The first men to ever play basketball were a bit skeptical of the game to begin with, and basketball was seen as just “[a]nother new game” (Fox 15). However, author Larry Fox says, “The game was an immediate success … Word of the game began to spread around the campus. Before long the secretaries found themselves playing in front of an audience of fellow students”…
Throughout the book, D’Orso hints how much basketball means to the native Alaskans. One would usually assume that playing a sport is to become more fit or let time pass by. But that’s not how the Fort Yukon natives played. They played with passion for the sport and to help live on the dream for the players and the town of winning seven state championships in a row. Although it was a challenge and a major responsibility, the team dared to accept the challenge.…
In the story Fast Break by Mike Lupica there is a moment in the story where the main character, Jayson, remembers something important in his past, that foreshadows how he might change later in the book.…
War is a game of bloodshed, filled with feelings of enmity and hatred. Although this statement is involved, some people fight for their honour and love of their country aswell as pride, glory, and of course acknowledgement. The passage "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden brings us behind the eyes of a man in the battle of Vimy Ridge, World War 1. The nature of world war 1 is about using long range guns, resources, unexpected attacks, heavy artillery and of course the mood of this battle was melancholy, bitter and nerve-racking.…
The poem ¨The Highwayman¨ is about a bandit called the Highwayman. He falls in love with a girl named Bess. The Highwayman tells her that he has a job to do and will bring her back gold. He promises that he will be back by moonlight. A man named Tim who loves Bess overhears their conversation. Tim decides to tell the authorities, who were British soldiers where the Highwayman was going to be. Tim does this because he is jealous of the highwayman and Bess’s affections for him. When the Redcoats come they capture Bess for bait. Bess shoots and kills herself to warn the highwayman that the redcoats are there to capture him. When the highwayman hears what has happened to Bess he tries to avenge her death. While riding to the redcoats he gets shot…
The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks describes the frailty of life from the point of view of a few guys playing pool. They know that the choices they make will affect them in far greater ways in the future, yet they still wish to do what they do because life will end no matter what..…
‘The Waking’ is a contemporary jazz piece written by American vocalist, Kurt Elling, and features Theodore Roethke’s 1954 poem of the same title. Released in 2007 on the album Nightmoves, Elling uses musical techniques to enhance the message of Roethke’s poem. However, in order to understand the reasoning behind the devices Elling has used, the meaning of Roethke’s poem must first be discussed.…
Yusef Komunyakaa has spent decades fighting. With a life spanning the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War, he is no stranger to turmoil. Growing up in a small, segregated Louisiana town dominated by the Klu Klux Clan, many of Komunyakaa’s poems express a need for escape. However, his poems also share a theme of perseverance. The poems “Slam Dunk & Hook”, “Ode to a Drum” and “Venus Flytrap”, show not only Komunyakaa’s unique style of writing, but his encompassing theme of the ability the need to overcome.…
A.E. Housman’s emotional poem, “To an Athlete Dying Young,” appears to present a solemn farewell to any young athlete who dies young in the modern age. The speaker seems to be giving his last goodbye to the town athlete whether they are the star or the benchwarmer of the team it allows the reader to feel more attached to this character that the speaker is painting. Housman carefully crafts a depressing yet loving final goodbye to all the athletes or stars of the world that die young, and then shows briefly how life is after they’re gone.…
The exceptionally engaging film, Hoop Dreams goes deep into the life that surrounds basketball. To make it, a player has to be something more then just a good player. They need to be belligerent, well trained, surpass academically, and unaware of anything that doesn't include basketball. The highly thought out, and heartrending film closely records the lives of two Chicago teenagers as we watch their struggle of basketball, to become the best.…
“Night” by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography in which Elie’s life during the Holocaust is explained. Elie Wiesel uses imagery, figurative language, and pathos as tools to express the horrors he experienced while living through a nightmare, the Holocaust.…
There is truly no person that has ever deserved to be called a writer more than Red Smith. As a man who loved and believed in the art of writing, he once stated, “All you do is sit down and open a vein and bleed it out drop by drop” (Schmuhl xx). Even more, he was a hardworking and dedicated man that put his all into each piece of literature, despite the constant and restraining deadlines placed on him. His dedication was never more evident than when he stated, “I made up my mind that every time I sat down to a typewriter I would slash my veins and bleed and that I’d try to make each word dance” (Schmuhl xx). Furthermore, his work far exceeded the stigmas placed on sports writing at the time, since he cared more about the literature than the subject matter. This is all evident in his essay, “When I Was an Athlete,” in which he discusses what it was like to try to get out of gym class as a freshman in college. Red Smith’s background, experiences, and writing style propelled him to be one of the greatest sportswriters of all time.…
“This game is like any other game we play. We just have to try our hardest, and come out with a win,” His answer lowered my anxiety and by the time I had finished Algebra, I was ready for the game- prepared to do amazing. I couldn’t wait for the game to start. When the buzzer went off, the announcer said the starting line-up. I had not expected to start, but I was fine starting on the bench. Coach would put me in when I was needed.…
Two of its characteristics that the artist use were the portrayal of modern life and bit of impression in Realism, Romanticism, and Neoclassicism. The artist uses the portrayal of modern life by centering the artwork on basketball, specifically the NBA. The artist uses a bit of impression in Realism by painting the everyday genre, which were the basketballs. He also uses a bit of Romanticism by levitating the three basketballs in a straight line, which is illogical. He also uses a bit of Neoclassism by giving the image an architectonic feel and order/structure. These were the historical information in the…
Being fast is a key talent to play basketball. When a player have possession of the basketball they have to be very fast to run past the defenders and make it to the basket. Also, as a defender, they need to be even faster to keep up with them and possibly steal the ball away from them. Along with being fast, being able to run for a long time without becoming short of breath is a big part in playing. Many sports involve being fast like this one.…