Winger Essay
Winger
The book Winger, by Andrew A. Smith, is about a 15-year-old boy named Ryan Dean who is a Junior at Pine Mountain Private School. He is smarter than peers his age, and struggles to fit in because of it. He is placed in a dorm for troublemakers, O Hall, because of a silly mistake he made the previous year. There, he gets into trouble with floor mates, makes some new friends, and chases after both the girl he loves and the girl who simply wants to make out with him. While there, he becomes best friends with a fellow rugby player named Joey. Joey is openly gay, but that doesn’t matter at all to Ryan. By the end of the book, Joey ends up dead at the hands of people who hated him for being gay. The author was clear about just about everything …show more content…
Joey said that he wasn't interested and was just going to sit in his room and listen to music. Casey, who was another gay teenager, not very many people know about, wanted to be closer to Joey than just friends. Joey got sick of Casey always trying to get with him so he finally flipped out and told casey that there were plenty of other gay guys in the school he could go with, and he wasn't interested in him. Joey made sure he said it loud enough so others could hear him to. Casey was humiliated. quote Later that night Casey and Kevin, his friend, got drunk and destroyed the O Hall. The author left us hanging and didn't really give us any notice that Joey would be gone. The next day after Joey was missing for 24 hours, we started a search team, and later found Joey not far from the O Hall, hanging from a tree stripped naked, and beaten to death. Through the book the author said that Joey was gay, but wasn't really scared of people knowing he was. Joey wouldn't say it unless he was asked or really had to, but at the same time he wasn't afraid of being gay. Joey acted like a normal teenage boy who loved playing rugby and got along with all the other guys. Out of nowhere the author brought the book to a shocking ending. Joey one of Ryan’s best friends was just murdered by another gay guy and his
The book Winger, by Andrew A. Smith, is about a 15-year-old boy named Ryan Dean who is a Junior at Pine Mountain Private School. He is smarter than peers his age, and struggles to fit in because of it. He is placed in a dorm for troublemakers, O Hall, because of a silly mistake he made the previous year. There, he gets into trouble with floor mates, makes some new friends, and chases after both the girl he loves and the girl who simply wants to make out with him. While there, he becomes best friends with a fellow rugby player named Joey. Joey is openly gay, but that doesn’t matter at all to Ryan. By the end of the book, Joey ends up dead at the hands of people who hated him for being gay. The author was clear about just about everything …show more content…
Joey said that he wasn't interested and was just going to sit in his room and listen to music. Casey, who was another gay teenager, not very many people know about, wanted to be closer to Joey than just friends. Joey got sick of Casey always trying to get with him so he finally flipped out and told casey that there were plenty of other gay guys in the school he could go with, and he wasn't interested in him. Joey made sure he said it loud enough so others could hear him to. Casey was humiliated. quote Later that night Casey and Kevin, his friend, got drunk and destroyed the O Hall. The author left us hanging and didn't really give us any notice that Joey would be gone. The next day after Joey was missing for 24 hours, we started a search team, and later found Joey not far from the O Hall, hanging from a tree stripped naked, and beaten to death. Through the book the author said that Joey was gay, but wasn't really scared of people knowing he was. Joey wouldn't say it unless he was asked or really had to, but at the same time he wasn't afraid of being gay. Joey acted like a normal teenage boy who loved playing rugby and got along with all the other guys. Out of nowhere the author brought the book to a shocking ending. Joey one of Ryan’s best friends was just murdered by another gay guy and his