Why?

Author’s Note: I decided to write on this book and topic because I really like this topic and have passion for it. But I also wanted to show you the theme of the story.

According to CNN.com 49 % of people have had to deal with racism some way or another. Sadly Drew Lawson is one of that 49%.Racism is something nobody wants but will continue to happen forever and ever. It is horrible to judge someone on the color of their skin or their religion but people still do. This story will show the pain and suffering of racism, and how it affected Drew Lawson and his life in the book Game by Walter Dean Myers.

Although we know racism is horrible we still know it’s going to happen. Such as when Drew saw scouts were at his game he thought they were there for him. But no they were actually there for Tomas who happened to be the only white kid on the team. He wasn't even  that great. Tomas was getting scouted by Duke, Kansas and West Virginia all great basketball teams. The problem was Drew only had two offers from New York University and Depaul University both not very good teams. The only reason he wasn’t getting better offers was because the color of his skin. Which wasn’t fair at all. His response to it all was always the same "I know I got game" he would always say that to his coach and anyone who anted to know his opinion.

Secondly Drew and his team went to a tournament in Vancouver, Canada. People there were not the nicest to Drew. The media would  always go to their practice and only talked to Tomas and the coach. One day Drew asked one of the media “are you here to talk to me”  then they replied “No why would we be here to talk to you, we are here to talk to the star Tomas.” Drew used this as motivation and to make him work harder. Maybe that is why his team won the tournament, and he got tournament MVP? 

In addition to Drew having to deal with racism there are many other novels that have to deal with racism as well. Such as the books Glory Road and Danger Zone. In the book Glory Road  the University of Texas El Paso basketball team is verbally and physically beaten because of the color of their skin. They would travel to places and get robbed. One time they went to Kansas and they almost got stabbed in a restaurant bathroom. The reason behind all this was because they had the first ever all black starting lineup. Also in Danger Zone the USA under 18 nationals team went to Greece and in Greece they got threat letters that they were stupid white kids from the US and they were threaten to be killed. The reason behind that was because some people didn’t like the kids from the US

In conclusion to all this information it shows how racism does really affect people and especially Drew in the book Game. Please don’t make that 49% raise anymore. But also don’t judge people on the color of their skin or their religion or even where they live. I hope you can see it really hurts people. Just thinks of those people as you. So would you want to be treated like that?

The Jordan Brand

Authors Note: I wrote this because we had to use proper citation and bibliography so i decided to write on Jordan shoes because i have them and like them a lot.

In 1985 a man by the name of Michael Jordan created not only brand but one of the best selling basketball shoes ever. The best selling Jordan shoe ever was also the best selling shoe of all time even in front of the converse Chuck Taylor All Stars which many would have thought would be the number one selling shoe. But know the name of the number one selling shoe ever is the Air Jordan I. They have sold over a million pairs (Morrison).

Bibliography

Morrison, Dave. "Top 100 Basketball Shoes of all time." 25th October 2010. Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/500756-the-top-100-basketball-shoes-of-all-time. 3 December 2012.

Game Winner

Author's Note: I decided to write a prediction to this book because i am reading it now and i am into the book a lot and i thought because i m not done it would be a great piece to do a prediction.

Creative Scene:

5,4,3,2.............1 The shot goes up and....errrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! He got it a three at the buzzer to beat Bradley the #1 Team in the state. This was for the state title and Drew Lawson hit a game winner. This was by far the biggest shot of the young man's career.  After the game Drew got many scouts from colleges such as Minnesota, Depaul and Betune Cookman Which had a smoking basketball team. Although he got wonderful offers from all of those great schools he decided to go to Rutgers because he wanted to stay by his sister and mother because Rutgers University is right downtown.

Rationale:

1. The First Reason i beileve this will happen is because In the book on pages 170 and 129 There were scouts scouting him and one of those was from Depaul University. But not only but in the book Drew Says "I would love to stay close to home and play ball" to his mom. That is why I have him going to Rutgers which is really close to home.

2. When Drew hits the game winner i have that happening becuase in the story he passes to tomas and he hits the game winner and gets all the credit that is why in the end i think it will be Drew who gets the last laugh and make his own game winner. 

3. The reason why i dont think he should go to bethune cookman a smoking program is because the only reason was most great programs wanted only white kids then. Becuase this was taking place when race was a bigger problem