A Thinking Question For You

Do you think you have some of your parent's traits? If so, expain.........

Thinking Questions

Thinking Questions

1. Do you think kids inherit alot of their parent's traits? ~Yes, we can see in ourselves that we have some of our parents traits.

2. Why did Odessa not want to desegregate their schools? ~They didn't want to mess with their football programs.

3. Do you think Boobie will bounce back from his injury? ~Yes, because he has alot of skill, but also no because he feels forgotten.

4. How has Mike Winchell's fathers death affected his attitude and personality towards life? ~ He doesn't smile anymore and has to worry about more than himself too. And he never really opens up and tells people what he feels.

5. Are blacks treated better in the time of Odessa or today? ~They are treated better today, because in Odessa had the railroad, and today we really don't have that.

6. Why do you think the Permian Panthers can never handle the pressure? ~They could never believe in Winchell because he was never outspoken and always shook in the huddles. But now that he is a senior they bare gaining more trust in him.

Meeting 2

Passages

"That's what I'm afraid of," ~Boobie might not be able to go to college because of is injury and that is scaring him becasue that is all he can do, play football.

"He never wants me to come in," ~Winchell's girlfriend said this because he was embaressed of where he lives. This shows that this is what some of the kids have to go through and how limited money is.

"Never let up, swarm the ball every play," ~This shows how they played football and how they lived for the game. Football was everyhting to them and they did anything to win.

Key Words

~nigger- a black person

~frenzy- tense, emotional excitement; intense activity

~desegregation- abandon the act of segregation (spilt-up)

~detrimental- harmful, dangerous, injurous

~prominence- state or quality of being prominent (distingushed)

Summary 2 By: Octavio INCOMPLETE

A Thinking Question for You

Background: Odessa is a place where football is why you keep on living and if you are wondering where everyone is on a Friday night, you just have to walk down to the Permian football field and you'll find the whole town there cheering on their team.

Do you think we are as supportive and as proud of our school (SSC) as Odessa is?

Thinking Questions

~How would you deal with and injury like Boobies?
-We would probable react just like him but not as intense and as graphic and wordy. But we understand why he reacted this way, because that was his whole life
~Why does the quarterback, Winchell show no emotion?
- He gets scared and the pressure gets to him and nothing really makes him happy anyways. Plus, his dad past away when he was younger and ever since then his has been smile less.
~ What is the significance or what is so important about Friday nights for all the people of Odessa and the football players?
-They live for football. It keeps them going. If they wouldn't have any football, their would be no community because they don't get along without football. They all come together as one on Friday nights to cheer on their boys. And for the players, this is their time to shine and play the sport they love.

Meeting 1 Notes

Passages

1. In the absence of a shimmering skyline, the Odessa's of the country had all found something similar in which to place their faith....... In Ohio and Pennsylvania and Alabama and Georgia and Texas and dozens of other states, it was the weekly event simply know as Friday Night.

~It's important because the people from Odessa didn't get along very well but when there was a game in Friday Night they would all come together as on to cheer on their team. This is what they lived for.

2. They listed off names as if they were talking about the star-studded cast of a movie spectacular, and they frankly didn't see how Permian could miss a trip to state this season.

~ They is referred to the people of Odessa. This passage shows that everyone from Odessa has a huge amount of faith in their boys and it shows how much they believe in their talents that they can win and go to State. Also, it shows how proud they are of them.

3. "I won;t be able to play college football, man," said Boobie..... "It's real important. It's all I ever wanted to do. I want to make it in the pros. All i wanted to do," he repeated again. "Make it into the pros. " He said right after he got injured.

~Boobie feels cheated because this is his ticket to have a good life and play the sport he loves so much in college. His dream is to play for the pros and now that dream is fading and he can't do anything about it.

Words of the Day

~catharsis- a purification that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension

~congregate- to come together

~anatomical- action or process

~egocentric buffoon- self-centered

~enduring- last in durable

Summary 1

Boobie Miles, a has-been super-star for the Permian Panthers, tore some ligaments in his knee and has been a benchie ever since. His whole life was based on football and now that he can't play as well he is slowly losing his high self-esteem. The quarterback, Mike Winchell has to go through a lot of pressure. He never smiles which makes him unique in a special way. On Friday's all the members of the football team find their own way to unwind and waste time before the football game. Every one's in the locker room, puking, blasting music and staring nothing. Mo-Jo lost their game in 1987 that ended that season, but the next season was coming. When coach Gaines goes home after every loss there's always dozens for sale signs in his front yard, but that's the price you pay for being the head coach in a town that's all about football. The 2nd chapter of this explains in great detail about Qdessa's history. Odessa thrives on football, but it is also know as the worst place to live due to it's death and gangs standards. Odessa is an oil town. It goes in spurts and has a very unbalanced economy, but the people that stay, stay for the football. Signaling the start of the football season in the famous Watermelon Feed. Everyone in Odessa attends this and wears black as they say every individuals name on the team that year. Being apart of the Permian football team was every little boys dream and it was the way they were brought up to be. Boobie Miles was the major star at Permian in 1988, everything was kinda based around him. But that scrimmage changed everything. On the way to L.V.'s old town he remembered all his childhood memories and is sort of living them through Boobie. Boobie was adopted by L.V. when he was 7 years old. Boobie and L.V. thrived off each other and while Boobie was an outstanding football player; he had the mind of a 12 year old. Basically, if Boobie had no football talent he would be "a dumb old nigger."