Tuesday, March 30, 2010
reading blog 8
I have just started reading my new book for reading called Gym Candy. So far my main character to me has too much pressure on him at a young age. At age four his father is expecting him to zig zag like he is a professional athlete. From the title gym candy seems like steroids so I am guessing it is going to be so much pressure on the main charter to be good and follow after his father who had a great college career but didn’t work out in the pros. The main charter is probably going to be a running back one of the most ware and tare positions in the game of football one major injury and he could be done for a while. This is not the main charter fault. His father has corrupted his son mind so far that even when in pain from football he still takes it and say this is what football is about. Like a mother she worries and doesn’t want to see her son get seriously hurt like her husband was but she knows that football is in his hart and he won’t stop until he has nothing left in the tank. This relates to real life society portrays that if you not a model or athlete or even a rapper or singer you are not successful because you’re not on T.V. and do not have the fancy cars and clothes that they have. People go through life trying to be the best at what they do or their parents push them to do it.
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This really rings true. Even though this book seems to be about football and steroids, I think the real main point is that people need to learn how to be who they are and not try to push for more.
ReplyDeleteWhy does it seems like that most fathers push their kids to follow thier footsteps? Does this book relate to you in that perspective? Do you feel the desire to follow your father footsteps?
ReplyDeletei agree... seems like a good book
ReplyDeleteThoughtful. I am so frustrated when I see parents trying to live through their children. Look, you already had a shot at life, OK?
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