A Story About a Middle Aged Man, The Sportswriter by Richard Ford

Frank was a doctor and Wesley and now the town’s sheriff. Frank was favored by Julian, the father/grandfather and David and Wesley knew.”I felt sorry for my father. It was the way I always felt when the two of them were together.”(24). When Marie was killed, Wesley arrested Frank and put him in the basement of his home and Julian was known in the town because he used to be the ex-sheriff tried to storm his own son’s house to break his other son out and told Wesley he was just jealous of Frank.”Ever since Frank came home in a uniform and you stayed here, you’ve been jealous, I saw

He then goes to the hospital to see Deborah Ann Kay and is deeply affected by it. He feels this is his chance to do something right and wants to provide fair justice for her instead of just taking the money. He doesn’t take the settlement or tell the Donaheys about it which he is supposed to tell them. He also stole mail from Maureen Rooney to get ahold of Kaitlin Costello Pryce. Frank did all of this because the end would justify the means. Even though some of the things he did weren’t right he wanted to do the right thing by providing justice for Deborah Ann Kay.

Frank needs something to protect. Cee, his dearly loved sister, take up this role for most of the novel. Concurrently, Frank satisfies his troubled need to care for someone and loves his sister. Willingly, Frank admits, “I’ve had only two regular women. I liked the small breakable thing inside each one. Wherever their personality, smarts, or looks, something soft lay in each…A little V…that I could break with a forefinger if I wanted to. But never did” (67-68), Frank expresses his obsession with weakness. Frank denotes this weakness as a small child to whom he is the parent. He handles it cautiously, cares for it, and provides a home for it. He needs it to feel needed, which happens to be a reoccurring theme throughout the novel. “When…I caught my reflection in a store window, I thought it was somebody else. Some dirty pitiful-looking guy…Right then, I decided to clean up” (69). In this moment, Frank’s search of his relationship with Lily begins from a forceful self-hatred that has presented itself since his deployment to Korea. After his relationship with Lily fades and

To begin, this story takes place in New Jersey. The author introduces Sam who is dealing with his mother Sandra. His solution to this problem is to persuade his father to sue. The author explains that he wanted to move with his father. The author also introduces us to Phyllis who is Sam’s father wife, which is now sam’s stepmother. The author mostly focuses on Sam and his mother Sandra the relationship between the two. Such as the shouting, smoking, bringing in different boyfriends every week. Also about the letter that Sam wrote his mother regards of his decision. “Everything!The cooking, the cleaning,the shouting . Everything!”[Schwartz pg. 87]. This quote refers back to the article about his mother Sandra. The most important detail provided by the author in the beginning of the story are important because they demonstrate that Sam persuades his father to sue his mother so

Frank morphs his personality into whatever someone wants him to be. To others he has the perfect family; however, he has a secret. When he is with Kenny he is rude to Tub. But when he is with Tub he seems to be himself. His affair with the babysitter is killing this supposed family man. He doesn't want to leave his wife simply because she's been good to him. The obvious reason of love isn't even mentioned in relation to his wife. When Frank tells Tub about true love it's as if he is a fifteen-year-old girl himself. The way he describes it one could easily imagine the same conversation happening in the girls' bathroom of a high school after a first kiss. "`Tub, have you ever been really in love?' `Well-' `I mean really in love.' He squeezed Tub's wrist. `With your whole being.' `I don't know. When you put it like that, I don't know.' `You haven't then. Nothing against you, but you'd know it if you had.' Frank let go of Tub's arm. `This isn't just some bit of fluff I'm talking about'" (Wolff 88). Frank is extremely immature. His views on life and love make it evident that he would make a connection with a fifteen-year-old. He believes that a friend should be

Clouds mugged the sun of light as the day progressed. Dusk filled the air on the baseball diamond where I would leave my legacy. Forth, was the championship game to be played, and the pressure of the starting pitcher, was not fazing me. In the zone, we said the Little League pledge. Jolts of excitement filled my muscles as I recited the piece that I know all too well. Warming up, I was controlled, and was ready to bring it. The game began with a bang. Strikeout after strikeout I fired, giving my all every single pitch. ‘BOOM’ went the glove after every pitch, whizzed right by the petrified batter. However, this was not much different for our team. Just two hits filled the board, I and my teammate Ian Keth. Scoring off of this was efficient,

Frank was in the war and got shot in his leg which makes him incapable to walk. The Georgia Flu, caused all the power to be out in the world, making life for Frank a struggle. Frank and his brother Jeevan have stayed in his apartment the whole time and never left because it will be very hard for Frank to live out in the new world and incapable to get him out of the apartment with no electricity. This is when Frank made a moral decision about committing suicide to give Jeevan a better life. “I think there’s just survival out there, Jeevan. I think you should go out there and try to

