A relief pitcher spent 19 seasons pitching, for the New York Yankees, while also striking out the best hitters in baseball with his signature pitch, “a cut fastball”, this pitcher is Mariano Rivera; the five time World Series champion is now an author. Rivera tells about how he made his way from Puerto Caimito, a poor fishing village in Panama, to the pitcher’s mound at the Yankee’s Stadium, in “The Closer”. He talks about his life back in Puerto Caimito, he says “my first 17 years we lived on the shore of the Gulf of Panama, in a dingy two-room house on a dirt road, just a long toss from the fish-meal plant.” He said “by the time I came around in 1969, the house had gotten several upgrades—electricity and water—but still no bathroom,” he says
Similarly, she describes his hand as being “warm and dry” (11, 6). This application builds upon her message that her deaf grandpa is just like a non-audibly impaired man. Cohen assumes the role of an innocent, loving person who is reflecting upon the great times spent with her loved one. She employs detailed descriptions in order to allow the reader to visualize the situation, and to build upon her grandfather’s greatness. These descriptions cause the audience to reminisce upon memories they have created with their own grandfathers.
The literary detail increases the sense of inconvenience Dick and Perry feel while traveling in a crowded car, but feel relief once they cross the border. The sense of discomfort starts when Dick and Perry appear in a “tight fit for the passengers”, nonetheless felt “at last relaxed”, showing the relief they experienced. Although in congested situation by the crowd-ness
Stepping into the batter's box with the crowd going wild and then seconds later it is dead silent: Joe was a nervous wreck trying not ruin the longest hitting streak in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was one of the greatest hitters and center fielders in all of baseball history. DiMaggio, otherwise known as the “Yankee Clipper” and “Joltin’ Joe”, was famous for his gracefulness both at the plate and out on the field. Joe used an unusually wide batting stance to achieve his record breaking 56 game hitting streak. He spent his whole career with the Yankees and lead the team to nine World Series Championships.
He came upon some struggles in his life but he got over them and became the great baseball player he is know as today. A struggle he had is his dad did not want he to play baseball he said he needed to go into fishing and that he was “good for nothing” (“Childhood”2015). His dad wanted all of his boys to fish for him on his boat. Then came world war II.
Not far away i noticed an old man dragging himself along on all fours. He was trying to disengage himself from the struggle. He held one hand to his heart. I thought at first he had received a blow to the chest. Then i understood; he had a bit of bread under his shirt.
Some people are great athletes; others are great humanitarians, but Roberto Clemente combined both characteristics in one, dynamic package. From his early years as a poor child in Puerto Rico to dizzying heights as a pro baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Clemente’s life is one of inspiration and admiration. “If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don 't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth”. (Roberto Clemente) Roberto Clemente came from a very humble beginning.
Hank Aaron was known as an American Hero on and off of the baseball field. With his unique qualities, he excelled in life. He was labeled a quiet man who loved to play baseball, but he was also a black man and whites didn’t want him on “their” field (Wheeler, 1991). He was stubborn in a heroic way; he refused to leave the deep south when everyone wanted him gone, and he proved everyone wrong about what he was truly capable of (Nightengale, 2013). He broke Babe Ruth’s record for a total of 755 home runs when everyone disliked him, and he played through the hardest times in his life (Christensen).
The problem was he was missing something and he didn’t know what it was. This got him into reading books and once he did that he realised that books needed to be saved. Then he felt it was necessary to share his new found knowledge with his wife’s friends and decided to read them a poem. When he read them the poem one of the ladies got very sad “They sat, not touching her, bewildered with her display. She sobbed uncontrollably.
He slowly walks at the back of the pack, through the tunnel with number 42 on his back. They walk out and the crowd roars, but not for him. Born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson came to be one major civil rights activist in MLB Baseball. He was the youngest of five that lived with their mother, Mallie Robinson, in poverty.
Though of his failure, Santiago has not been discouraged and takes pride in what he has accomplished. Through his journey, Santiago gains valuable experience in the art of fishing. As he has faced struggles, he can prepare for the worst. Also, Santiago has not been discouraged by his failure, expressing loss with dignity.
In realization of his condition he decides to escape to freedom. Taking the risk of learning to read allowed him to learn of his position and decide to
Hemingway left sentiment in Key West and left the community members things to remember him by. The town now has souvenirs of him (like Disney does Mickey Mouse) “T-shirts, baseball caps, coffee mugs and bar coasters. ” On top of all of the souvenirs, Key West has “a weeklong celebration of drinking, fishing and writing.”
Ernest Hemingway’s characters are frequently tested in their faith, beliefs, and ideas. To Hemingway’s characters, things that appear to be grounded in reality and unmovable facts frequently are not, revealing themselves to be hollow, personal mythologies. Hemingway shakes his characters out of their comfortable ignorance through traumatic events that usually cause a certain sense of disillusionment with characters mythologies, moving them to change their way of life. His characters usually, after becoming disillusioned, respond with depression, suicide, and nihilism. However, this is not always the case.
(Hemingway, 1952, p.29). Santiago was brave enough to accept the unavoidable thing like death or his mind was ready to face any struggle but he was a man who refused to accept defeat. He prove himself as a determined man through killing his opponent marlin. His destruction over his enemy and shark shows a bravery and heroic qualities in him. He is even willing to sacrifice his own life to bring the marline at shore which shows that his bravery is stronger than any other thing.
