In the short story Cradle Hold by David Klass, a very young boy named Duke possesses many feminine qualities, such as preferring dolls over guns or books over the outdoors. Duke’s father Harry is very uncomfortable about this. He tries everything he can think of to change his son, But nothing works. Eventually Duke gets a girlfriend. Harry is very happy but far from pleased. One day Duke decides to try out for wrestling to make his father happy. Duke makes the team as an substitute. Harry travels to all of Duke's games even though he doesn't play most of the time. Duke makes his way up to the best wrestler in his school. He went the whole season undefeated. He was at the championships and made it to the finals. He was up against another …show more content…
“Harry bought thima long plastic sword, which Duke tossed into the bottom of his play chest, and a two-headed ax, which Duje traded to the boy three houses down for a large stuffed pink elephant. When Harry saw the elephant, he decided that things had gone to far and he’d better take matters into his own hands.” Harry has really had it with the way Duke is acting a feels like it has gone out of hand. A sudden change happens in the story … Duke tries out for the wrestling team. “Later that year, Duke surprised and delighted his father by going out for the high-school wrestling team. He was still a thin gawky kid—more elbows than shoulders—and it looked for a long time as though he was going to be cut, but he went to all the practices and called Coach Waterman “sir” and ended up making the junior varsity as a substitute at 135 pounds.” Duke makes the wrestling team as a substitute, His father Harry gets really excited and goes to every match even though Duke rarely plays.
Lastly there is lots of conflict that keeps the story interesting .Duke is mad at his dad for mailing him lose. “Duke ground his knuckles together in fury. “Why did you do that?” “I couldn't let him pin you. I just couldn't” “Well, I just cant take it any more.” “You’re leaving?” “For a while,” Duke said. “I’m gonna stay with a guy in the team. Al Gordon. His parents have a big house with a spare room. They said it would be
Despite being treated inferiorly at home and in the workplace, Duddy is resilient in working hard for money. While working with college boys, he is seen as inferior and someone who is ‘odd’, because of how poor he is. "Oh it, has a grandfather"(70), demonstrates that by calling Duddy ‘it, ' they are bullying him. These experiences take a huge toll on how Duddy sees the world and the way he begins to interact with those around him.
The story ‘The Cradle Will Fall’ is a very intense story with lots of twist and turns.
The book begins with the author talking about his motivation to write the book. Also the author discusses the importance of Permian’s game against Midland Lee High School (their arch-rivals). Tensions were rising greatly, and by the end of the game, star tailback Boobie Miles quits the team and Permian lost 22-21, leaving them in a three-way tie, with only two spots open in the 5A playoffs.
The team was ready to come back home after all the hard practices at camp. The town still didn't accept the fact that these two races were going to play on the same team. The parents of some of the players didn't like it, and the town didn't like it. On top of that, Coach Boone had to win every game. If
I really enjoyed this book because of how they are the underdogs. They don't have enough money, players, and a good field to play. As a sports fan, I always want the underdog team to win. It is just a good feeling when a team that was expected to lose, comes out victorious.
Throughout the film we, see both the coach, individual players, and the team as a whole face numerous psychological obstacles which they overcome to reach the final. The film is based highly around racism and racial divides within basketball. Throughout the film we can see a constant battle with the idea of Perception, and how both player and overcome this. In order to form the 1966 championship winning team,
The film wasn’t about that 13-0 record and winning a state championship, but the struggle that came with it and all the hardships they had to deal and get past. Racism, prejudice, compassion and love were all key aspects of this film as shown. The racism, prejudice of the team when they first met was severe and had been changed. The love and compassion came as the team grew to become one unit and love each other and be able to become something more powerful than they could be by themselves.
