Analysis Of Basketball Diaries By Jim Carroll

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The novel Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll is one of my all time favorites. This novel is an accurate representation of what most drug users go through. This novel explores the life of Jim Carroll and his drug addiction that soon enough consumes his life. This novel is one of my favorites because it puts the reader in the shoes of Carroll, shows the drastic change in Carroll's life due to his heroin addiction and it has a moral that is displayed through a true story. In the novel Carroll takes the reader through a rollercoaster of events leading up to the tragic outcome. First the reader gets to glance into Jim Carroll’s like as a high school student and student athlete. Things start to crumble at the seams and soon enough it turns into the