The Running Dream Speech

I am again reading The Running Dream, by Wendelin Van Draanen. I like this book because it shows many struggles of many people with different situations. You have Jessica a BK amputee, Fiona the best friend of Jessica who is learning how to help Jessica, Rosa a girl in the school who is seen as different because of her cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound, and so many more characters who all help Jessica back to recovery. In the book Jessica, a track star, loses the lower part of her leg in a bus accident, she then has to learn how to use a wheelchair and safely transfer from place to place while also learning how to manage pain. Then, she has to learn how to walk with the prosthetic which takes awhile seeing as it is nothing like walking with a real leg. Another challenge or struggle she faced was having to go …show more content…
It shows that no matter how big or small something that happens to you is, you can always overcome it and there will always be someone there to support you. Jessica is an inspiring character and truly shows what it is like to deal with something so tragic like that. The last paragraph says this “Eight months ago I couldn't do anything. This race has made me believe there's nothing I can't do. This is my new starting line”. In that he is showing how when she first got hurt she could barely do anything and how she set her mind to getting better so she got better, she tried and tried again until she succeeded. There was nothing that could stop her, not even losing a leg. Now that she can run again and she can walk this is just a new beginning. In The Running Dream, Wendelin Van Drannen teaches us that no matter how hard things get or how alone we feel, we can overcome anything and there is always someone there to help you achieve anything you set your mind to. Always believe in yourself, it’s the first step to