Summary: The Only Game, by Mike Lupica, is about a 6th grade boy named Jack that is very good at baseball. When the book starts out Jack and his old team mates are very excited that baseball season is just about to start up again. They all are out on the field explaining how it looks and smells so great. Then the day arrives that they had all been waiting for, tryouts. Jack explains how it is great to be back at it with his best friend Gus. After tryouts they found out who all made the team and it was basically the same team that they had last year. This year was supposed to be the year that they win the Little League World Series. They had all the offence and defense they needed to go all the way. Last year’s team made it to the World series …show more content…
Jack is the biggest character in this book. Jack is a 12-year-old boy that is very good at baseball and very passionate about it as well. He lives in a fairly big city in New York called, Walton. His family has lived there his whole life and the baseball tradition kept on. His father played for the same baseball team that jack is playing for when he was a young kid. Jack was described in the book as big tall, average build, blonde hair, and a good head on his shoulders. Jack’s personality wasn’t really noticeable until later in the book. At the beginning of the book he was just an average kid that loved to play baseball. He had his normal friends that he hung out with every day and an older brother that he really looked up to. Jack loved his friends and his family just as much as he loved baseball. Then one day when jack got home his mother and father were crying and when he asked why they were crying they said that his brother had died is a tragic motorcycle accident. This tore Jack up inside more than anyone would have ever thought. As a result of his brother’s death he quit baseball and shunned some of his friends. When he did this he come to get really close to a girl that he started hanging out with. Her name was Cassie and she was the reason he was able to hold it all
Jack is "a twentysomething wage slave" of the late 20th century who bases his identity in his material possessions (Smith 58). The scene in his apartment where he discusses the type of things that he owns illustrates this point, and shows that he thinks he can find happiness and identity in these items. As he walks through the apartment it is portrayed as an Ikea catalog with his possessions having product descriptions and prices underneath them. This illustrates the fact that Jack is trying to find happiness through materialism, which proves to be a very hollow lifestyle to partake in and serves as the main catalyst for the creation of Tyler.
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 .
By comparing and contrasting the characters of Jack and Ralph it allows the reader to fully understand their characters and how each develops throughout the novel. Once this has been achieved the reason the rivalry occurs becomes evident and the novel’s most important qualities and themes emerge from these two characters. It is then that we are able to see why Ralph and Jack’s friendship can never develop into anything but rivalry.
The setting is essential to make the plot convincing in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. For instance, General Zaroff makes a false channel to make ships sink, so he can get his prey. Ships will believe that the channel is clear of rocks. Zaroff shows Rainsford the lights out on the water, and states “‘They indicate a channel, . . . where there's none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide open jaws”’(8). The false channel provides General Zaroff with his prey for the game because when ships sink as a result of the channel, the passengers aboard must swim to the nearest island making them Zaroff's prey. Another reason the setting is necessary for the plot to work is that the story is on
In the book Dangerous Game there is 3 main character. Sean and Rita and they are looking for Tom. The are playing hide and seek and throwing paint at the one that is hiding. Sean and Rita threw the paint at the same time at Tom. Rita was arguing with sean that she hit Tom first. They were arguing and Rita got mad and she ran away. Then Tom Said its ok to Sean and told Sean that she is just like that when every she gets mad. Then Tom and Sean went to the car and went to a restaurant. They went to sit with their friends and they saw Rita their to. After that Sean said sorry to Rita and they became best friends. Then they flipped a coin and said who ever gets picked then they tag. After they flipped the coin, Sean was chosen. The next day when
... narrator, those events triggered a moment of hesitation where the narrator had to make a choice, leave his old lifestyle and pursue a relationship with the girl, or he can continue his free lancing and not take things seriously. The narrator changes, but the girl becomes what he was, a seventeen year old who doesn’t take things seriously. When Holden gives Phoebe his red hunting hat, he is making her the next ‘catcher in the rye’. He grows into adulthood and he takes Phoebe as his replacement by giving her the red hunting hat, which symbolizes the role. Both Holden and the narrator grow into new roles and give up their old roles to women. Although, they both give up their roles and grow into adulthood to the same women who helped and influenced them to grow up. These characters helped the protagonists overcome their fear of change and finally turn them into adults.
