Literary Essay of A Pitch in Time
By Chazz Rohrer and Brandon Dickenson 6th hr 2-18-16
The book A Pitch in Time is a great book written by Robert A. Lytle about baseball in 1860's during the American Civil War that I highly recommend. A Pitch in Time is a book about a boy named Mac who travels back in time, and goes through some incredible challenges. Some of these challenges are playing 1860's rules for baseball, living with no plumbing, and the probably least favorite, dealing with a bully.
This book had a lot of action/adventure and here are some of those events. When Mac Dugan moves up north to Michigan. He is having the hardest time transitioning, he is even having trouble with baseball. Even though, at the end of the day he rides
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Before he goes there he ditches his bike and starts to run to the ball field and trips on an old rusty railroad stake. And he hits head hard on the pavement and got knocked out. He woke up in a strange place on a set of train tracks he looked off and saw people playing baseball. He also looked to the left and there was a train heading straight for him. He was "frozen" to the tracks yet some how leaped out of he way. Then he met the towns folk who invited him to play baseball. They played against the waterford la-te-das , and lost. Mac found out that old baseball rules are different than the modern day rules. After the game, everyone went to the town hall and they all had dinner. When the girl Mac met earlier told him that she was his girlfriend and that he might have to fight her old boyfriend, Tommy. It turns out, on his way home Mac met up with Tommy and his friends. Tommy went to hit Mac but he moved out of the way and hit Tommy back and broke Tommy's nose. Mac went on with Sally. Mac stayed at Sally's house and slept in her big brothers room Charlie Norton. He woke up the next day, and forgot he went back in time so he started talking in his southern accent and Charlie was right there and found …show more content…
A few reasons are, (1) Involves time travel. (2) Its also informational and teaches you the old rules about baseball and the Civil War. (3) It gives you the tension and feelings of the Civil War. The author also kept the ball rolling and it feels like the author puts you in the character's shoes. But some people disagree with me saying "It doesn't have enough action and doesn't make any sense." Or they think the book moves to slow and doesn't give enough detail. I sometimes say "Let people have their own opinion." Even though everyone has their, I stick up for my own and my opinion on A Pitch in
On their way home from school Jenny and Willie hook up. Then on the weekend, Jenny, Johnny, Willie and his family decide to go to the lake. Willie and Jenny set the table for a picnic when Johnny is out skiing. Willies mom complains about him never being safe enough. Next it is Willie's turn to water-ski. As Willie was doing a 360° turn, he caught the tips of his skis under the water and he crashed. Willies dad was in shock, Jenny had to give Willie mouth to mouth, and save his life. The left the boat, got into the vehicle, and drove to the hospital. Willie ends up with a speech impediment, and problems walking. He ends up doing crazy things, like acid, and drinking. He talks to a counselor whom he really likes. Willie does not want to go into a Special Ed class that the school is referring him to. He feels hopeless, and even jealous of his girlfriend for her athletics. He tries to play racquetball, but his dad gets frustrated with him. That night he hears his parents arguing over him. He hears his dad say that he thinks it would have been easier if Willie had died in the accident. From there he suspects Jenny and Petey of getting together, and finds out that they are.
This is a story of baseball and how it is a team sport. The book relates with the title by showing how this boy named Sandy Comstock that plays on the Grantville Raiders and has a big game coming up. It was against the Newtown Raptors. He wanted to beat them and become one of the best teams. By the time he knew it he ended up on the Newtown Raptors team and he was going to play is old team. It was kind of like a baseball turnaround.
But it's a book about people who are baseball players. The story evolves through their lives and the events of a baseball season. So it's an atmosphere that baseball lovers can relate to.
The book is significant in the sense that it gives even the current generation the knowledge of slavery, how it happened and the reason for slavery. It also shows us that whites and blacks are equal regardless of the skin colour. The point of equality is supported by the scene where Nat’s plans about freedom do not work but we understand that he had a lot of intelligence to plan that rebellion. This proves to us that blacks have equal intelligence as the whites since everyone being equal. The author tries to take us back to the ages of slavery and make us suffer with the slaves so as to feel how it was really like. The author succeeds in making us feel the pain and he succeeds in making us get that clear picture of what happened.
The most meaningful part of the book for me, was the sit-ins, a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met. The reason the sit-ins were so meaningful is that it really brought attention to how Americans were segregating the African Americas. Just as if you do nothing when a bully, whites, is picking on you, blacks, they will continue picking on you until you fight back. The sit-ins were a nonviolent way to show that they no longer will or have to take the abuse.
