Let's all meet Mary Lou. A 17 year old girl who lives with her grandmother in a little town called west linkon. Mary and her grandmother doesn't have much, but Mary always try to make something out of nothing. Her grandmother is 75, she's very sick, and she can hardly do anything for herself. This being, hurts Mary more and more everyday, but she has to be strong and take care of her grandmother. Mary loves taking things apart and putting them together. Every since she was 10 she has been building this movie projector. Although she has not yet finished after all these years, she is determined to finish what she has started. It is now the 1780's, there are no electronic anything, so there is nothing to entertain them. Mary also love to write stories in her journal, and sometimes read them to her grandmother.…show more content… You should share these stories with someone, they would love your work!" Mary laughed. "Granny are you serious, or are you just messing around with me? Don't nobody got no time to be listening to no dumb black girl, they'll laugh at me." She said looking down at the floor. “Honey no one is going to laugh at you, I promise. So what you’re black, you're black and beautiful.. and TALENTED. Now go to bed my sweet baby, I love you sugar.” What her grandmother had said that night, stuck with her, and deep inside she knew she was absolutely right. So you want to know what ole Mary did? She started working on that movie projector, after going a whole year without touching it. Sadly, she has gave up on it, she thought it was a waste of time. Mary goal was to finish building that movie projector, and after she built it she would show it to someone, what she had
