Losing a Loved One in Shoeless Joe Jackson by W.D. Kinsella Essay

Ray’s love for baseball begins with his father repeating that Joe Jackson was an innocent man. As an amateur baseball player, Ray’s father idolizes Joe Jackson as a hero and mentor. The real test of Ray’s love for baseball occurs when he hears the voice, “If you build it, he will come” (Kinsella, 1). Immediately, he “envisioned the finish product I was being asked to conceive… a baseball field” (Kinsella 1) and begins clearing a portion of the cornfield. To Ray, “it” is the baseball field and “he” is Joe Jackson. By building a baseball field, Joe Jackson will come. However, building and

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim” by Vicki Harrison. It is proven that losing your loved ones is painful, shocking, some people might feel guilt, and anger. In the excerpt, “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami the narrator’s best friend, K. died due to a typhoon that struck on September. After K.’s death the Seventh Man suffered in a major trauma and set back. For this reason, the narrator of “The Seventh Man” isn’t blameworthy for K.’.s death and he should forgive himself due to his actions.

Shoeless Joe traversed a long way from the vicinity of poverty, evolving into a famous figure in the field of baseball. Quite clearly, “Shoeless” Joe's involvement with the Mill Baseball teams allowed him to acquire an interest in baseball in the first place. However, to pursue both wealth and his interests, Jackson needed to make sacrifices, in this instance, he sacrificed literacy. Later on in his life, “Shoeless” “...[Reckoned he would] live up [in the north] all the time” “If all [his] business interests were not down South...”(Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, 68). Jackson's illiteracy proved to be a mild inhibition, which “Shoeless” Joe would attempt to mask by “reading” his menus and ordering based on what other people in the restaurant ordered. This

The Joe family was introduced to counseling prior to the death of Mama Joe whose death resulted in conflict within the family. Prior to the death of Mama Joe, there were a rise in emotional stressors in the family such as financial stability, Family conflict, and coping skills. The initial problem presented in this family is the death of Mama Joe and individual conflicts within the family. Many of the problems seen in this family can be traced back to the death of Mama Joe, without her acting as the families functioning unit, there is a shift in the Joe family dynamic. Terri expresses financial strain from maintaining the family’s bills, there is also a noticeable conflict between Maxine and Terri, as well as infidelity between Cousin faith and Terri’s husband. After doing an initial assessment the best treatment in this family is first helping the family cope with the death of Big Mama. The impact of death within the family system is something that is not discussed, and inadequate attention has been given on the long-term effects of death within the surviving members. Froma Walsh assists professionals in understanding the complex issues that arises when families are faced with death in her book Living beyond Loss: Death in the family. Walsh breaks down family adaption into 4 major tasks which she uses to help strengthen the functioning unit. One task that can help the joe family is what Walsh describes as Shared acknowledgement of the reality of death This task states that, “Every family member must confront the reality of a death in the family. Acknowledgment of the loss is facilitated by clear information and open communication about the facts and circumstances of the death. Inability to accept the reality of death can lead family members to avoid contact with the rest of the family or to become angry with others who are moving forward in the grief process. Long-standing sibling conflicts and cutoffs can Often be traced back to the bedside of a dying parent or to the graveside.”{pg. 28} This accurately depicts the Joe family whose family dynamic shifted after the death of Mama Joe. Because of this shift the family lacked the ability to cope, which lead to isolation amongst family members, sibling

Every kid dreams of playing a professional sport, but Bo Jackson played two. Drafted 4th round in 1986, Jackson joined the returning world series champions the Kansas City Royals. Joining the Royals meant Jackson passed up a number one overall pick in the NFL. A few years later, he joins the Oakland Raiders and starts his NFL career. Bo Jackson is considered a real life epic hero based on his God given talents, ability to balance multiple sports, and how he stayed humble throughout the whole thing.

