As far as Justin knew, there was only one way out of his neighborhood:
basketball. So he ran with the ball like the hounds were chasing him. He could
drop any of the older guys at the court in a blaze of crossovers, fade aways, and
finger rolls, and the younger guys didn’t stand a chance. Justin saw his way out
and he ran for it. But the world has a funny way of changing right when you
think you’ve got things figured out, and that’s just what happened to Justin.
One day when Justin was shooting around at the local court, some guys from
another block ran up and asked to play. The big one in the middle said that he
had heard that Justin was the best and he wanted to see if it was true. Justin
said, “Nah, Man, I’m just shooting around with my cousin, I ain’t trying to get
all sweaty right now.” But the big guy was insistent, and Justin’s cousin was
bugging, “C’mon, Justin, drop this guy.” So Justin figured that he’d just do
what everyone wanted and play.
Justin was running all over the big guy and making his shots while he did it.
But just as the outcome of the game seemed certain, the big guy shoved Justin
as he went for a lay up. Justin went flying in just such a way that he managed to
tear up his right knee. The doctor said Justin might never play again, and if he
did play, he wouldn’t play the same. Justin was devastated.
The first six weeks, Justin just laid in bed with his leg in a long cast feeling like
a broomstick. He watched three reruns of The Simpsons every day and ate
potato chips until the bag was empty, and then he’d dig the salt and grease out
of the corner with his index finger.Justin blew up like a balloon as watched his
once bright future fadeway. Right when he reached the bottom of the pit of
despair, Justin’s sister, Kiki came home from the university.
She came in the house like a whirl of sunshine, bringing exciting tales of a far
away land called college. Justin was amazed and intrigued by the dorm room
dramas and campus craziness that Kiki told, but he could hardly believe any of
it. It was as if she were telling him about some fantasy land high above the
clouds. Justin gazed off dreamily as she spoke.
“Justin!” She interrupted his day dream. “Let me see your progress report.”
Justin was ashamed. His grades had really slumped since his injury. “Othis won’t do, J,” she said. “We’re going to have to get these up.” Well, Justin
was a pretty stubborn guy, but his older sister had a way of getting him to do
things that nobody else could. So, while she was home on break, they studied
together, and they talked, and they worked, and Justin felt better than he ever
had before.
After spending those weeks with his sister, Justin realized that he didn’t want to
feel bad for himself any more, and he didn’t want to quit. Basketball used to be
his thing, and he was good at it, but now there was only school, so he had to get
good at that. Justin passed through all his classes like a half-court trap. By the
time he got to senior year in high school, his GPA was hovering in the slam-
dunk position. The last thing that Justin had to do to get into the college of his
choice was score well on the ACT. Well wouldn’t you know it? Using the study
skills Justin had acquired from his sister, Justin scored a 24 on the ACT. That’s
not the highest score a person can get, but it was high enough for Justin. Now
he had his academic game together.
Though the recruiters never came to Justin’s door, every university that he
applied to accepted him; and when the fall came, Justin had his choice in
colleges. Though he’d miss his family, Justin decided to enroll in the sunniest
university in Hawaii, and nobody could say that Justin made a bad choice.
Q 1.1. What purpose did the author have while writing this?
Q1.2. To what subgenre does this text belong?
Q1.3. What is the conflict in the text?
Q1.4. What constitute to be the turning point in the story?
Q1.5. With what resolution does the story end?
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