My All American Analysis

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In my opinion, a movie with a persuasive message would be My All American, this movie is based on a true story, where a boy named Freddie Steinmark trains his whole life since childhood to play football. He's always thinking about football and his future with football, when he receives a college scholarship to play football, he's so excited and plans out his future to go pro, after aspiring to be the best, he finds out he has a tumor in his knee, he's devastated when he learns he won't have a future in football, and even more devastated when he finds out that he has to get his leg removed from the hip down. He never gives up, he still has hope, even once he finds out he has bone cancer, he keeps his hopes high. Freddie passed away at the age

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