Familial relationships can change from good to bad remarkably easily, because of our personal investment in them. Think about any relationship between child and parent, it can flicker between fighting and laughing ten times a day! The novel demonstrates an extreme version of this, where ‘fighting’ has become the father’s abuse, and ‘laughing’ has become the safety the brothers feel in each other’s company. One example of this is near the end of the book, on the boat with Harry, Miles, and their dad. ‘Dad had Harry by the shoulders and he shook him like a rag doll. He dragged him out onto the deck. “These are protected waters, you idiot! You always fuck everything up. You always fuck everything!”’ The simile ‘shook him like a
Dan Gable is titled by many as the most legendary amateur American wrestler and coach in the history of amateur American wrestling. To put into retrospect of Dan’s popularity in the wresting world, Gable is the Michael Jordan of Basketball, the Pele of Soccer, and the Muhammad Ali of boxing, everyone has heard of Dan Gable. That is how legendary Dan Gable is. But what single attribute made Mr. Gable so special and unique? To pinpoint one certain accolade that made Gable a legend is almost too hard. Dan Gable had an almost normal life growing up as a boy; he began his fame by his wrestling accolades as an athlete at Iowa State University
Coach Barnes and his assistant tony who had one 4 titles and led the team in central to 5 straight finals appearances. The team didn't know what to expect after the news that was just revealed to them , they didn't know wether to be happy or sad because they were going to loose there loving coach or to be happy that they were going to have a division 1 coach . The offseason had just begun and the team was happy with how coach Barnes had refurbished their locker room got them New Jerseys and hooked them up with some special juice that helped them “gain” muscles in a short period of time . The team didn't know what was in those shakes so they tought every thing was going to be fine but little did they know what was in those shakes . Little did they know how much steroids was put into those shakes . Suddenly Michaels best friend Caleb was beginning to learn about steroids in health class and he started wondering if maybe there was a possibility that there might be steroids in those shakes but he never said anything. The biggest reason why coach Barnes was hooking these poor athletes up with drugs was to be noticed then go to the big leagues such as the NFL and the only way to be noticed was to make these kids stronger and to make these kids play division
“ I prepared a terrific program for him.” Brother is even pushing him. He also says “I would teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight.” He's saying he will and he is very determined because he wants a normal brother.” I should have already admitted defeat, but my pride wouldn't let me.” brother says he couldn't stop trying to get Doodle to run, swim, and fight like other kids but his pride wouldn't let him. He even admits that he was very
Chapter 1:“Came up short”:”Live downtown,we have the Marsh Eagles VS Tenney Tigers. This is such an anticipated match and one for the ages”. This is what it looked like but in reality it was more like this. “Welcome to Methuen,MA where we have the Marsh Eagles against the Tenney Tigers. This is just 2 teams just fighting for the next spot in the playoffs. Then I walked in and it was game time,the playoffs were on their way. The only real anticipated matchup was me and my frenemy (mostly friends) Andrew Lussier. He's about my height but not athletic compared to me, they came out to a fire start. Then we went on a run of our own and got the game to 2 points and we were rolling. As the half was close to the end,Andrew had a fast break layup
I see a woman and three children. Looks to me that she holding two of them very closely. The third child is out
Sedgwick turns his act around and starts applying himself to his studies. And eventually makes his way near the top of the class, almost qualifying him for a spot in the Julius Caesar contest. So seduced by Sedgwick’s renewed effort, Mr. Hundert decides to bump him up into the last spot kicking some other poor kid out. Hoping that the ends justify the means, Mr. Hundert, a man who believes in the rules, broke them.
How is gender and gender roles socially constructed? Soulliere states that gender is a cultural creation that is frequently developed by and represented through popular cultural media such as advertisements, music, sports, and entertainment television (Soulliere 2006). The article “Wrestling with Masculinity: Messages about Manhood in the WWE” by Danielle M. Soulliere (2006), examines messages about manhood revealed by televised professional wrestling (Soulliere 1). Messages concerning masculinity and manhood were investigated and compared to the cultural version of masculinity (Soulliere 2006). Soulliere’s research proves that the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) depicts messages, which supports the dominant hegemonic form of masculinity (Soulliere 2006). To further grasp and understand Soulliere’s hypothesis, we must first examine her research methods and outcomes.