Roughnecks

2 Pages 451 Words

ROUGHNECKS by, Thomas Cochran
Setting: Oil Camp, Louisiana, in the late fall.

Character: Travis Cody, the main character, high school football player, Glen Cody, Travis’ older brother, who has graduated from high school, Travis’ mother, a nurse, “Lunk,” Travis’ close friend and fellow teammate, and Jerico Grooms, Travis’ arch rival, who plays for Pineview.
Point of View: This story is told from the view of Travis Cody, the main character. Which makes this story told in first person point of view.
Theme: This story tells of the day of the main character, Travis Codys', big game. The game is against Pineview, the Roughnecks arch rivals. It is the state championship, and Travis’ second chance to prove himself against the best nose guard in the state, Jerico Grooms. The first time these two met Grooms beat one of Travis’ assignments that cost the Roughnecks an undefeated season. All day Travis has doubted himself against Grooms. At the end of the book, Travis beats Grooms and the Roughnecks go on to win the state championship. Once he beat Grooms, his doughts in himself were gone. So I think that the theme of this story is that when Travis learned that sometimes when you dought yourself, you need to give it that litter extra effort to prove it to yourself.
Plot: This story is about Travis Cody, a high school football player. The whole story is about the day of Travis’ big game against Pineview. It tells about everything that he does all day. This game is his big second chance against Pineview. Earlier in the season, when they played Pinview, their star nose guard, Jerico Grooms, breaks through Travis’ blocking assignments that cost the Roughnecks an undefeated season. Travis has been worrying about his talents against Grooms for the past week. In the final seconds of the game Grooms admits to Travis that he has been worrying about him for a long time, and Travis admits the same thing. T...