We have not yet covered this time period yet, but soon enough we will discuss those crucial years before the civil war in class. However this has still aided and enlightened my studies in American History. It gave me a more in-depth and closer look at the slavery issue and how absurd it was. It gave me a sense of the feelings of the people of the time that John Brown was alive. Enough was learned from this book that the time spent reading it can be justified. I enjoyed reading the book and would recommend it to some one who enjoys learning about that time period in history and the exciting actions and events of a good-hearted man devoting his life for a good cause.
If you like baseball and you need to find a good book, well here is one it's called Shoeless Joe and Me. It's about a kid name Shoeless Joe who's nickname is Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson played on the Chicago white sox in 1919. They were in the World Series but they lost it because of gambling which caused them to lose the series and they were suspended from baseball and could never play professional baseball again. It was Joe Jackson and a couple of his teammates. If you touched a Joe Jackson card you go back in time and change stuff .
I picked this one because I pitch for a baseball teams. There was kid named Nick Anglin that play's baseball. There was a kid named Nick Anglin that play's baseball. He is a pitcher for his baseball team. There was kid named Nick Anglin that play's baseball. There was a kid named Nick Anglin that play's baseball. He is a pitcher and he want to get better at his pitching. He had a class that was maker corps that was about technology so he focused on his pitching.
On a more superficial level, the fact that the novel has been deemed as "science fiction" opens it up to a greater audience. It is safe to say that the majority of people cannot relate to the troubles and scars of the antebellum south, in fact the only living persons who can purely relate are the descendents of slaves. And, even then, it is only on a secondary level, brought on by stories handed through the generations. The novel is seen through the eyes of a woman of the "modern" period of history, and centers itself on her counteraction. This gives the "fish out of water" quality of life. To this, the majority of us can sympathize. Most have been in a situation where things around are unfamiliar, thus forcing an adjustment in behavior. The adjustment that the main character Dana makes, though, is one that is very extreme. Clearly the time spent in the past made Dana much harder than she had been, she says, "If I’d had my knife, I would surely
A battle breaks out between Mac and Ratched, after this, Charlie Cheswick and Bromden are sent for electro-convulsive treatment. Billy has copulation with Candy. Ratched intimidates him that she will tell her about his long-term companionship with Candy to his mom. As an outcome of her threat, Billy is under pressure and commits suicide. McMurphy is blamed for Billy’s death. McMurphy gags Nurse severely and tries to kill her. Orderlies save Nurse from McMurphy. Ratched sends McMurphy for the treatment. When McMurphy comes back to the ward, the Chief finds him in a terrible state. When Chief finds Mac lethargic, he notices blemish marks on his head, which demonstrate Mac was given lobotomized
I really liked this book because of the stories it had in it, that really helped me understand how bad these times really were, and how the treatment was horrible. I read a lot of how strict they were which was a part of my essay.
...as nice to know what the book was talking about when it mentioned places, people, and battles like Cold Harbor, the Battle of Manassas, the Wilderness, Sergeant Evans, General Grant, “Bobby Lee”, etc. I liked the way the author ended the book, the fact that both his friend, Hank, and his father died, made it more realistic. If I were in his shoes, I probably would’ve run away to the army also. It’s sad how their barn house was burned by the Confederates. He must’ve thought there to be a lot of glory in the war to have run away instead of do chores at the farm. I’m sure a lot of young men at that time wanted to be a part of the war just like Jem and Hank. I admire how Jem loved his father so much, and wanted to follow him to the war. He didn’t want to only go into the war for the glory like his friend Hank, but he believed that the slaves should be set free. His family had their share of slaves, but in the book they were treated well. The details of Jem’s daily life as a soldier are interwoven with vivid depictions of actual battles and historical figures in this taut, fast-paced story. And that’s what I like about this book. It brings alive the realities of war and its aftermath.
The rising action of the story was when he would find friends and they would help him to realize certain things about himself. The biker that he met helped him get started on stars. One of the maids that he met on his trip had shown him kindness and through this, she taught him that u can always have a fresh start or second chance at life as long as you try hard enough. And the artist that he met at the ocean helped him learn that u shouldn’t always judge a book by its cover, there might be more to someone than you think.
...pposed to kiss Mary Elizabeth but he didn't so she broke up with Charlie) leaving him back at the start, with no friends. This was a bad time because Charlie begins to start going “bad” again which means he starts to have flashbacks, and he gets really depressed. He saves Patrick from a fight at school which is kind of like a forgiveness from his friends to let him hang out and talk to them again. Charlie helps Sam get into a college and soon all of his friends leave to go to college. He gets bad again and ends up going to the hospital. When Sam and Patrick come over to Charlie's house, this is like closure to Charlie and they drive through the tunnel for the closing page. I think that the author did a very good job in choosing when the events in the book would happen. It seemed like a teenagers life and he changed it up some so that the reader wouldn't get so bored.
is because in the time of when this book has been set it was a 'good