Shoeless Joe Analysis

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

I really enjoyed the book because I love reading very interesting and right at the

Set in the 1920s and '30s of Washington, Joe's life starts off as mundane and pleasant as any, with two, loving parents, and a brother, Fred. However, his life takes its first turn for the worse in his early childhood, when his mother dies from an undetected illness. Joe then bounces around the Pacific Northwest with his father, Harry, and new evil stepmother, Thula. Later, Joe moves back to Sequim, Washington before attending college at Washington University, wishing

Another thing that I liked about the book is that at the beginning, the wake/vigil/funeral was so accurately described. Funerals are awkward, tiring, and numbing. Meursault

For the most part, the novel was very enjoyable. One aspect of it that I loved was that the storyline was extremely intense, which always compelled me to find out what would happen next. For example,

Joe Nocera began his book-signing event by reading a short passage from his book about the struggles Ryan Boatright and his mother faced with the NCAA. In the passage, he stated that Boatright’s mom had received benefits from an AAU Basketball coach to allow Ryan to visit the UConn campus and get connected with the program. It summarized the relentless and unfair treatment she received from the NCAA in order to obtain evidence to declare Boatright ineligible.

There were several elements of religion found in Ben’s obsession with the Red Sox which would include God, salvation, prayer modes, rituals, spirituality and scriptures. The gods in Ben’s obsession was the baseball players. When he went to his first game Ben looked at the players in awe as if he couldn’t believe that they were standing right there in front of him. Ben also experienced salvation through the Red Sox. Ben’s life when he was a young child wasn’t the greatest until he went to Fenway Park with his uncle. By going to Fenway Park and becoming a fan made his whole life better and it was a way to remember his uncle when he passed away. Going to games every season brought fulfillment to his life. He called the people he sits with at baseball games his summer family. Many people will get up every morning and pray, but Ben on the other hand made the sign of the cross and kissed a picture of a baseball player which was his prayer for the morning. Scripture

John Wooden, a renowned basketball coach is quoted for his motto, “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” Based on John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, I would define success as giving 100% effort while having good character to achieve an objective. Derived from the pyramid, the three most prominent characteristics are enthusiasm, industriousness, and skill. Enthusiasm is obligatory for success because if you aren’t enjoying what you’re doing, you won’t put your whole heart into it. I believe this is one of the most imperative traits in the pyramid, because people who are passionate about what they’re doing are willing to work to achieve the rest of the traits. Industriousness is yet another essential quality instituted on the pyramid. This is also one of the most noteworthy traits, because being able to keep working hard at something even after failing is crucial. If someone isn’t industrious, they might give up before they succeed. Lastly, skill is a salient trait from the pyramid. You could have all the traits on the pyramid, but if you are deficient in skill it’s hard to be successful. To succeed, you require that capacity and knowledge of the fundamentals.

In the end I was very happy that the author wrote this book close to real life like he did. I feel that it really brought the book together in the end and made it more relatable. Like I said before I feel that everyone could find a way to relate back to this book. Wether it was playing soccer, getting in trouble, or taking care of the ones you love you can always find something to relate to in this great book.

“Yesterday’s home run doesn’t win today's game” This is a quote from Babe Ruth. He was a Major League baseball player. Even though he was a baseball player he did other things too. This quote is an example, it is saying that what you did in the past is not gonna do the task that you need done today. Babe Ruth impacted society by being an leader, hard worker, and an inspiration.

He chooses a common morale, “Courage can overcome anything,” and made an adventure packed story out of it. My favorite character is mainly Max and Iggy. This is because they set a good example, particularly Iggy, who shows that impaired individuals are able to do more than you might suspect. Iggy is visually impaired, which blocks him from doing many things, but he overcame that. He broke down boundaries and does what he wants. He is strong and wiser than many in the group. Like Iggy, Max is an example to allot of people. One case she demonstrates that young ladies can do whatever they need. Even though she is a young lady, she is the group leader. She additionally demonstrates the qualities of never surrendering. By watching their activities closely readers can learn numerous lessons. I would recommend this book because it is full of adventure and does not bore you easily. Many times the book continuously surprises and relieves you. He book is also humorous but if I would recommend it, it would be for outgoing people. The Angel Experiment is the most intriguing book I’ve read, combining science-fiction and

The book had a lot of hard times in the middle of the trouble like when the dome first came down the family's that had lost love ones. Page 80. A man had lost his wife from the dome coming down on the middle of the garden and right on her fingers. She could not get help because all the doctors where busy with other people in the time she died because lose of blood. In the beginning of the book junior went and killed Angie out of rage. Page 42. The people in the car wreck in the dome where running from the cops. Page 33. In the middle the people started to turn and kill for the resources to safe there live page 200. The people started to trust the people that they have never know before like the two people that showed up right before the pink stars. Page 333. I like the book because of the faith that they had to have to get through the hard times in dome. When they started to trust big Jim witch was not trusted with the Important thing for the dome. I like when they had to choose sides if they go with the two girls or not in the book. Page 350. I like the fact that they got out of the dome after a lot time of suffering and little resources to use. Page

After several semesters being surrounded by smart, ambitious Business School students, I've noticed that there are striking differences in the ways people define an exceptional career. And the way people define success can have a big impact, not only on decisions about their first jobs, but also how much they achieve and happy they are in their careers.

All in all the stories in this book are very important to the book. This I think is

The first step of success is organization.Organization is a very important part of the process leading to success. Therefore, without it you cannot achieve anything. You have to organize your life. By organizing your life it means that you know what you want, you do not get distracted, you have good relations with everybody. This part is very important in the organization step because if you do not have an organize and stable life, it will affect your education. For example, I have a friend who failed his exam because of the problems he had with his girlfriend. After that failure, he decided to forget all and focus on his studies. He got better and passed his exam. The second part of the organization step is the planning. To succeed, you have to have a good use of your time, make sure you do everything you have to do and do not forget anything. For that, you have