Setting – About 1884-85, most of story takes place at Baskerville
Hall in Devonshire. The introduction and the
conclusion of this classic mystery occur at Sherlock
Holmes’ residence on Baker Street in London.
Plot –
We begin our story on Baker Street where Holmes and Watson talk to James
Mortimer. He gives him the history of the Baskerville family starting with
Hugo, the first victim of the hound, all the way up to the most recent
slaying, of Sir Charles Baskerville. The next of kin is notified and he is
to carry on the family legacy and live his remaining years at Baskerville
hall in Devonshire. Now of course this was the place whereupon Sir Charles
Baskerville was slayed by this vicious hound.
As the story begins to develop, Holmes sends Watson to Devonshire with
Sir Henry to gather information on the recent murder. During his inquires
he came across many figures, there was a Mr.
Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams is a story about two young men who want to become basketball players in the NBA. The author Ben Joravsky wrote the book. The idea for the book came from the documentary movie, Hoop Dreams, which is a true story. Arthur Agee and William Gates are the names of the two boys who were followed from eighth grade to twelve grade to do the movie. Arthur Agee was a 5’6 125 pound guard from the playgrounds of Chicago when St Joseph recruiters saw him. Arthur was playing against guy’s three years older than he was and he was still the best in the neighborhood. Arthur’s parents Bo and Sheila Agee were very poor people who were on cocaine and could not support their family. Big Earl, the guy who recruited Arthur told his family that St. Joe’s would be able to pay Arthur’s tuition if he played basketball for them. Arthur went to St. Joe’s and met William Gates. They had become friends in grade school but had never really done anything together. Eventually William turned out to be the better player and all the attention and money was focused on him. Therefore, Arthur was booted out of St. Joe’s in the middle of the school year. He was forced to enroll at Marshall, the area public school. As a result, Arthur could see his dreams of the NBA were slipping away. Along with that, he couldn’t keep his grades up enough to attend a Division I school. He and the Marshall Commandos ended up going downstate Arthur’s senior year. They finished third in the state overall. Arthur ended up going to a junior college named Mineral Area in Flat River Mississippi. After his two years in Mississippi, Arthur received a scholarship to Arkansas State. He finished his degree in communications and he graduated. Arthur never did reach his dream of going to the NBA, at least yet. As you can see, it takes a lot for an inner city boy to try and reach his dream, but most of the time it never happens. William Gates was also 14 when he was recruited to go to St. Joseph. He and Arthur both had to wake up around 5:30 every morning so they could get on the subway to make it to school in time.