In the novel I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, the text relates to today’s world movement of major league athletes becoming openly gay. The novel follows the story of two twins, Noah and Jude. Noah being a boy and Jude being a girl. Noah is more focused on his art, while Jude spends her time hanging out with boys by the beach. However, after their mom dies in a fatal car crash, their life is changed forever. Noah now sees no point in continuing his artwork, after he learns that only Jude was accepted into his dream art school. The story follows the heartbreak of two siblings who begin to see that their mom had intertwined their lives with people who she believed they were destined to meet. She believed that Noah was destined to meet Brian,
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After spending nights gazing at the stars and taking walks in the forest, Noah and Brian both stubbornly admit that they love each other. However, Brian becomes worried that his teammates and student body will never treat him the same way. Brian says to Noah “It’d be the end. Of everything. My athletic scholarship at Forrester…” (Nelson, 273). Brian makes Noah promise to not tell anyone his secret, he is convinced it would ruin his life. However, as the book progresses, it becomes known that Brian became a hero in his town after coming out in front of his peers at a pep rally. Likewise, Michael Sam admits to having a hard admitting he was gay to his teammates. As a top NFL prospect he said, “It's a big deal. No one has done this before. And it's kind of a nervous process, but I know what I want to be ... I want to be a football player in the NFL” (Ellis). After telling the world he was openly gay, Sam went on to win the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 2014 for his courageous announcement (Huguenin). Both Brian and Michael Sam learned to be true to themselves, despite other’s opinions.
In conclusion, I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson relates to today’s world movement of major league athletes becoming openly gay. Specifically, the character Brian in I’ll Give You the Sun connects to Michael Sam becoming the first gay All-American college football
After spending nights gazing at the stars and taking walks in the forest, Noah and Brian both stubbornly admit that they love each other. However, Brian becomes worried that his teammates and student body will never treat him the same way. Brian says to Noah “It’d be the end. Of everything. My athletic scholarship at Forrester…” (Nelson, 273). Brian makes Noah promise to not tell anyone his secret, he is convinced it would ruin his life. However, as the book progresses, it becomes known that Brian became a hero in his town after coming out in front of his peers at a pep rally. Likewise, Michael Sam admits to having a hard admitting he was gay to his teammates. As a top NFL prospect he said, “It's a big deal. No one has done this before. And it's kind of a nervous process, but I know what I want to be ... I want to be a football player in the NFL” (Ellis). After telling the world he was openly gay, Sam went on to win the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 2014 for his courageous announcement (Huguenin). Both Brian and Michael Sam learned to be true to themselves, despite other’s opinions.
In conclusion, I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson relates to today’s world movement of major league athletes becoming openly gay. Specifically, the character Brian in I’ll Give You the Sun connects to Michael Sam becoming the first gay All-American college football