Friday Night Lights: Book Summary

Odessa isn't known to be a place on big dream, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dream of this dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. IN bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night form September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true.
With frankness and compassion, H. G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires- and sometimes shatters-the teenagers who wear the Panther's uniforms.

Friday Night Lights: the movie

The movie follows the book quite accurately in many scenes, but some areas for example the championship game in the movie. Permian did NOT make it to the championship, they only made it to the semi-finals, nut otherwise it was very accurate. The thing that our whole grouped loved about the movie was that they was absolutely NO history what so ever. Some of the people in the book who are portrayed in the movie are a bit different. Their personalities in the book are different in the movie. Although the movie may be a little bit different, we think it summed the book up nicely. It got the massage across and it was an awesome movie. We all loved it.

Thinking Question For YOU!!!

If you were so close to State and you could literally touch and smell it but you lost how would you feel?? Please explain in a detail answer.

Thinking Questions

~How would you feel if you put a lot of effort into your sports season, but in a year everyone would forget about you and replace you with other athletes? - I would be in a blue funk. (state of nervous depression). Also we would be saddened by the thought of everyone forgetting about all the hard work and goals we accomplished during our season.
~If Permian would have beat Dallas Carter, do you think they would have won state? - Yes, they have the willpower and determination to win it and they had a community that would've helped them along.
~How would you feel if your team was one of the final 4 left in the entire state? - I would feel proud and well accomplished. It would be an honor to be there.
~Why do you think after Permian lost to Carter that everyone didn't know what to do? - They probably felt this way because football was everything to them and know that they didn't have that until next season they kind of faded away, not knowing what to do with themselves.

Meeting 4 Notes

Vocab

~ reprieve-temporary relief from any evil or trouble

~recalcitrant-resisting authority or control; disobedient

~constituency-the voters in a district

~guttural-formed in the throat; harsh

~effusion-unrestrained expression of feeling in talking or writing

Passage

1. Dale McDougal ran to find her son. They both started sobbing and walked off the field clutching each other. ~This shows how important this game was to the MoJo players.

2. But when asked if he regretted his decision to quit, he became remorse and silent. ~This showed how much Boobie loved the game of football.

3. The season had ended, but another on had begun. People everywhere, young and old, were already dreaming of heroes. ~This shows how big of a tradition MoJo was. How every year was a big deal.

Summary 5

Permian beat Amarillo Tascosa in the first round easily, but also they took a pounding form the coach because they thought they could do better. Their next opponent would be Nimitz Vikings. The Vikings were also a christian school who was going to do everything they could to stop Permian. They went onto beat the Vikings 21-7. It also talks about the sacrifices Permian kids went through to play ball. They made it to the final four and every thing goes south, they lose. Boobie Miles goes to Jr. College and drops out.

Thinking Question For YOU!!!

What town would you rather live in? Midland- a town with great career opportunity, rich stuck up people, not much of a party town, didn't have as good of athletic teams and a community who didn't support their teams as much. Where as Permian- a party town, full of great potential but goes up and down, a football program that is successful, a community that lived for football, and where being a football player meant you were King. You could be in both towns, but which one would stronger for you and why? Please explain in detail.