Short Story 'The Hockey Sweater'
The Hockey Sweater
Essay
Have you ever had to wear something you really hate? Or do something you don’t want to? In ‘The Hockey Sweater’ this happens to Roch.The short story ‘The Hockey Sweater’ was very effectively written, realistic and relatable. This is because the characters actions make sense, the setting is realistic and the story was easy to relate to. Have you read something that makes you feel like you're in the book?
How would you act if all your friends and teammates were were angry and laughing at you? In this story the characters actions make sense. If someone was being made fun of they would be sad and want the problem to disappear, so it makes sense that Roch prayed to god to make the sweater or the problem disappear. It also makes sense that he snapped at the referee, if …show more content…
When Roch, being a huge hockey fan, saw the rival teams hockey jersey in the box, knowing he had to wear it, he got angry this action makes sense. If someone was to cheer for a team and follow a team so much then have to wear the rivals sweater it would tick me off.
These actions are all realistic and make sense supporting the effectiveness of the writing.
Do you know any big hockey cities? There are sometimes riots over hockey games. The setting in this story is realistic, helping the understanding of the story. They are in Montreal a very big hockey city, so it makes sense that kids would not like him for wearing a rival teams sweater. If it was in a city that was not a very big city a there were people who liked a variety of teams it wouldn’t be as realistic for all the kids to be angry with him for wearing a different jersey then theirs. Also the time in which the story took place is realistic, it took place in the
1960’s. This setting is realistic because no one orders from catalogs anymore they go online or go to the store. When Roch smashes his sick on the ice the referee sends him to the church. The time frame of around 1960 helps this be realistic because priests don’t ever referee
Essay
Have you ever had to wear something you really hate? Or do something you don’t want to? In ‘The Hockey Sweater’ this happens to Roch.The short story ‘The Hockey Sweater’ was very effectively written, realistic and relatable. This is because the characters actions make sense, the setting is realistic and the story was easy to relate to. Have you read something that makes you feel like you're in the book?
How would you act if all your friends and teammates were were angry and laughing at you? In this story the characters actions make sense. If someone was being made fun of they would be sad and want the problem to disappear, so it makes sense that Roch prayed to god to make the sweater or the problem disappear. It also makes sense that he snapped at the referee, if …show more content…
When Roch, being a huge hockey fan, saw the rival teams hockey jersey in the box, knowing he had to wear it, he got angry this action makes sense. If someone was to cheer for a team and follow a team so much then have to wear the rivals sweater it would tick me off.
These actions are all realistic and make sense supporting the effectiveness of the writing.
Do you know any big hockey cities? There are sometimes riots over hockey games. The setting in this story is realistic, helping the understanding of the story. They are in Montreal a very big hockey city, so it makes sense that kids would not like him for wearing a rival teams sweater. If it was in a city that was not a very big city a there were people who liked a variety of teams it wouldn’t be as realistic for all the kids to be angry with him for wearing a different jersey then theirs. Also the time in which the story took place is realistic, it took place in the
1960’s. This setting is realistic because no one orders from catalogs anymore they go online or go to the store. When Roch smashes his sick on the ice the referee sends him to the church. The time frame of around 1960 helps this be realistic because priests don’t ever referee