Messina Character Analysis

My character that I chose is Morris(Mo) and this is a little about him. Morris is like every other high schooler on, the last week of high school thinking about not having to go to school anymore. He doesn't have any plans to go into the military that is until his friend Rudi receives a letter saying that he has been selected to go over and fight in Vietnam.

     Bleachers, is about a high school all-American Nelly Crenshaw who was the best quarterback ever to play for the Messina Spartans. The story is based around on the impending death of the Messina Spartans' football coach Eddie Rake, who is one of the most victorious coaches in high school football history, Rake is both feared and loved by his players and by a town that relishes his 13 state titles. The protagonist of the novel is Neely Crenshaw, who is a former Rake All-American whose NFL prospects ended quickly after a cheap shot to the knees. In the book, Neely has just returned home for the first time in years to join his former teammates to sit in the bleachers and wait for the dimming field lights to signal his passing. During this time they replay the old games, relive the glory days and try and decide whether they love or hate their former coach, Eddie Rake. This trip back for Neely is more meaningful as he has to forgive himself as well as his coach and try and rekindle his love for his ex-girlfriend he abandoned long ago so he can get on with his life. It is obvious to see the positive values and appropriate nature of Bleachers.

Life is very expected, there is no telling what is gonna happen or where it will take you. For Giorno, he wasn’t expecting to find out his father was alive…or that he had two. He certainly wasn’t expecting a visit from one of them telling him that his life was in endanger all because some rival mob somehow rebooted a bunch of ancient Aztec death robots that were now after his life. Least of all he didn’t expect to suddenly be thrown out a window and growing a pair of wings. At least, in that case, it was someone help.

From the all star Neely Crenshaw to the not so talented Nat Sawyer. Up until his very last breath, he loved his players, and he knew that they loved him. The love that he shared with everyone was a quiet kind of love, mostly it was just misunderstood. He would push his Spartans to the breaking point because if he didn’t, they would not be where they are today. They would not be the prize of messina, they would not have won the hearts of the thousand fans that came to watch every game. Eddie Rake had allowed his players to experience something that so few get to. One would believe that he would have to love them to put them trough so much strain and hardship? once one has practiced under Eddie, they will always see him barking and and jumping until he is blue in the face and one is on the ground crying in pain. Eddie Rake loved them all and in return they loved

The story takes place in a small town in Iowa, Parkersburg, it was the summer of 2009 on June 24, 2009 Ed Thomas, the football coach at A-P was tragically killed by one of his former players, Mark Becker. Ed Thomas was a bevelled man not only in the town of Parkersburg but in many other towns also. One of my favorite quotes from Ed is that “ If all I have taught you is how to tackle and block I have failed you as a coach.” Ed believed that everyone was put on earth to do something good

Through Rakes many years of coaching, he saw many different levels from the football players. Seeing both sides, football and their lives, Rake still took each and everyone of them in the same. Pushing them to be there best, both on and off the field. Once you were on the Spartan football team, you were on top. There was

Sustaining the ambitions of not only themselves but the alumni and town of Odessa, Texas is a lot to ask from a young adult. That’s exactly what Permian football provides to the people of Odessa, where the post economic boom of the oil business has left the town in a racially tense, economic crisis. The lights on Permian High School’s football field are the only sanctuary for the west Texas town. Socially and racially divided, Odessa’s mass dependence on high school football constructs glorified expectations for the football team to temporarily disguise the disappointments that come with living in a town tagged as the “murder capital” of

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

He is a legend in Messina, having coached the high school football team for 34 years and piling up tremendous statistics. Neely Crenshaw- The quarterback hero in the 1980’s who had a great future perhaps in professional football. Then, he received a career-ending knee injury as a sophomore in college and his great future disappeared. He has not returned to his hometown in 15 years because of his hatred for Coach Rake.

As a high school boy, Collis Suggs lives through a period of time in Messina as the town is beginning to become integrated. He and other classmates are unenrolled at their old school to go to an all-white school. As he says, “We were intimidated, but we knew we had to be brave (Grisham, 212).” Through this time, Collis has to deal with this intimidation along with Rake’s rough football practices, yet he manages to be brave and strong each day. At the end of a football game, it is not if he and his team win or lose that matters. It is if he goes home feeling confident about being who he is where he is. Collis is able to prevail over the speculation of racial conflict, and he, as a person, is able to relax.

The bond between the teams became stronger from this to the point were when they both faced each other as number 1 and 2 the winner would go the state championship game. That game that Woodlawn and Banks played at Legion Field was and still is the most attended high school football game in history. From this came a showdown from the great quarterback and the unstoppable force that was Tony Nathan. Though Woodlawn lost Tony, this served as a symbol that black kids can be superstars even in the state of Alabama. All throughout the movie Tony was being recruited by Paul “Bear” Bryant to play football at The University of Alabama. Tony ended up playing for Bryant and won a national championship title for the school. After they lost the coach, Tandy, ended up quitting his job, which he was on the hot seat for introducing religion in a public school. After the game, Tony called his old coach to tell him that he was going to win a national championship game for him, and he kept his promise. The phone conversation was about Tony giving his gratitude to the coach and this speech from him fueled the coach to get back to coaching

I think it is like this, there is a town called Sameville and in this town, everyone always wears a suit both male and female and they all must speak softly to one another. These are the most important rules of their society. One day John decides he is tired of wearing a suit he can’t stand it, so John rips the sleeves off, cuts his suit pants above the knee, and he also talk very loud. This makes John a deviant because he is no longer abiding by his societies norms. Everyone in Sameville sees what John has done and gossip ensues, this would be a type of informal punishment, but the people see no change in John by doing this, so his society decide that they now need to take him to court, this is a formal punishment. John is found guilty for

Abel is a tall lanky looking dude, with a goofy looking smile on his face and is always cracking dumb jokes. He has dark curly hair with white spots distinguished, but it doesn’t bother him one bit that’s just the type of person he is. He doesn’t care how other people feel about him, if they thin k that he’s an ass or that he’s weird he pays little attention to it. He always wares nice collar shirts, with jeans, and sporty shoes. He kind of looks like one of those stereotypical soccer players (considering that he’s the complete opposite)

Rinaldi is a kind of boss with wide perspective and deep thought in seeing things. He is able and eager to share his knowledge with the team while at the same time handling the situation properly. Yet, he is still welcome to feedback and ideas. He seems calm at first, but actually he is quite ‘cheezy’ as he sometimes spills out not-so-funny jokes during free time with the team. It shows that he is an easy going, humble, down to earth and yet, inspirational.

Bassanio is an aristocrat or a man of high class. He lives a lavish lifestyle and cannot manage his wealth. “Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, How much I have disabled mine estate. By something showing a more swelling port Than my faint means would grant continuance” (Shakespeare 1.1 122-124). Bassanio ends up borrowing money from Antonio. Although Bassanio says he loves Antonio, it seems that he uses his love as an excuse and take advantage on Antonio.