Did you know 78% of kids say their role model is their older
sibling? Well that can be a good or bad thing. It is a bad thing though in “Night
Hoops” By Carl Dueker. Trent Dawson, a
self proclaimed tough guy, isn’t the best kid in the world. But there are many
ways that Trent Dawson changes throughout this novel and he impacts many lives
by his changes.
Killing, beating, drinking and smoking
all horrible things for a 17 year old kid to be doing but that is what
Zack Dawson has been doing. Although these
are horrific, maybe the worst thing is
that he is his younger brothers role model.
Zack and Trent are only 3 years apart but they should not do the things
they have done together. Such as killing chickens on a trail and stealing items
from local convenience store. But the catalyst to Trent’s changing was when his
brother shot Michael Ushakov.
Although, Trent is a horrible kid he changes a lot in the
book. The main part where I think he
starts changing is when his brother Zack asked Trent if he wanted to go shoot
down on the trail. That’s when Trent said no I’m playing basketball with Nick. Right
after that was when Zack ended up shooting Michael Ushakov.
Change; we all know it’s not easy. But Trent Dawson persevered and changed
throughout the book. Well he changed he also affected people’s lives. The key reason why he changed was when his
brother shot Michael. That was a crucial role of him changing. There were many
great things that he also effected when he changed such as he changed the outcome
of his teams basketball season. Know the self proclaimed tough guy has become a
good guy.
