THE MILLION DOLLAR THROW

The Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica, is about a 13 year old boy named Nate Brody. Nate Brody is a huge Tom Brady fan and loves to play football. Nate is the best quarter back in the state and wants to take a chance in making the"the million dollar throw". The million dollar throw is going to happen at a New England Patriots game. The goal is that Nate has to make the foot ball go through a ten inch hole from 20 yards away. The task is very difficult and he has his doubts but he somewhat belives he can make it.

 Nate's bestfriend Abby is always inspiring Nate to do better. Abby is a very inspiring person. She makes Nate try his hardest and helps him strive to do better. Abby tries to practice with Nate, but he doesn't play his best with her because she is a girl. Abby is like a mother figure to Nate. She does everything in her power to help him do his best. She is a very good friend and partner to Nate. If it weren't for her Nate wouldn't have made it as far as he did. Nate loves Abby. The reason Nate trys so hard is because of her.

Abby got hurt so she couldn't make it to the Football game. Nate was sad, but he knew what he had to do. He enjoyed watching the game but became very serious when the half time show came. Nate was very nervous, but when it was his turn he focused and sure and behold the ball went in through the hole. 

One of My favorite reading responses was by Taiseer Uddin. I liked his reading response because it contained good textual evidence. For example Taiseer explains what the main character Hannah went through in her life that made her want to commit suicide. He gives some examples on the reason why and concluded the last reason clearly and thoroughly. Overall I loved Taiseer's readers response!!!

Another Readers response I liked was Christopher Pham's. Chris and I did the same book and had some similarities and differences. His piece contained much detail, and you can tell it took much dedication and hard work to make the piece. He explained Steve's Jobs life style pretty accurately and put many bonus facts. His piece made me want to continue reading and helped my see some of the things i could have added. It was a great piece as well.

  STEVE JOBS THE MAN WHO THOUGHT 

                            DIFFERENT
In the Book "Steve Jobs the man who thought different", a biography by Karen Blumenthal, it explains what Steve went through and achieved in his life. In the book it explains how Steve Jobs was adopted. His parents names where Clara and Paul Jobs. Steve jobs was originally named Steven Jobs."Knowing I was adopted made me feel more independent" Steve Jobs said to his biographer. He had no problem knowing he was adopted and said he never felt abandoned, it mad him feel "special". Clara worked as an accountant and Paul was a coast guard Veteran. They lived in a mountain view within California in Silicon Valley.

  Jobs and his father would work on electronics in the garage. As time went by Steve Grew a passion for electronics and wanted to make his own. This eventually led into meeting his partner Steve Wozniak. Steve Wozniak was a brilliant computer engineer. Him and Steve both had a passion for electronics, such as computers. After High School Jobs attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Eventually Steve ended up dropping out of the college six months after joining. In 1972 the game pong came out on the Atari system. Steve loved that game. In 1974 he decided to join the company. Several months later he left Atari to find spiritual enlightenment in India. After he found enlightenment, in 1976 Wozniak and himself decided to start their own business, which is now known as apple. They Started in the Garage of Steve Jobs. After much hard work and dedication they finally conducted their first working machine, known as the Macintosh. 

 Jobs and Woz made a series of computers that they believed were going to be marketed for six hundred sixty six dollars and sixty six cents. Their first computer the Apple 1 (Mac I) was a partial success, but the Apple 2 sales skyrocketed and was a complete success, sales increased by 700 percent. The Company made 774,000 dollars for apple 1 and and 139 million for the apple.

In 1980 apple computers became a huge trademark, with a value of 1.2 Billion dollars. Jobs needed a president for Apple so he decided to meet with John Scully, a marketing expert at pepsi-cola. Jobs decided to give Scully the job of being president at apple because of his marketing expertise. 

The next products made by apple in the next couple years had many design flaws. Customers had returned the product back because of the quality and errors found in the machine. Apples main rival was PC. The owner and creator of PC, Bill Gates, was a close friend, but also the worst enemy of Steve Jobs. PC was a more successful business and had much more sale production but apple was special. It was different from all other companies. 

Steve was eventually kicked out of apple for unfriendly conduct. Steve Jobs felt hurt being kicked out of his own company, but he didn't want his career to end there. To him money was no object, he only loved creating his own inventions. This eventually led into making the company NeXT. Steve wanted a life purpose so he tried to create another computer. The computers weren't making as much money as the macs, but that all changed when Pixar joined their forces. Pixar used Steve's "NeXT" creation to make all the Pixar films we know and love, such as the Incredibles, Finding Nemo, and Toy Story. Another person he partnered with was George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, and Indiana Jones. While Jobs business is a huge a success Mac's profits are dropping to the ground. Apple decides to hire Jobs back, so Steve decides to sell NeXT to Pixar. 

Steve Jobs ended up creating many famous products that are used in our everyday lives such as the iphone, ipod, ipad, and mac books. Steve Jobs was a legend. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, he fought the battle for a long time until his body couldn't handle the struggle anymore. The battle was fought for about five years. Steve Jobs life was very successful. His  life had its ups and downs, but he died as a happy man.