Personal Review Of Becoming A Man By Tim Brown

Petey Flower

Mr. Friedline

English 3

30 September 2015

Becoming a Man I had the choice to pick any nonfiction book I wanted to. Out of all the millions of nonfiction books out there I wanted to read The Making of a Man. This autobiography drew my interest for several reasons, one of which being the fact that I have a passion for football and the author, Tim Brown, is a Hall of Famer. I went to a dinner that Tim Brown and Joe Gibbs were speaking at with the football team and everyone that was there got a copy of this book. They spoke to us about Tim Browns life, the struggles he faced, and what the book is about. They also talked about Tim Browns relationship with the lord and he told his story of how the lord has influenced his life. This

The book was about three very important things in my life: football, family, and God. After reading the book I knew I made an excellent decision. This book will change your life. It teaches you how to become a man and walks you through the struggles of what it takes to run a family and have the responsibilities of being a man. I would really suggest this book to anyone due to the way it talks about Tim Browns career, shows how having a commitment to God impacts a man’s life, and how he teaches you what it takes to run a family and be a man. This book was very special to me because Tim Brown and I both share a passion for the game of football. He did not start playing the game at until his sophomore year of high school. As soon as he started playing you could tell he was a gifted player and that he was going to be a special player. He excelled above everyone else and stood out from the rest of his team. By his senior year this lead to him being heavily recruited by big name colleges despite the fact that it was only his third year of ever playing football. He ultimately decided to continue his education and football career at the University of Notre Dame. The head coach told him before his first year

He is now known for being a strong Christian but for the majority of his youth it wasn’t this way. In his book, The Making of a Man, he is quoted saying “certainly being 22-years-old and being out in Los Angeles with a pocket full of money was not helpful to my Christian walk, that’s for sure.” He struggled with sexual temptation during his young NFL days, him and his team mates had a thing call a breakfast, lunch and dinner special. Which meant you got with one girl in the morning, a different one during the day, and another one at night. They be congratulated when one of them were able to complete this. He even had a child out of wedlock with one of the girls he slept with. She kept the child and he provided for them but they were never able to make the relationship work and stayed out of touch for the most part. But after years of living the young and reckless life style many of the celebrities choose to be a part of he realized he wasn’t the man he wanted himself to be or the man that God would want him to be. It got so bad that he claims he couldn’t even look at himself in the mirror. This is the sign he needed for a change, and that’s all it took. As he started to find a relationship with God, Tim Brown said “for me once again the answer to my problems is God,” and he realized that through the bible God would guide him. After that he turned his