Throughout the novel Nick is Jay's shoulder to cry on after being rejected by Daisy. Jay becomes angry with himself and admits to Nick that he was using him to get to Daisy. Nick does not become too upset with whole situation but rather he is grateful that he was able to meet a large amount of people. Gatsby has trouble reuniting with daisy because Daisy is with a successful man, Tom. Daisy does too have feelings for Jay but she does her best not to show her. Gatsby later states that Daisy is the only thing that will make him happy, which enhances the theme of the story that all the success and riches in world does not guarantee happiness. The characters in the novel can best be described as round characters, who change over time. The characters are all revealed through Nick's descriptions and all have unique qualities and complex upbringings in life. There are about eight major characters with the protagonist being Jay Gatsby and the antagonist being Tom Buchanan. The other characters in the the book all have their part in the novel but are mainly friends of Jay that he has met at his parties and past
The setting of “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is so essential to make the plot credible because without it, the situation would not be as challenging for the main characters. For example, Ship-Trap Island is a very isolated island. The isolation of the island contributes to the plot as it creates a slim chance of rescue and of escape. The sharp rocks around the island assure that people cannot swim away from the island, and that many ships dread the shore. Many thoughts are zooming through Rainsford’s head when he realizes that “He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations must take place within that frame”(11). Here,
In the book Wonder I can empathize with Jack the most because we both look at someone for who they are not at actions or physical appearance. Jack doesn’t care about looks or actions and is close friends with someone who is different. At first it is difficult to be friends with someone that you aren't used to, but after a while, Jack learned to love August “ If all the guys in the fifth grade were lined up against a wall and I got to choose one… I would choose August” who he considers his best friend(143). Jack was only friends with Auggie because he had to be, but after a while he got to know Auggie, and Jack realized he was just a normal kid. Jack doesn’t care about how August looks, but how he is a cool, nice kid who is a good friend. Since
Kyle is a baseball player at Danny’s school. He is the best high school player in the nation, and every team wants him. He is a very strong hitter, and he is the only person Danny couldn’t strike out in the book. I had him play for the Los Angeles Dodgers because Kyle is a hotshot. The Dodgers are full of players who are full of themselves and think they are the best. The Dodgers are extremely popular and are often looked at as the best team. Therefore, Kyle would be the perfect match for the Dodgers. I had Kyle play in left field because left field is usually where the majority of the balls that make it to the outfield go. Kyle is a great player, so he could probably handle the pressure of being where all of the balls would be hit to. He is number four because he is a character I didn’t like. Since I don’t like even numbers, I made him have an even number as his team number. I chose Ryan Phillippe to play Kyle. While reading, I pictured Kyle to be attractive and to be a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. In every way, he seems like the perfect man. Ryan Phillippe has blonde hair and blue eyes, and he is exactly what I imagined Kyle to look like. I pictured Kyle to be 6’4 and 200 pounds while reading. He seems like a conventional player, so I had him bat and throw with his right arm. He is from San Diego, and his favorite activities and description are both based off of how Danny describes him. He seems like a hotshot, so I tried to make him seem like one. I also mention how he helped Danny grow as a
Jacks mother is concerned that jack will never amend to his new school. She believes that he will be bullied or will become a bully, which will cause harm to him or others.
Jack is the id in this novel and he is the most basic part of the personality. The id wants instant relish for wants and needs. If these needs are not met the person becomes very anxious,
Rob, the main character, who is 15, is planning to attend a boarding school in Connecticut. He knows that it won’t be easy for him to succeed since this school gives the best education and also since he is the first black student in the school's history. Rob and his personality relate to the theme of this book because throughout the school year Rob has to get through all the hardships that happened including leaving Paulette home when he had to go back to school, Vinnie leaving, and Rob and Gordie’s encounter with Malcolm X. He also had to remember to work hard for what he wants and he wants to prove himself and escape the segregated south. When Rob’s friend Russell asked him if he wanted to come to the sit-in, Rob replied with “I’ll be there, wouldn’t miss it for the world.”. This shows that Rob is working hard
On the other hand, the protagonist’s name in TS is Jack Torrance. At first, readers build empathy towards this character considering Jack happens to be a normal individual confronted with similar situations of everyday life. The different themes explored in TS evolve around real social concerns such as family matters, alcoholism, violence, child abuse and insanity. Motives of selfishness in a battle against nurturing behaviours are what confront Jack in his decision-making. Clasen argues that these conflicts ‘are rooted in human nature and reflect evolutionarily recurrent adaptive problems’ (Hauntings of Human Nature 3). The shifting points of view push readers to change their mind rapidly about the protagonist. Unreliability and evilness reside
Dan’s naivete towards Jack 's sexuality is the conflict in their relationship. His inability to accept his son is the reason why their relationship is so complicated. Dan, caught off guard when faced with his son and another boy together, loses his temper and their relationship is compromised forever. This event makes him reevaluate his parenting behavior and the role he will play in his son’s future. What hurt Dan the most, was not being in jail, but the realization that he did not know his family, and that he was ignorant of even the most obvious things. That day he lost both his freedom and his family, thus fueling his dedication to do right by his son. He resolves, after his symbolic road trip with Cam, to make a grand gesture towards his