The person I look up to

One of the people I look up to would be Walter Payton. Walter was a great football player as that is shown by the many records he holds. He was a good football player because of his strength, agility, and determination. The traits also helped him be great off the field too. Walter founded foundations and charities such as the WCPF and the Walter Payton cancer fund. Walter has many records in the NFL from his astonishing football career. Walter was a great football player in college when he went to Jackson State University. He was a great football player and could have gotten a scholarship to a big southeastern college but being that he was an African-American, they wouldn’t offer him a scholarship. Later in time his amazing college career would have him inducted into the college football hall of fame and also the black college football hall of fame. Walter was drafted #4 pick overall in the 1975 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. In his first season in the NFL, he did not have very many rushing yards or touchdowns, but determined to do better Walter rushed for over 1,000 yards in the 1976 season with also 17 touchdowns. As the years went by, he kept on improving his football game to the point of him breaking many NFL records. Walter played with the bears his whole career, until his 1987 retirement. His determination throughout his career caused him to win awards like playing in the pro bowl and being inducted into the hall of fame. After his career his charities and foundations still help everyone today even after his death in 1999. I look up to Walter Payton because he is a good role model on the field and off, he inspires me through his football ability and his charities and foundations that he has made.

Book Report: Part 2

I just finished the book Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien. I still think the book was a good book. I already told you about what happens in the beginning of the book. After she meets the man that came to her house and they start farming, things start to go downhill. Ann is sleeping one night and the man comes over her breathing heavily and when something bad is about to happen, she jumps, hits him and runs. Ann lives in the hills in her village for a while until she feels safe. The man comes looking for her several times and brings Ann’s dog with him. Ann’s dog ends up dying in the end. While Ann is living in the hills, she starts to run out of food so she goes to get more at the store. When she gets there, she realizes that the man is locking the door on the store so she can’t get in and will have to come to him for food. Ann figures this out and goes back to the house, and when she is close to the house, the man shoots her in the leg. Ann wobbles away back to the caves, and rests her leg for a while. Through her time in the cave, Ann thinks up a plan to steal the man’s anti-radioactive suit and cart to go find another place to go or live. Ann eventually steals the man’s materials and leaves him a note saying meet me at the big rock. He comes there and she tells him she is leaving and Ann leaves to find another house, valley, or other people. I would still recommend this book to people who like mysteries, survival, and suspenseful books. This book would probably get an 8 ½ to a 9 overall because it was a very good book and it kept me interested.

Book Report: Part 1

I am reading the book Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien. The book is about a girl named Ann Burden who is sixteen years old and lives by herself on her parents farm. She is living there by herself because her family is taken from her by the nuclear war that everyone else has perished because of. She thinks no one is out there until a strange man in a green suit appears and gets sick after drinking water from a radioactive river. Ann isn’t sure whether to go help him because she doesn’t know if he is mean, nice, or dangerous.

She eventually goes and helps him and they become friends. Ann and the man start growing things after they fix the farm’s tractor. I have only gotten that far in the book. I think the book is really interesting so far and it keeps you really intrigued throughout the book. I like how the book keeps you reading and it is supenseful from the beginning. If I had to rate the book, I would probably rate it a nine out of ten, because the book is interesting but may get a little bit boring if you don’t like suspense or survival. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense, survival, or mystery generes. I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone who doesn’t like supense, survival, or mystery books because that is what the book is like. It keeps supense, while it tells a story of survival that is mysterious.