Janie and Mrs. Mallard both lead distinctive lives due to their beliefs, environment and health. At an early age Janie married Logan Killicks because of her grandmother’s dying wish (Hurston, 15). Janie soon left Killicks and married Joes Starks a prosperous man who’s desire was to become rich and well known (Hurston, 29). Starks passed away and Janie married a younger man than her named Tea Cake (Hurston 116). Janie left her home town with Teacake and had the privilege to travel to new places and experience freedom, love and happiness (Hurston, 131). A hurricane arrived to the muck and Teacake was bitten by a dog with rabbis, Teacake tried to kill Janie, and in self-defense Janie killed Teacake. After Teacake’s death Janie was able to “pull

1. How does Frank provide for his family while Angela is sick in bed? Are his actions justified?

Football is a game of passion, a time when nothing else matters and the only thing that matters is going out there having fun and fighting for the guy next to you. Football has always been something that I loved and had a wild passion for. I’ve made friendships and memories to last a life time and I can always be grateful that football did that for me. Now of course I’ve had some bad memories during football as well, I remember walking out of the film room on the last day of spring ball and having Coach Antle grab me and say “Gage, I think I want to try you at a new position, I want to put you at defensive end. We need you more there and we think you can really excel there.” I remember being so furious, I had played linebacker ever since I could remember and now the last day of spring ball my senior year everything was about to change.

In 1939, Frank fulfilled one of his lifelong dreams; he married his childhood sweetheart Nancy Barbato. He had three kids: Nancy Sandra, Franklin Wayne Emmanuel (Frank Jr.), and Christina. However, in 1949, Frank divorced Nancy after ten years of marriage because of an affair involving Frank and Ava Gardner. This ran his career into a severe crisis. He was fired from his radio show, Columbia wanted him out, and six months later his New York concerts flopped! To make matters worse, he lost his voice do to vocal cord

The story begins with the passage; “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.” The conflict of the story begins here. Mrs.

In the Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead, Frank met multiple people who changed his life. For instance, his family had an impact on his life. His father had not been there for him as he grew up, while his mother changed his last name to hers so Frank would not know he was Irish. John’s introduction into Frank’s life was what had truly ignited Frank’s anger. John was his mother’s new boyfriend, who eventually married his mother and raised two children with her. He also beat Frank as a child and would often call him stupid or mentally retarded. After for what seemed like a while, John convinced Frank’s mother to kick Frank out of the house, which she has responded accordingly to. He leaves to live with his cousin Shawn, who would introduce him to life as a skinhead. Shawn and his friends introduced and taught Frank about neo-nazi customs Frank became a skinhead. Frank’s cousin Nick was another huge element in his life, since he taught him many life lessons. An example of such is seen when Frank joins and takes part in Nick’s crew, which Nick then explains to Frank that he cannot protect him despite the fact that they are family. In addition to family, Frank also met more people that changed his life during his time in an Illinois prison. For example, his best friends in prison (Little G. and Jello) allowed him see the world without hatred and see that race or skin color does not make them any different from one another. Their words broadened Frank’s newly found

(page 115)” The author is explaining that his decisions should have been made more carefully but he was confident in himself and that he would not get caught if he kept moving. “Montpellier. That was my safe haven, I finally decided. And having made the decision, I didn’t give it a second thought. I should have. (page 214)” Additionally, the other idea was that if he settled down, the FBI would not find him as easily. In some cases, this worked, but staying in one place caused him to get caught and go to prison. He became confident and comfortable and thought he could stay. Confidence is a great trait to have, but over-confidence is where trouble begins. If Frank Abagnale Jr. had played it safe, he would not have gotten caught, at least not as easily. Overconfidence causes people to make foolish decisions and that clearly did in Frank's life. He never really hesitated to do his actions and took no second thoughts. His mind spoke to him and he would do it whatever it said. Overall, Frank is a static character who completes cons and is always running away from his

A major role in my life would definitely be sports. It is almost as if I look up to sports because I could not live without them. Sports pretty much define me as me. I love to play sports as well as watch all kinds of sports on T.V. and if I could ever go to a game and watch the players play live I would be thrilled. Basically sports define me because I am ambitious, I finish what I start, I set goals for myself, and I am a fierce competitor in which I love to win and I hate to lose. The greatest part about sports to me is living for the moment when the game is on the line and the pressure is on can you come through and make a play for your