Dirty Mouth

The obscene language is critical to every part of the book. It helps really illustrate the state the characters are in. Its just another way to show how they feel through dialog. If the author was trying to show the characters are in duress and are angry through characterization and symbols but had them talking politely or without obscene language it wouldn't make sense. Obscene language is a reality and it exists for a reason, so if it is real it must also exist in books to make them real.

Free Write

The sound of the saturated river bed soil churned beneath his feet. His heart beating like a war drum. Rounding the bend narrowly escaping the gun fire chasing his footsteps into the salty soil. He knew the armed forces would be a trying time that would test his courage, but he never fully realized the fear that would grasp him until it had taken control of his movements and engulfed his every step.

Walk the Line

Authors include powerful, shocking, and even disturbing events in their texts to dramatize situations and move the reader. These events leave profound feelings in the reader that will not soon be forgot. Events like that help develop characters to see how they would react in such situations.

To Atone or Not to Atone...

I believe that atonement for past sins is absolutely possible. I have made many mistakes that I have regretted. Mistakes like making someone believe one thing when in reality something else was going on. I regret it because I hurt the person and shouldn't have done that. I try to reach atonement by demonstrating my remorse and trying to make things right.

Decisions...Decisions

Factors that influence my decisions consist of everything I have seen, heard, learned, been told, or otherwise absorbed throughout my time on this earth. From the teachings of my parents on to how to be a good person, to the etiquette and mannerisms picked up on television sitcoms. Decisions I make vary in their effect on the people around me from my immediate group of friends to the school as a whole.

Independent Reading Prompt 18

How Soccer explains The World is a very obvious title for this book. His thesis is clear and throughout the book he goes to great detail to prove how soccer explains the ins and outs of global economies and cultures. If I could chose a new title I might chose How Soccer Runs The World. It's not much different, theirs no way to title this book without soccer or the world because it varies topics from all across the world.

Independent Reading Prompt 9

How Soccer Explains The World brings up many intriguing questions and dilemmas in the world and how they are tied to soccer such as; How far is too far when it comes to supporting ones team? The dilemma over old hatred and differences being postered on the forefront of football games rather than in open public forum. Is soccer a driving force for globalization?

First the topic of hooligans and gangs affiliated with clubs can be a good thing. They promote the sport and offer a release for the working class to partake in during their spare time. Some of these hooligan actions go way to far, especially in cases of severe injury and murder. In some cases hooligans use soccer games as an excuse to beat other people senseless and not get into trouble for it.

Soccer club fan's use fear as a tactic when trying to intimidate other club's players. It is a widely accepted view that intimidation by fans is just a part of the game. The majority of racial and ethnic slurs used at soccer games would not be accept in any other setting.

I think the author makes some very clear cut cases as to how soccer is a major component of worldwide culture spread unlike any other force. The level of integration and segregation brought forth by soccer clubs in undeniable.