Character Analysis Of Hit Count

Tim Green’s book, Football hero, is about a boy named Ty Lewis who loss his parents in a car accident. Due to this, he had to move to New Jersey to live with this Uncle Gus and Aunt Virginia who are not very supportive of his dreams. Ty is passionate about football and is very good at it too. He is the best player on his team and his brother now plays for the New York Jets NFL team. Ty’s speed on the field got him recruited by Coach V but his Uncle Gus will not let him play.

Ignacio is the antagonist because he is opposed to the protagonist which is the Father. Ignacio will be considered the Flat character because he does not change at all throughout the

This novel develops characters that engage in sex, to teachers cheating so their high school football players can continue to participate on the football field. Many people have a major affect on football and society in this novel. One of the major characters was Boobie Myles. Boobie was supposed to be the star athlete on the Permian football team. In the beginning, Boobie was arrogant to his teammates and wasn’t a good team leader. All Boobie cared about was winning and getting to the next level of football to satisfy his athletic needs. When Boobie is injured, he realizes he took football for granted and would do anything to play again. The team needs Boobie and Boobie needs the team. Coach Gaines realizes Boobie was seriously hurt and gives an inspiring pep talk to the team about how the players need to put their heart in the game and how lucky they are to be playing for Odessa.

Football is one of America’s favorite sports. It originated from soccer and rugby. This kind of sport is very competitive. The main point of the game is to score points by carrying the ball from a starting point to a 100-yard long by 53-yard wide field into a marked zone. Each team has a Y-shaped structured called the field goal the players. The game is divided into timing sections ranging from 12 to 15 minutes quarters. Often times, the players become violent during the game. This happens when they have to tackle each other for the ball. During this tackling period, players injured, but like anything in life it possesses risks known to the athletes before signing a contract with the NFL’s (National Football League) owner.

antagonist. In The Veldt , George and Lydia are the protagonists and Wendy and Peter

In order to convince the reader about the dangers of high school football, Billinger shares the stories of former football players and the long range effects of them playing football. The story of former Permian player Joe Bob Bizzell showcases the effects and dangers of playing football in high school and beyond. Bizzell shares the fact that “he felt [the effects of football] in the mornings when he couldn’t bend over to tie his

In the beginning of the paragraph gladwell starts by using a retired offensive lineman who started getting side effects and many multiple retired football players deaths which all led to one problem their heads many of them got hit over and over again which caused by hits.later on in the essay there is an example of player being loyal to the game which is related to dogs being loyal to their dog owners “I remember looking up at a clock, and there was only one minute and a half left in the game” and wanted to finish the game which could've led to more brain damage. “In August of 2007, one of the highest paid players in professional football, the quarterback Michael vick played guilty to involvement in a dogfighting ring.” In addition Gladwell writes about how the dogfighting works and uses a quote “Her back legs are broken and blood is gushing from her throat,” he clearly uses imagery to show the damage and writes he doubts about his own sport which being football.These examples assist the purpose he uses by using imagery how dogs are loyal to their owners and risk everything even their own life.Gladwell also uses comparison with football and dogfighting.he also uses retired players who have gotten sick or even died because they have been getting hit over and over again.Going to the next paragraph Gladwell starts to show the causes and effects of football and the diseases that come with it.

There’s no doubt that concussions in football has become a major problem, not just for the professional athletes, but for kids of all ages from age 8 to 19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that concussion have doubled in the last decade and The American Academy of Pediatrics says that, “emergency room visits for concussions in children ages 8 to 13 years old has doubled, and concussions have risen 200 percent among teens ages 14 to 19 in the last decade” (Keith Dunlap, The Oakland Press). This shows that the seriousness of concussions is not just an issue at a pro level but an issue throughout all levels of play. The risk is definitely present when you play football but it shouldn’t stop parents from letting their children participate in the sport. Playing organized sports such as football isn’t just a place to get injured, it’s a place where your children can learn the importance of teamwork, sportsmanship, toughness, competitiveness, they learn succeed, and also they learn about failure. The parents who don’t allow their children to play sports don’t let their kids learn about these important lessons of organized sports. Football is also a way for kids to take their anger and struggles out in the game and help them express themselves. It can also be a way for kids in bad situations to get a way out, to try and reach the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

the antagonist in this novel. Her brutal father beats her down and abuses her. He does

The first character , Arlo , is the main character of this book.Arlo could be described as being a savior of his town, athletic, smart in football, dumb making friends,arlo’s dating Sandy. Other people think that Arlo’s overconfident with the stuff he does, he talks a lot of crap about other players, and he was serious about success. “All I ever wanted to do was hit people, is that so bad? Does that make me a bad guy?” Arlo said this before his first Freshman football practice. When Arlo said this readers knew that Arlo was about to make this defense A whole lot better. The second character , Lloyd, is Arlo’s brother. He is described as being drunk a lot, Lloyd was very athletic until he quit, and lastly he was high all the time, lloyd even got caught with bags of weed by a officer. One day of his Senior year of practice Lloyd decides to “retire” from football. After practice he told his Mom “Yes. Mother, of course I’ve been drinking. Wouldn’t you be drinking if you were thrown off the football team ?” Lloyd knows in his mind that he’s not a good brother , Lloyd was also described as “reliable when you need it

But alas, Miss Sifferlin's goal wasn't to be logical or analytical. The goal of her paper is to appeal to parents and coaches about the ramifications of letting kids “play through pain”. Sadness wells up for the amount of children affected by concussions, worry for their safety, and hope that more precautions will be taken. It's not the most delicate of subjects to talk about, but it is one that she broaches with the same type of seriousness and finesse that most will find refreshing.

Is High School football a sport, or is it more than that to some people? I’ve learned that the book is more sociological, which means that it focused on our human society of racial issues and also emphasizes the economy and the divide between the wealthy residents of one city versus the more working-class denizens of another are all subjects that are given an in-depth examination. This is more of the main or focal point of the whole book and in not so much in the movie. Although Bissinger's story is a true-life recounting of the 1988 football season of the Permian High School team, it reads like fiction and even though I believe his book is superior, the theatrical adaptation still stands apart as one of the great

In 2015, a movie starring Will Smith as a doctor named Bennett Omalu who is researching how a former football player died when he discovered a brain disorder that is related to Alzheimer’s disease and attempted to warn people about the head-related dangers of football. This nonfiction movie is about just the beginning of the football concussion problems, but the problems still exist today. All players are at risk, not only professionals, but kids as well. Countless concussions by football players have lead to trauma and even death. Officials in charge of these games need to make the game safer for all players and better equipment is required or football may go extinct in the future.

Football is a rough sport. Many fans of the game watch it for the hard hits. These hard hits and the potential for injury is part of what makes the game so exciting. Some people say that football is too brutal and should be banned. Parents all over the United States don’t allow their children to play because of the risk of head injuries. Others allow their sons, and every now and then their daughters, to play and risk injury for a chance to earn a college scholarship and for a small percentage of players, the chance to play in the National Football League (NFL).

Most families are complicated but supportive. For example, a family could argue a lot, but still love one another. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” mama still supports her daughters even though, they’re not around much. Their issues are not unique because my family has its issues, too. The family in “Everyday Use” and my family both have similarities and differences regarding siblings, bonds, and mothers.