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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
How to run 100 miles is a video directed by Brendon Leonard. It is a story based on the journey of two friends running 100 miles. They faced a lot of problems. Jayson got kicked out of school and the councillor said to him “that school is not for people like him”. Jayson went to community college and got a degree as a motivational speaker. When Jayson was 3 year old his mom divorced his dad mom had to look after six children and she never gave up even when things were very hard. Jayson has dyslexia,he was bullied at school he was always fighting he join the wrestling team and didn’t win a competition until after two years. Jayson never gave up.
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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
The writer's purpose for us to inspire us to “Never give up” like Jayson, how he struggled in his life and he proved that there is nothing that people can’t do. Jayson encourages people to do well. Brendan said in the video that “He doesn’t like running but he likes a challenge ”the writer's purpose for us is to show us how true friendship and supporting each other is. Support also comes from friends and family.
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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
I thought the movie was good because it inspired me to never give up and the friendship that Jayson and Brendon had was strong.Towards training for the race they supported each other. One of the things Jayson said was “Never think of things you can’t do, think of the things that you can do ”, that quote took my attention because it made me think, to not think about the negative things but focus on the positive things.
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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
At the beginning of the video, I felt that the video will be boring but I carried on watching it during the video. I changed my mind and I thought Jayson has been struggling with a lot of things but he never gave up in the end it inspires me a lot to do my work and try hard to have a good education and a better future. The movie encourages me to not give up in my school work Brendon said “Training for a marathon is like training to do an exam at school”. I also liked what he said “You have to put the effort in and the only person who can do that is you”.
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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
The character that impressed me the most was Jayson. What happened with Jayson in high school when he was kicked out of school and his councillor said to him “ That school is not for people like him” but Jayson proved him wrong he got a degree as a motivational speaker at the community college. He became a successful person by motivating and inspiring people who have experienced what he went through in the past. Jayson never lets anything get to him as he is always positive and encouraging.
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| Photo by Brendon and Jayson |
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The story of Brendan and Jayson running 100 miles reminded me of my teacher, Mrs.Gopperth also told us about her story of running 100 miles with her friends. Both stories are pretty similar because Mrs.Gopperth also completed the entire race with her friends. Her friends were there to support her to finish the race and like Brendon and Jayson their friends were there to support them too. They supported each other and did not give up. It's the same when Mrs.Gopperth’s friends also supported her throughout the race and she completed it. In the movie lesson 2 says “It’s going to be a struggle at times” that way Brendon, Jayson and Mrs Gopperth were struggling to finish the race. They completed the race with their friends supporting them. What I learnt from this movie and Mrs Gopperth is they never gave up, they did their best with the help of friends supporting them.
