Karate Kid : Chatherine Grace

1.  What is the story about?

     Dre Parker was a 12 year old boy who was the only son of a widow named Sherry Parker who lived in the city of Detroit. Dre moved to Beijing, China because her mother got a job there. Dre was indeed fortunate, that Dre can meet the pretty violinist and student named Mei Ying. It gave rise to a sense of envy from other student called Cheng, with great kung fu skill. As a result, Dre was always bullied by Cheng and his friends.

      Mr. Han tried to solve the problem between Dre and Cheng with peace. Mr. Han and Dre came to the place Cheng practiced kung fu with Master Li, then asked Cheng and Master Li to make peace. But, their good intention was rejected by Master Li. Dre was threatened to be plagued by Cheng and his friends , except if Dre was willing to fight with Cheng in a Kung Fu tournament. There was no other choice, and Dre was forced to practice kungfu with Mr. Han.

       The awaited moment finally arrived. The Kung Fu tournament began. Cheng and Dre were equally good, so both of them were qualified for the semifinals. Cheng beat his semi-final opponent, so if Dre could defeat his opponent in the semifinals, he will meet Cheng in the final.

       In the semifinals, Master Li ordered his disciples to make Dre injured so he that could not appear in the final against Cheng. As a result, Dre had severe injuries. Disciple of Master Li was disqualified but severe injuries threatened Dre could not go ahead in the final. Fortunately with the help of traditional medicine, Mr. Han healed Dre so that he can appear in the final against Cheng. Dre and Cheng were equally strong, they collect the same scores in the final. Master Li ordered Cheng to attack Dre's foot to worsen his injuries. But Dre never give up, even just standing with one leg, he could beat Cheng with a unique kung fu technique.

2.  What can you learn from the story?

Don't ever give up before trying and always uplifting to achieve dreams. Try everything possible to escape from the problem, work hard, positive thinking is the best way to deal with a problem that could make the damage to yourself and others. Confidence is the conviction that would make a loss of fear with a case or issue that could disrupt and impede the course of life.