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"Was not all my thrill of a thousand races. In your blood...?"

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"Was not all my thrill of a thousand races. In your blood...?"

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SIENNA

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BO

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"I lurched with you out of the starting holes."

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It means that the narrator is most likely related with the character.

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It means that the narrator is most likely related with the character.

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SIENNA

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CHS

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Sarah

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Zion

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lines 30 - 35

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Focus and don't let anything get in your way.

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Focus and don't let anything get in your way.

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BO

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Do you remember
how you won
that last race

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Zion

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"Don't you think I lurched with you"

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He is saying that i taught you to run and he is applying that to his life

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How could he forget such a big accomploishment

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How could he forget such a big accomploishment

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CHS

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It matters because it shows how they are very very likely related.

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It matters because it shows how they are very very likely related.

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SIENNA

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This means that he was supporting and teaching the boy from the start.

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Not let anything get in your way and strive for success.

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Not let anything get in your way and strive for success.

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BO

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Zion

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The whole poem was based on his victory 

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The whole poem was based on his victory 

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CHS

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Author is saying to James that he has always been with James, if it's not physically with him

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"Do you remember how you won that last race...?"

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"Do you remember how you won that last race...?"

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ISLA

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This matters because we should all support each other in our life.

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It shows what the guy or girl is teaching james from a dif. gen.

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BO

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"Dig your starting holes deep and firm."

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Author is saying that he is always with James and he should know that

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CHS

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It means that the poem will most likely be about racing 

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It means that the poem will most likely be about racing 

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ISLA

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"Live...It's a short dash"

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Sarah

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It matters because it shows the main idea of the poem

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It matters because it shows the main idea of the poem

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ISLA

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CHS

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Author is saying to James that he should live his life to the fullest because life isn't forever

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This means that we should get a good start and build a firm base.

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though then finish line

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Do you remember you last victory

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The race should be the easiest to remember because it was the most recent 

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The race should be the easiest to remember because it was the most recent 

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CHS

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People will notice your work, and this will help start your great life goals.

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People will notice your work, and this will help start your great life goals.

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Sarah

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Think of only of your goal

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This matters because you should always have a strong base to get you to new levels.

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that the guy or girl taught him to keep trying.

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Try hard, don't let anything get in your way

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Try hard, don't let anything get in your way

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BO

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Author has a big influence on James; author might be a role model to James

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Strive forward and always try your hardest.

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Strive forward and always try your hardest.

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BO

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The guy or girl is teaching from an other generation

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"With all the power that is in you"

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It means if you stay focused on your goal you will accomplish more

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Author wants James to live a almost

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He might be trying to inspire the runner to try his best

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"As I have taught you to run, boy."

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"How your spikes ripped the cinders."

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"Run straight Run high Run hard Save nothing And finish"

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This tells me how hard he was working and running to win his races.

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This means that to never give up when you have a goal.

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"My sinews tightened At those first few Strides."

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James

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Having a goal to never give up matters in this text because in this story, it teaches that it is good to have a goal and to never give up.

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Run straight ... and Finish

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It matters because the narrator is James' mom/dad, so it will mean a lot to them if he wins the races literally and figuratively.

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What he is doing is running, and that is the only thing he should focus on that moment if he want to win.

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'live'

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It means to live life to the fullest and to not hold back.

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Dakota, Alyssa #2, Lizzy, Nora and Lauren

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Dakota, Alyssa #2, Lizzy, Nora and Lauren

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If people don't want to do their best, they wont try.

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It applies in the real world because people have goals, for example college, you go to college to get a degree so you can get a good job, so that is what you should focus most of your energy on.

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This means that when you have a goal and you want to give up you should keep pushing through and keep going and don't stop.

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"As I have taught you to run boy- It's a short dash."

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This means the speaker wasn't always good at racing.

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It means to give everything you have to try and win

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It matters because in life, everyone struggles and has hard times, but we have to push through and keep going in order to reach your goal.

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"I lurched with you out of those starting holes."

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People don't just start out really good at something.

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"How you flung your body... How you catapulted"

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When he says this he relates the race to his real life.

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This means that the narrator helped him get started in life and win the race.

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Run straight
Run high
Run hard

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"How you catapulted"

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In life if you do everything to the fullest you will be way better than not trying

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LiziBeth, Dakota, Lauren, Alyssa #2, Norm

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LiziBeth, Dakota, Lauren, Alyssa #2, Norm

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Through the tape ... to victory

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How your spikes ripped the cs. In the strecth... how you catapuled through the tape.

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It means that once you start something follow through and keep going and don't stop and finsih.

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This shows that you need to put all your energy into what you do, because in the end, it matters. If you don't try, you won't suceed in what you are doing.

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It matters because people need people to help them in life, and James has the narrator help him get started. This matters to the poem because it shows the relationship between the narrator and James.

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"Was not all my trill of a thousand races In your blood."

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This means that the boy is fast and moving through life easily.

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It means if he wants to win in the race he will have to run straight, run high and run hard

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when you put in effort it pays off

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This matters because the narrator is warning the child of the challenges to life.

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This matters because the narrator is warning the child of the challenges to life.

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Max

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It matters because when people first start something, you should finish it even though it gets challenging.

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His kid is not interested in racing.

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People don't always get interested in thing their parents did but have other interests

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"Was not all my thrill
Of a thousand races
In your blood...?
At your final drive
Through the finish line
Did not my shout
Tell of the
Triumphant ecstasy
Of victory...?"