The main subject in this novel so far is Joe Rantz. He was one of the nine crews that won gold medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. As a child, he was often away from his family because of his step mother, Thula, did not like him because her husband, Joe’s father, Harry, treated Joe better than he would treat Thula. Thula often got upset about Joe that she threatened to leave Harry if he did not find somewhere else Joe can stay. Due to not seeing his family often, he acquired his own skills to survive, such as finding food and building shelter. The author’s topics are concrete because he refers to physical objects rather than imaginary objects. The author uses Joe’s real life experiences in his book, such as “...his trousers not neatly