protagonist has to overcome. The first of his problems was to get through school in his poor South African ghetto. The second was to achieve his goal and receive a tennis scholarship to an American college.

Mark's father is one of the major antagonist, he was opposed anything to do with Mark getting an education in a school. He was a very traditional man and he didn't like anything that had to do with the "white man". He thought it was nonsense to get a whiteman's education and he wouldn't provide the money that was necessary to get Mark through school. Mark was helped through this situation by his Mother who was the person who wanted Mark so desperately to attend school. She decided to go against Mark's Father and send Mark to school. She then had to get a job which was illegal for her to do so because she didn't

have the required pass from the South African government. With the little money that his mother made and some money that his grandmother gave him he was

manger of the company, he decides to accept this job for the time being because his family needed the money to send his brothers and sisters to school. Mark end up successfully making it through school and ending up being one of the top in his class.

apply to many American colleges. Through Mark's own inner strength and self

determination he achieves his goal and he received a full college scholarship to an American college.

asked to play in it as a native African player to show to the rest of the world that the apartheid laws separating the native Africans were being changed. This was not true though, the native Africans were being allowed to play in only a few selected tournaments as examples. Since this was not fair to the native Afr

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