Bleachers Quotes

“Bleachers” “You either loved Eddie Rack or you hated him.” This was a quote said by Needly Crenshaw. In the novel “Bleachers” when Paul and Needly were sitting in the bleachers talking about their life’s and old playing days. In this novel “Bleachers” was about old teammates that went and sat in the bleachers waiting for the dying lights that meant the coach had passed away. But, while sitting in the bleachers they talked about their old playing days and memories with Coach Rake. The Puritans would approve the book “Bleachers” since it has Characters that are hard workers, believed in self reliance, and also had strong values. One of the reason’s the Puritans would support the novel “Bleachers” is because of the hard workers. One way that the Character’s were hard workers was because they had to run 12 miles. The reason they had to run 12 miles was because their coach made them do it to make the team. And if they didn’t complete the 12 miles that was on the hottest day of the summer they would allowed to do it the day after. But, if they couldn’t finish it that day they wouldn’t be allowed to make the team. Another reason is they had to beat each other out for the starting jobs. If they wanted to start they would have to prove it to the coach by working extremely hard. That meant when they practiced they had to give 110% everyday.
Mostly all of the old players came back to their old field and waited in the bleachers for the dimming of the lights. While waiting in the bleachers some of the old teammates started to talk about their lives right now and then started to talk about their old playing day’s. The characters met up with their old team. Needly, Paul, and Silo are example of old teammates that met up without planning it. Last of all everyone loved the football field in the town. Nobody was allowed to use it except for the football