To The Youth Athlete I Ll Never Be Analysis

Reading an endless passage of texts allows the readers to give up for many reasons from not being engaged or being convinced of the beneficial aspect of the text is due to the lack of good writing. The definition of “good writing” can confuse people by being too broad. My belief of good writing is writing that compels an audience to feel interested, motivated, or deeply connected through the composed text. The article “To The Youth Athlete I was, And The Adult Athlete I’ll Never Be” written by Gina Davis have the qualities of good writing which targets a certain Discourse community. A Discourse community is living to a certain role or “identity kit” they upholds themselves with the driven skills, values, and beliefs to their community. Davis’s text emphasizes on the connection between the target Discourse community

Being able to relate to one another in the community the text provides an example of a personal experience, “... without the ability to play, my passion is stronger than ever. I think once you mature and understand the blessing of being an athlete and having something like that to believe in and work for, the love for the game is at its peak. There’s nothing worse than being incapable of channeling that love and adoration for something I once didn’t appreciate. That’s what kills me most”(Davis 3). The importance of this text is to share the experience within the community that allows members of the Discourse community to compare both their perspective. The text demonstrates the experience of a fallen athlete that occurs due to an injury which, I found this relatable as I once struggled through and injury that made me stop competing. Without this key element the text would not have the same value as it does. Using the experience within the text it connects the community to the text through a level of connection with a similar