PLEASE HELP. i have a reading log due tomorrow and dont have time to finsh the book, ive seen the movie many times if u can tell me anything/ everything you know about the book it would be a great help. how different is it from the movie? thank you!
2006-10-01 18:32:52 · 2 answers · asked by bim1960 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
What I can tell you is that it's a classic, one of the best stories ever written. You should read it! Everyone who's interested in sports in the USA or in high school or in West Texas, should read it. I've lived in one of those West Texas towns. I know this book is for real.
What I can tell you is that this is not a happy book. It's not altogether sad either. It's just real. Don't expect heroes, but don't expect villains or fools either. Just ordinary Texas boys and coaches and football fanatics (if you can call that ordinary).
What I can tell you is that the book follows the struggles of an award-winning high-school fottball team through the season of 1988. What I can tell you is that the Odessa Permian Panthers won the Texas state championship in the 5A classification (the state's largest) in 1965, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991--but NOT 1988.
What I can tell you is that I often wanted these guys to say to their coach, "Oh, to hell with it," and I often wanted the coach to say to football fanatics of Odessa, "Oh, to hell with you." But I knew they wouldn't.
What I can tell you is that I came to respect them all (well, nearly all of them), especially the quarterback who, at age 17, had to live with more pressure than any teenage boy should and who, in my mind, was a star, though not an All-Star.
What I can tell you is that the best lines in the books are not the authors', but real people's, the coach and his players:
Gentlemen, the hopes and dreams of an entire town are riding on your shoulders. You may never matter again in your life as much as you do right now.
We're gonna get drunk, we're gonna get laid, and we're gonna win state but not tonight.
Chavez, you're like a human pinata.
I don't feel 17.
What am I gonna do if I can't play football? I'm not good at nothin'!
How about Alaska? We could move to Alaska. I bet they're not as serious about their football in Alaska.
What I can tell you is that if you really want to cheat on your book report, go to the site below. But you oughta ask for an extension and really read he book.
Listen to what the coach who wins (and doesn't win) has to say:
Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn't let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could.
2006-10-02 21:10:07 · answer #1 · answered by bfrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its too late now if i told u. sorry
2006-10-02 06:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