Halfback Tough

1 Pages 328 Words

HALFBACK TOUGH by, Thomas J. Dygard

Setting: This story takes place in the fall, at Graham High School.

Characters: Joe - main character, Richard and Marty – Joe’s old friends from his old school, Joe’s mom and dad, coach – Joe’s football coach, Andy – one of Joe’s friends at Graham High, Paul – one of Joe’s friends at Graham High.

Point of View: The narrator (Joe) told the story from a first person point of view.

Theme: What the author of this book is telling us is that you can always start over and do things right. Everyone deserves a second chance, such as Joe did by moving to another school.

Plot: When Joe Atkins lived in his old school the only thing that he ever did was get in trouble, and cause problems. When he moves to Graham High School he knows that he has a chance to change his life and to do things right. He starts out by joining the football team and finds out that he is very good at it. Before he knows it he is the local football hero. But the problem is Joe's past reputation at his last school, he brought his attitude with him to Graham. He thinks that the rest of the football team are looking bad at him for his past. When Joe’s old troublemaking friends come to Graham and vandalize a nearby store, he is one of the ones suspected for it. After this he started feeling the same way about life as he did at his old school. After winning his last game against Alexandria, he realized how great it felt to be a winner, and not a troublemaker.

Connection to Course Content: I think that during this story, there was a conflict going on, but this conflict was going on inside of Joe’s head. The conflict was between being a jock, or a troublemaker....