Symbolism In Heat The Yankee Stadium

In the novel, Heat, the yankee stadium represents hope. The reason the stadium represents hope is because the boy in Heat is an illegal immigrant to the United States from Cuba. He and his brother are the only ones here besides their uncle which doesn’t live with them, but sometimes talks to them. The boy’s name is Micheal and he plays on a little league team in New York. The boy one day hopes to get to the MLB, but the problem is that he gets stopped because he doesn’t have a birth certificate to prove that he is the right age and he is really that good. The reason the Yankee Stadium is the object of this book is because it provides hope that one day through all the struggles Arroyo will make it to the major leagues. His brother Carlos also makes money by selling tickets outside the stadium. This is why the Yankee Stadium is the object and its symbol is hope for a better life. In the part of the book where I found Yankee Stadium is written the story is taking a twist. In the book he is playing catch with a girl named Ellie, Ellie is talking to him when he asks what she did with Ramon. This is when Ellie took off up the street running away from the cops and everybody else there, she ran

But, Micheal thought he worked as a waiter, but in all truths he was a ticket seller outside the stadium trying to make money. He didn’t want to keep those secrets from his brother, but he has to, to keep his brother in sport with a glove and clothes and food and a place to sleep. “At night, when Michael thought he was busing tables at Hector’s, Carlos was working outside Yankee Stadium, scalping tickets to Yankee games, as afraid of being spotted by his brother as by the police.” (p.124). I like this on because he shows how much he is willing to risk jail time in order to get his brother a better life. This gives him hope for a better job in the