Friday Night Lights Character Analysis

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In the prologue of Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger, football team, Panther, has players who have fears/problems to overcome before a important game with their biggest rival the Midland Lee. The main characters include Boobie Miles who had dealt with a tragic accident on his knee the last game he played causing him to get surgery leading him to not play as well as he did before, Jerrod McDougal who knows he can’t make a collage team because of his height, Mike Winchell who lives in poverty with his mother, Ivory Christian who has a love/hate relationship with football, and Brian Chavez who is a gifted football player and student being on top in every class. Within the prologue, Bissinger, has both made fun and praised Odessa. For example, …show more content…

Just because you do not reach someone's liking does not mean you can still not accomplish your dreams, and that is exactly what McDougal is doing is.Also, I have lack of interest in Brian Chavez because he is gifted in both ways athletically and intelligently, so he has nothing to worry about if they don’t win the game, because he has tons of full ride scholarships waiting for him. One character that seemed heroic to me was Boobie Miles Uncle. When Boobie was little he went in and out of foster homes, until his Uncle, L.V. Miles, took him in.Thus, L.V. Miles is a hero for Boobie by saving him from foster homes, and setting a good example by teaching him useful things. The impression that Bissinger is giving to the readers is that not only is football an awesome sport, but that even if you have tough obstacles blocking you from your aspirations you should never surrender. For instance, Mike Winchell struggles with self-conscious about his family economic circumstances, but that doesn’t stop him from chasing his goal to defeat Midland Lee for a scholarship. Even though They didn’t win, if they did win getting the scholarship could have gotten him out of poverty and the prison of self-consciousness. This brings me to feeling empathy for Mike Winchell because I can relate feeling self-conscious maybe not economically, but in a way that I know suffering in that pain can pull you down to the point where you want to give

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