The book Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson, by Barry Denenberg is a moving and piercing account of a man who was determined to play baseball

Ray and his 3 older brothers were always planning and talking about killing major civil rights leaders and stopping the movement. So one day one of Ray's brothers came to visit him the day before he broke out of jail again. Ray’s brothers denied being a part of Ray’s plan in anyway or helping Ray escape from jail and go on the run.

“No one needs to think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.”(A. Jackson Quotes,). Andrew Jackson should not be placed in the Presidents Hall of Fame for reasons such as spoil system, the indian removal act, and the second bank. He was the seventh president and had other names such as Old Hickory or King Andrew. He saw himself as the common man’s president, the public saw him as an indian killer.

Joe Jackson “Shoeless Joe” was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player, born on July 16, 1887 in Pickens County, South Carolina. His throw was right-handed and his batting was left-handed. He was 6’1 and played in the left outfield. He first played for the Greenville Spinners, a semi-pro team; he was then noticed and picked up by the Philadelphia Athletics from 1908 to 1909. He was then traded to the Cleveland Indians and played from 1910 to 1915. The last team he was traded to in his career was the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920.

Nathaniel Nyok, another soccer coach, needed a field for his team the Lost Boys to play on. He saw that he can play on Milam Park as long as he gets permission from the mayor. The mayor refuses because the mayor says that “those fields weren’t made for soccer” (91). Nyok goes back and notices that no one plays there. Even though the sign next to the field says that one can play baseball, football, and soccer.

Bo Jackson was a great and well known athlete, participating in both football and baseball. Everyone knew his name, starting during his childhood and carrying on through his adulthood. He started as a poor child, but ended up in the big leagues, both concerning money and fame. He was a man of unbelievable strength, but people were awed by his power. Bo Jackson is an epic hero because he is a national hero, has been given strength from God and is a character filled with good, rather than evil.

Civil rights impacted many people during the rough 1930s-1960s. Many people struggled during this time period due to racism and inequality. Some people even lost their lives fighting for their rights. Jimmie Lee Jackson sacrificed his life in the fight for civil rights for all.

William Shakespeare's King Lear is a tragedy of a king who is unable to comprehend the truth of the human condition until he is stripped of his kingdom, family, and the basic components of human dignity. At the end of his existence, even the one person who he loved, his daughter Cordelia, is taken away. Similarly, Morrie Schwartz in the popular nonfiction book Tuesdays with Morrie does not fully come to terms with himself and what is valuable in life until he has been cruelly stripped of what makes his life meaningful by a chronic, terminal illness. Both Morrie and Lear do not gain full understanding until they lose everything.

Death in any person’s life is tragic, whether sudden or unexpected. Everyone experiences it at least once throughout a lifetime. In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, the reader meets several characters that lose people very close to them. Each person has a certain way of dealing with the death, but overall his or her grief is out of love. These two emotions are triggered by one another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close displays few characters that show any sign of moving on with their lives. Grief takes over and seems to stay forever. Characters such as Oskar, Grandfather, Mr. Black on the floor above, and Ms. Black in the Empire State Building experience grief

It Doesn’t matter if the short story was based on true events or not. When its written about death or losing loved ones, it always reminds you of the people that were so close at once and then gone forever. Many people all over the world deal with their feelings of losing someone. So people cry, and some keep the emotions in and let it burn inside. “A Few Things Wrong with Me” by Lydia Davis and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and “Harvey’s Dream” by Stephen King are three examples of how character’s have lost their loved ones in a different way. Some were killed and some were faded away. It also shows unhappy & happy relationships. Two of the three books also have a comparison of people that have problems in their life or forced to be in a problem. These three short stories are written from different authors perspective and have difficult plots but there is one thing that gathers them together, it is the despair that was left in their souls by the loved ones. In these three short stories a person dies or has left someone forever, but all in different aspects. Loosing a person that had a spot in your life isn’t an easy thing to forget but also leaves a mark in your heart forever. Two the three books also have a comparison of people that have problems in life or forced to be in a problem