In the poem My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke, the article Coming of Age Whether They like it or Not by Megan Rubiner Zinn, the novel Coach Wooden and Me by Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and my personal connection would playing sports or working while enjoying both it all comes down to choose one, all show coming of age through a common theme of making hard decisions that help their future decisions.
The connection between the two is coming of age by helping one achieve what they want, a bribe. In “My papa’s waltz” he stood by his father's side while in, ”The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy”(1-2). Coming of age whether they like it or not he respects the Jewish tradition. “He finally wrote a d’var Torah elegantly linking contemporary race-related incidents to the biblical stories of Adam & Eve and Cain & Abel.” (8 10-13) The reason these quotes help the theme is because both stories link together by understanding what will help them in the long run, their future. In the Coming of Age Whether They like it or Not text he does follows the tradition so he can drink out of the jug like his brother did. ”It was part of a ritual created by my older son, Charlie when he came home from his bar mitzvah service, chug-a-lugged the tea straight from the bottle, and proclaimed, “ I’m a man, I can drink for the man jug.” (1 6-13) This persuaded Theo to follow along with the Jewish tradition. While in My papa’s waltz he dances with his father. Only because he loves him through the whiskey on his breath hurts him the love he has for his father makes everything go away when he is with him. To conclude to make it help someone make it they might need that extra push (bribe) to help them out. The connection between the two is coming of age by understanding, In “Coming of age whether they like it or not” he shows understanding by following his family tradition even though it isn’t what he wants to do. “ Why force my son to do something he’d be very happy to skip.” While In “Coach Wooden and Me” Kareem understands how his coach's methods don't make sense but in the long run, he realizes what he is trying to say. “ A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” (Ch.2 opening) This shows how people can be stuck in their ways when it comes to doing things our parents/coaches wants us to do. Yet only a parent/ coach can tell you if you’re doing something truly wrong, just because they might have experienced it or for that reason, they’ve been around for a long time. Not realizing that the things they tell us to do can be beneficial for us in the long run. “ A coach’s primary function should not make better players, but to make better people.” (ch.1 opening)This quote ties nicely with the two text for the reason being, understanding adults want to …show more content…
“I felt guilty that I was living a privileged life playing basketball in California, studying at a top university, while other kids my age were being denied the same opportunities because of the color of their skin.”(4 7-11) My personal connection would play sports or work while enjoying both it all comes down to choose one, While I very much enjoy playing basketball for school and with my friends. Money has been my best friend since I was little. My parents told me I would always ask for a dollar from everyone. Then again basketball has been there since the start as well. Growing up I always said it would be cool to be on tv. By this I meant being in the NBA, later on I got into number only coming to realize the sats of making it into the NBA were slim to none only 1.3% of High school senior players are eventually drafted by an NBA team while about every 0.03% is the chance of getting four of a kind in the first round of draw poker. That’s just high school college is less than that. So then here comes money creeping back in my life for the steal so now I only play basketball during the school season while working the rest of the
The connection between the two is coming of age by helping one achieve what they want, a bribe. In “My papa’s waltz” he stood by his father's side while in, ”The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy”(1-2). Coming of age whether they like it or not he respects the Jewish tradition. “He finally wrote a d’var Torah elegantly linking contemporary race-related incidents to the biblical stories of Adam & Eve and Cain & Abel.” (8 10-13) The reason these quotes help the theme is because both stories link together by understanding what will help them in the long run, their future. In the Coming of Age Whether They like it or Not text he does follows the tradition so he can drink out of the jug like his brother did. ”It was part of a ritual created by my older son, Charlie when he came home from his bar mitzvah service, chug-a-lugged the tea straight from the bottle, and proclaimed, “ I’m a man, I can drink for the man jug.” (1 6-13) This persuaded Theo to follow along with the Jewish tradition. While in My papa’s waltz he dances with his father. Only because he loves him through the whiskey on his breath hurts him the love he has for his father makes everything go away when he is with him. To conclude to make it help someone make it they might need that extra push (bribe) to help them out. The connection between the two is coming of age by understanding, In “Coming of age whether they like it or not” he shows understanding by following his family tradition even though it isn’t what he wants to do. “ Why force my son to do something he’d be very happy to skip.” While In “Coach Wooden and Me” Kareem understands how his coach's methods don't make sense but in the long run, he realizes what he is trying to say. “ A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” (Ch.2 opening) This shows how people can be stuck in their ways when it comes to doing things our parents/coaches wants us to do. Yet only a parent/ coach can tell you if you’re doing something truly wrong, just because they might have experienced it or for that reason, they’ve been around for a long time. Not realizing that the things they tell us to do can be beneficial for us in the long run. “ A coach’s primary function should not make better players, but to make better people.” (ch.1 opening)This quote ties nicely with the two text for the reason being, understanding adults want to …show more content…
“I felt guilty that I was living a privileged life playing basketball in California, studying at a top university, while other kids my age were being denied the same opportunities because of the color of their skin.”(4 7-11) My personal connection would play sports or work while enjoying both it all comes down to choose one, While I very much enjoy playing basketball for school and with my friends. Money has been my best friend since I was little. My parents told me I would always ask for a dollar from everyone. Then again basketball has been there since the start as well. Growing up I always said it would be cool to be on tv. By this I meant being in the NBA, later on I got into number only coming to realize the sats of making it into the NBA were slim to none only 1.3% of High school senior players are eventually drafted by an NBA team while about every 0.03% is the chance of getting four of a kind in the first round of draw poker. That’s just high school college is less than that. So then here comes money creeping back in my life for the steal so now I only play basketball during the school season while working the rest of the