sentence. Although the mother's monologue in Arthur's graduation ceremony seemed a bit deliberate to sublimate the subject, it was still surprisingly moved.
That is about faith, the faith of yes we can, the optimistic love that will reach that place as long as you always hold that faith.
It's just that reality is always unexpectedly cruel.
For William and Arthur, two black teenagers from poor families, the pure love of basketball has gradually evolved into a necessity to change their destiny. William lives in a single-parent family with only one elder brother who works as a security guard. He later became the father of a child. Arthur's father is an addict, and the family lives on social assistance.
As General Spike Lee said at the McDonald’s summer camp, it ultimately boils down to the question of money.
So William worked hard and got funding from others because of his good skills, while Arthur was coldly expelled from San Jose High School because he couldn't pay the tuition.
However, not all black teenagers living in slums are as lucky as the two of them to get the opportunity to go to college because of their skills. Most of them are swallowed by drugs and alcohol, or they can only work hard every day like William's brother. Work to support the family.
Even if William succeeded in passing the exam to enter Marquee University, Arthur has also become a real high school graduate from a dropout, and they are still far from their dream of entering the NBA. When they gradually discovered that basketball is no longer an indispensable part of their lives, when life has left them no time to take care of the life of basketball, the initial dream seems to have been lost far away.
Because it is related to the NBA, when watching this documentary, you always remember something about Kobe, such as participating in the McDonald’s National High School Summer Camp, such as leading Marion High School to win the championship in Pennsylvania, or directly after graduating from high school. Enter the highly anticipated choice of the NBA. I guess he probably found his goal in this life-to become the best player in the NBA in the videotape of the magician his father gave him. However, compared with the two teenagers with the same dreams in the movie, he is undoubtedly lucky. The solid family background and the full support of his family have made him always firm in that goal and become him now.
For more people who fail to realize their dreams for various reasons, always hold that firm heart. Even if you can't reach it, you can still live happily.
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