So far this book has an awesome story line. The conflict in the story is a great idea, and the point of view is the best way to describe the conflict. Both of these literary elements in the story are perfect because the point of view describes the conflict and the conflict is perfect for the point of view.
There are many different conflicts in the story, but i feel that the conflict between Drew and House is the biggest because House is the coach and Drew needs to listen to House if he wants to be on the team.. The conflict is Person vs. Person which is an external conflict. This an external conflict because it is Drew vs. House, not Drew vs Drew. The conflict is that Drew is mad at House because the team is loosing a lot of basketball games. He is mad because he is giving Tomas playing time and he doesn't get any. Plus everybody on the basketball team that Drew would help the team. Lastly, House knows that he would be better and he still plays Tomas because he is racist.
The point of view in the story is first person by Drew. Drew is a high school kid that loves the game of basketball, but has not given a chance to shine. You may notice in the story that there is a lot of slang words and teenage talk. The speech is very unprofessional. Also, he gives very good detail on how everybody acts. He makes a lot of comments about the way House is coaching. Although, Drew doesn't know if House has a plan for him in the future, or what House may be going through. Lastly, Drew needs to look at the full picture or ask House why he is not playing him before he makes comments or remarks about him.
Nice analysis of the connection between the POV and conflict, Dominic. You really did a fantastic job explaining the relation between the two and it's an interesting thought I never considered with this novel. The first person POV really does give a clearer picture of the conflict between Drew and his coach. Do you think he's being biased with the conflict, though? You mentioned that Drew needs to look at the "full picture" before he makes conflict. Do you this his biased nature prevents him from taking back and looking at this whole picture?
ReplyDeleteI also liked that you discussed the "slang" of the novel. One of the best things about young adult novels is that many of them use teenage, first-person narration. Did you enjoy the novel more because of this "teenage talk" or would you like to see more of a professional presentation? I'd love to hear your comments and more of your analysis!