There were 2.402 people killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This event changed history. Authors can use this history to change the way we see it in book. In the book Into The Killing Seas By Michael Spradlin uses this history very acutely. This book is accurate because of its shark attacks, as how the USS Indianapolis sunk.…
Striking Gridiron Striking Gridiron is a book written by Greg Nicholas and it tells about a football team in the town of Braddock, Pennsylvania . During this time was one of Americas biggest labor stoppages in history. Many workers went on strike, and with no money coming in they looked to their football team, the Braddock Tigers. This team was very talented and was looking for their 6th undefeated season and so were all the steel workers because they bet their last dollars on this team in hopes of them winning and getting out of the steel mills. They did in fact win their 6th season undefeated and this book not only portrays the football team but also a small American town during the hardest times of its people.…
This book revolves around a family with two teenage boys, a mother, and father. Both sons are obsessed with football. The older son Lloyd Brodie, although tough, never advances beyond the Jayvee level and quits his Senior Year. It's all downhill from there, as he drops out of school and spends his time smoking pot and bumming around the house. The reader isn't sure if his denseness is drug induced or due to brain injury, but the author portrays him as a…
The book I read was Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica. This book shows many different struggles Nate and Abby go through leading up to a throw that could change both of their lives completely. I learned that no matter how difficult a situation is, always think about the good and never give up on anything. Nate and his family, and eventually Abby’s are in some very tough battles with money. Throughout the book, this creates Abby’s and Nate’s bond even tighter by learning more about each other.…
The book Gym Candy by Carl deuker is about a boy named Mike Johnson who struggles with trying to make his dad proud of him by playing football and being the best on the team. Mike soon thinks that the only way to become stronger is by steroids. This idea came from his personal trainer Peter Volz. This eventually leads to mike using it and makes him addicted leading to one very intriguing story.…
Intro: Today I will be talking about Off The Rim Details: The author of this book is Fred Bowen. Fred Bowen was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a seaside town north of Boston. His wife was a reporter on a local paper, she suggested that I try writing movie reviews.…
Deadline by Chris Crutcher is about a boy names Ben who is eighteen years old, a senior in high school and lives in a small town in Idaho. One day when Ben went for his sports physical his doctors tells him that he has a blood disease and only has less then a year to live. Ben decided not to tell anyone about his disease and to not take treatments. The doctor wasn’t very happy about Ben’s decision, but there was nothing he could do about it, because Ben was eighteen and could legally make his own decisions. Normally Ben would run in cross-country, but since he knows that his time here on earth is cut short he decided to join the football team instead.…
Right before the game, Richie walker walks in with crutches with Ali who picked him up from the hospital. Once the crowd recognized who it was, they gave him a standing ovation. The game’s very close and the third best player now that Ty has joined Colby, is out of her head and about to foul out. Danny and Ty’s hope to win is slowly fading away until they look over to the crowd and see a spark of inspiration, Ty’s dad has sat beside Danny’s dad and they realize if those two can sit by eachother, anything’s possible. Of course, like any underdog story they win the game 34 to 32 and make a statement for the little guy.…
Gavin Hoben Mrs. Williams English 9 CP 17 September 2017 Summer Reading Project- Shoot-Out By: Mike Lupica Summary: The book I read over the summer was called Shoot-Out written by Mike Lupica. This inspiring story is about a soccer player named Jake Stuart. The story begins with main character interacting with his first conflict.…
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Essay Since the introduction of computers, they have served me for numerous purposes. In his book The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, Nicholas Carr suggests that even though the internet is an important tool, it is also a distraction causing users to be less attentive people.…
His knowledge and predictability have reporters questioning whether he is cheating or not. He has to battle through these cheating allegations and help the Falcons through the NFL playoffs. Troy attempts to explain that he isn’t stealing plays from the opposing teams, but a reporter named, Peele, doesn’t care and manipulates his words, putting it all into an article for the company he works for. In the book, Peele, the reporter, asks for an interview with Troy.…
Remember The Titans is a movie based on a true story of a football team in Alexandria, Virginia. It was 1971, and T.C. Williams High School has just integrated. This doing created confusion in the town of Alexandria but especially in the football team which came from glorious days captained by coach Yoast (Will Patton) and formed by white players only. The school board decided to bring in a new coach, Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) in order to make the new team merge racially successfully. The movie is divided in two main narratives.…
Julius was the one person he was asking to see. Bierer, the white player tells the nurse to let him in because he is my “brother.” The Titans go on to winning the championship game. As mentioned previously, there are various issues that are brought up in the movie.…
The Backfield Package by Thomas J. Dygard is a fiction sports story about a football team that has a chance to win the Rend Lake Conference championship in back to back seasons. The story mainly focuses on four players Joe Mitchell the quarterback, Tracy Jackson a wide receiver, Coley Brewster a running back, and Lew Preston the fullback and where these players will decide to go to college to play football at. The time that this story goes on is unknown, but I would assume that the time is sometime in the nineties or pretty close to there. The story takes place though in southern Illinois at a small high school named Hillcrest High.…
Although Troy proclaims Cory’s inability to make a living with football, this is not his sole purpose for not supporting his son. Troy is unable to celebrate his son’s potential success in football because Troy’s career in baseball ended without acceptance into the major leagues. Rose explains “Times have changed since you was playing baseball, Troy. That was before the war. Times have changed a lot since then.”…