Assert Yourself through Language of Success Having the courage to defend yourself involves recognizing your value and voicing your concerns when others overstep your boundaries. It’s about discovering your voice and expressing your desires in a manner that respects your authenticity. When you assert yourself, you’re demonstrating resilience and creating your own personal development. It’s similar to a palm tree that sways in the high winds, representing life challenges pushing you down, while remaining authentic to wh.
The first story I picked to contrast is “Hoop Court,” by Matt de la Péna. The story has a plot surrounding a boy obsessed with becoming the best basketball player. During his summer break, he journeys across the city every day to play basketball with the best players in town and eventually convinces his dad to drop him off at the Muni Gym in Balboa Park. There the best basketball is played, where he is approached by an all-black, hostile group that tells him to get off the court. Though he is the youngest person there and faces criticism from the antagonist, Dante, he is still determined to become the best basketball player in town. At first, he is bullied by Dante and forced to be benched off to the side, while he is benched, he gets inspiration to stand up for himself and…show more content… Even though she has talent and passion, her father still opposes her dreams and aspirations, causing tension and frustration between her and her father. In hopes of getting into her dream school, she creates an art project of her father's idol, Michael Jordan. Doing this shows independence and determination to pursue her future career. When she confronts her father with evidence of her talent and her determination, she hopes to change his opinion about his opposed feelings towards art
