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outsiders

collinh — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:18:57 +0000

i think that one of the main characters that became more of an outsider was Boobie Miles. one of the reasons i think he is an outsider is because once he quit the team people forgot about him and just focused on the team winning or losing. when Boobie quit the team i think that he lost his popularity went down and the town kind of forgot about how great he once was. i think that is part of the reason he wanted to come back on the team so he didn’t feel so left out and he wasn’t the center of attention anymore. i don’t think he could handle not being the center of attention.

free write

collinh — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:37:11 +0000

I like this book because it is a interesting story about a town and a team that function as one. The town depends on the football team and when the team does bad it effects the whole town. I predict that the team is going to lose in the championship. I wish that they would be able to win sort of like the underdog story but i just don’t think that it is going to happen. I dont think that the team has the talent that they need in order to win the championship. When Boobie tried to make his come back i was thinking that if i was the coach there is no way that i would allow that to happen. I would not let a quitter come back on the team because they don’t have a good attitude. I think that the team wouldnt play well with that kind of attitude.

outside connections

collinh — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:49:13 +0000

I feel like i know what is going on in the book because the same stuff goes on in my life. Football is the main sport in my house because both of my brothers play. Football is all that my family talks about so i can relate to how the town feels about the Permian football team. Football is the pretty much the main thing in that town and in my house football is pretty much all that is talked about in my house. I even have a Boobie in my house. My younger brother is the exact same as Boobie, with his cocky attitude and he is always bragging about something that he did. My brother has never quit during the season like Boobie. I can relate to a lot of what is going on in the book.

focus question

collinh — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:21:01 +0000

How will the fans react to another permian loss?

outsiders

collinh — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:03:44 +0000

The outsiders in this book could be the people on the south side of the railroad tracks. I think that we should listen to them because they do have some good ideas because some kids don’t care about their future but some kids do. I feel that the kids that do care about their future should be able to go to school with other kids that feel the same way as them. I think that if the schools were set up that way there would be more success because the kids are doing what they like to do and they are with other kids who are doing what they like so that provides a good learning enviorment. I think that it could be a bad thing because the kids might not have a diverse group of people with them so therefore they could be more loners. I think that outsiders in the book could be related to outsiders in todays world because there are so many different groups of people. This could be blacks or whites or this could be different social groups. The word outsider can have many different meanings.

How are the racial problems going to effect Boobie Miles?

collinh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:08:43 +0000

Boobie Miles is the star athlete of this football team and the racial problems going on aren’t going to help him out at all. The opposing teams and fans know that he is good and they will do what ever it takes to get him off of his game and unfortunately this leads them to racial remarks. The frequent use of the N word I think will overwhelm Boobie and he wont be able to handle the pressure. I think that Boobies temper will get the best of him and he will end up hurting his chances of playing college football. This racial problem that is going on wont only hurt Boobie it will also hurt the rest of the football team because without their star player who are they going to turn to when they need a playmaker. So far no one else has been able to step up and fill those shoes other than Boobie Miles.

why i chose this book?

collinh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:00:04 +0000

I chose this book because I loved the movie and I have heard that they aren’t anything alike so I wanted to see for myself. This book stood out to me because I am a huge sports fan and I love to play and watch football so I figured that it would be a good book for me. Friday Night Lights seems like the kink of book that will be filled with some kind of action meaning there is always something interesting going on and that is the kind of book that I like because it keeps me interested and it keeps me reading. After reading the first two chapters I realized that this book would work out pretty well because there is always something going on and it is a sports book which fit into my interest perfectly.

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