As an athlete, I feel all athletes should have the same attitude as Hog, the main character. He is not playing for the money, but for the love of the sport. Now days, professional athlete feel they deserve a huge sum of money just to play a game they played for free as little kids. I think all athletes should read this book for a new perspective about the games they love.
I find that Hog is wanting to fall in love, yet he's everso scared of what and how it might feel to be loved by someone else. It is quite interesting to see how he is in fact growing up.I also see that the other characters are just trying to find themselves and have a freedom to speak their own minds, however, doing this can get them in a little bit of trouble.
Unfortunately, the book depicts the rascism at such a point that a classmate of mine refused to read the book because the words were extremely racial. As a Hispanic and a woman, I find this book to be somewhat degrading, however, I understand that the author is portraying a time in which people felt and thought that it was normal to act violently towards people not of their own race.
All in all, I know that people will be able to understand more fully of how different people were being treated and how those particular people handled their situations.I hope that other people reading this book can just simply imagine how those particular times were and maybe realize that it isn't morally right to be so hateful towards their own people- we are all human beings.This book has opened my eyes a lot more. I knew a lot of the racial struggles that occurred during that time period, but I can now see things in a different light! I can't wait to finish the book.
