Becoming Human Character Analysis

Analyzing Exclusion to Inclusion in the Chicago Bulls Team The feeling of inclusion and exclusion is an experience every human faces. Humans experience inclusion and exclusion in many forms whether it be on a team or during a group project. In the texts Becoming Human by Jean Vanier and Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson, inclusion and exclusion takes place with the authors themselves and characters they interact with. In Jean Vanier's book, Becoming Human, the main idea present is that every human, despite any differences they may have physically or mentally, should feel included and should feel like an important member in today's society. Similar to Jean Vanier's book, the main idea present in Phil Jackson’s Sacred Hoops is that every member
In a team it can be very effortless for players to feel discluded due to the fact that every player has different skill levels and the players that have a tremendous amount of talent tend to “stand above” their teammates. As a coach Phil Jackson understands that in order to win games and championships a team has to work together rather than every player working individually. Phil Jackson attempts and has success with making players, that do not have a large role on the team, feel important and he is able to bring every player together to work in sync as a team and this caused his Chicago Bulls team to win numerous times such as in the years 1995-1996. Phil Jackson was able to make every player feel included by having every player on the team trust one another, having players participate in tasks together to develop chemistry, and having every player accept each other's flaws and strengths. In the book, Sacred Hoops, written by Phil Jackson, Phil makes every player on the team
Phil Jackson struggled with having every member of his team participate because many players would get mesmerized by the level of talent Michael Jordan had. This led to many players feeling excluded because of their lack of participation in the offense. Many times players would give Michael the ball rather than attempting to create an offense on their own. This led to many players not participating in the offense and caused those players to feel excluded.“Members of his ‘supporting cast’ as he called it, were so entertained by what he could do with a basketball that they never learned to work with successfully”(Jackson 20). Rather than participating and playing with Michael, they idolized him and wanted him to win the games on his own. Players and Phil Jackson were so bedazzled and stunned by Michael Jordan that they excluded themselves from the team and stopped contributing, thinking that because he is so great that he can win games and championships on his own.“Some of the players were so bedazzled by his moves they’d unconsciously step back and wait to see what he was going to do next”(Jackson 18). However Phil Jackson learned after losing in the playoffs to the Detroit Pistons three consecutive years, Phil learned that Michael Jordan can not “carry” the offense on a consistent basis for eighty two games and still manage to be successful in the playoffs. Phil learned to work with