David Miller
Mike Lohre
English 1109, Mon, Wen
09/30/2020
Journal 4 - David Miller
Today we are going to look into Chapter Ten of One and Done and what the core themes are. To me I thought the most important theme of this chapter was Trust. Within this chapter Clarett gets robbed out of a car that he borrowed, and then files a report but does it in the wrong way. Because he doesn’t do it the right way Andy Geiger decides to get his revenge for Clarett talking back to him earlier in the year, or at least Clarett thinks so because he states, “Geiger called for the investigation. He called the NCAA about this. He gave me up”, (Clarett, 155). But personally I didn’t find the writing around this piece to be the most interesting. I preferred the end of the chapter, around page 162, because it describes to us how he’s feeling about the whole thing. He’s beginning to feel like how he was before football because he is losing everything.
Personally I can’t relate to that a lot. I’ve always had people there to help me even in my lowest lows. One of the biggest examples of these influences in my life has to be my neighbor Kevin. I didn’t know him for a super long time, maybe a couple years, but he constantly encouraged me and my brothers to go over to his house. There would be days that I would get home from school and we would go over there and play chess and talk about my day. Looking back on those memories now I can remember his willingness to listen to a little kid about his day. His wife Cathleen was just as nice as him and prays for my family everyday. Neither of them had to be so nice to use when we were younger, but they chose too. I feel like my situation in life is very opposite of Chapter Ten because unlike him I have had people there supporting me, even early in life.
David it really sounds like you have a blessing in your neighbor Kevin and his wife. Thanks for getting us started here,and we will use these personal connections as a discussion starter on Monday!
ReplyDeleteDavid, I definitely agree a theme could be trust. He trusted Jim tressel when he said to file the report but we know how that turned out. Andy Geiger saw that and tipped off the NCAA so the would investigate it. It is crazy how he just went down hill after his football career.
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