What obstacles does Jamal have to overcome to succeed?

 

        Jamal had to overcome so many obstacles to succeed. Like many others black men in America he was born and raised in rough neighborhood of Bronx in New York where his surrounding is mostly have negative influence on him. The perception people have for these kids who grow up in this kind of neighborhood usually is negative and most people assume if you come from the “ghetto” you don’t have much contributed to society beside committing crime or gangbanging. Therefore, it’s very hard for young black males like Jamal to overcome obstacles and succeed also the resource is limited for young black men to make out their situation. However, Jamal understood his responsibility at young to not accept to failure and work hard to overcome and succeed. Beside public perception of his environment and the struggle of his neighborhood he also had to deal with the fact his father was not in his life since he was young child and rose by a single mother. Frederick Douglas once said, “If there is no struggles, there is no progress” and Jamal knew there would be great obstacles in front of him but he is also determined to succeed in life. Jamal would have easily taken different path just like many young men who grew up his neighborhood but instead he turned his pain into writing and playing basketball. Jamal had to overcome the darkness of his environment and the perception of the society.