A Clean, Well Lighted Place Analysis

What is one event, character, or plot element that is similar to a modern text/film? Explain.

1.  In most movies there's always a sad part and the sad part of this movie is when the young waiter yells at the old man. There is also some one in a movie that is nice and that's the old waiter because the old waiter was just saying that he was lonely and just needs a calm place to relax.   

2. I think the book is different than the movie because the old man was suppose to be outside on a terrost

but in the movie they were inside the cafe. One thing i didn't know would happen is the music at the end and the beginning, in the beginning the music sounded creepy and mysterious and at the end it sound more sad because the old man got yelled at and he just left all sad and didn't really say anything else when he left. Another thing that was different was the soldier walked by in the book but didn't walk by in the movie and I think the directer took that out because the soldier wasn't really a big part of the story. In the beginning the two waiters didn't say that the old man was def but he actually was in both the story and the book but you could still tell that he was def because he talked really loud to the waiters.

3. I liked the Movie type better because it made more sense than the book because the movie took out all the parts that wasn't need and it's also easier to visualize stuff. Another thing I liked was how they changed some of the parts like the terrist and how he was suppose to be outside and the reason I liked that was because i like when things changed from the book to the movie. One of the dislikes I have is the young waiter because he was mean and impatient  but the old on was nice and felt bad for him. Another thing I didn't like was how the old man looked he looked kinda homeless because he didn't really have good glasses and all he pretty much had was a coat and a scarf. Overall I like a little bit of both things because they were both great and how they explained things in the book and the movie.

Great Author's

Author's Note: This essay is going to be about comparing authors Mike Lupica and Tim Green and how their writing is the same and different.

The two authors I'm going to compare is Mike Lupica and Tim Green the two books I'm going to compare by these authors is the Big Field by Tim Green and Football Hero by Mike Lupica the ways I will be comparing them is how the books are the same and how there different. The Big Field is about these two baseball teammates Hutch and Cole try to go to the championship and try to stay as a team as there going through the games hutch gets suspended one game by his coach because he fought with one of his teammates. When its time to play the game Hutch give Cole some advise for him because he's playing his position when Cole goes out on the field and Hutch tells to move towards second so he does and he makes a nice double play. Football Hero is about these brothers Ty and Thane and their parents get killed in a car crash and Ty has to move with his uncle and he also has to go to a different school so he has no friends at first so he gets bullied until he joins the football team and shows all the kids up on the football team.

These authors are the same because they both write a bunch of sports books and both have the same setting but different sports. There also the same because they both have problems and they both get fixed like in the Big field the problem is Hutch getting suspended and them losing one game and they fixed this problem by stopping Hutch getting in fights with his teammates and practicing more to get better. In Football Hero The problem is that Ty gets bullied and has no friends at first but then he signs up for the football team and shows off his speed. I think these problems in both books could be real life experiences because people really get bullied and get called names and people always get in fights with their teammates.

Mike Lupica and Tim Green are different too because Football Hero has a nerdy kid and he gets bullied and that doesn't happen in The Big Field. Then in the Big field there's two teammates that work together and win the baseball championship and it's also different because it tells the story about two people but in the Football Hero it's only telling a story about Ty. Another way these books could be different is that there different sports and have different settings at some times and The Big field doesn't have such a big problem as Football Hero. I think the biggest problem in Football Hero is when Ty's parents die and he has to move with his uncle and Aunt and he also has to go to a new school and the biggest problem in The Big Field is when Hutch gets suspended for a game because he was the teams best player and he also new baseball alot more than his teammates because his dad played baseball but got injured and ended his career. Then when Hutch started baseball Hutch's dad started teaching him how to play and the rules of the game. I think these books are great for people who like sports books and books with some problems in it and i think all of the similarities and differences are real world and can happen to anybody. I personally like these books because I like sports and mystery books and these books are a little like that because you never know whats going to happen next.  

Determination and Hard Work

Author's Note: This essay is about theme and the book i will be doing theme on is The Big Field by Mike Lupica and the theme for this book is determination because Hutch and Cole are determined to win the  baseball championship and go home with the trophy.

The "Big Field" by Mike Lupica is about Hutch and Cole playing on a baseball team and they try to win all of their playoff games so they can win the championship. Hutch's dad works for a limousine business and he usually takes famous people to places and he is a caddy for really good golf players. Hutch's dad use to play baseball and he got injured and it ended his career. Another reason why determination is good because at one point Hutch wants to go play baseball at 9 am with Cole because he loves it so much and before that he had a big game that they won and he didn't want to just sit at home all day.I think determination is a good theme for this book because sports is all about determination and you have to be determined to win and I feel like Hutch and Cole are always confident in themselves to win the games that they play.

Hutch and Cole always have trouble communicating with each other because they both ran into each other in practice so they started talking more and they also put hard work in practice and got ready for their next playoff game. In the book teamwork is also good for this theme because Hutch and Cole use teamwork to win the playoffs games in real life this can compare to real sport teammates because they have to work together and put the hard work in. during the playoffs Hutch gets suspended for one game of the playoff series and when the next game came he sat on the bench and he was acting like a second coach and he was helping Cole out because Cole was playing Hutch's position. When Cole and the rest of the team goes out to the field Hutch yells over to Cole and says move over towards second base because he was playing shortstop and the batter comes up and he was a righty so Hutch told Cole to move over more and so he did and when the pitcher through the ball and the batter hit it right at Cole and Cole caught it for an out and after that Cole gave Hutch a thumbs up.

Another story that has Hard work and determination is The Greatest Muhammad Ali because he had to work hard and be determined to win his fights and he also had to put hard work in practice to get better. A quote from the that Muhammad Ali always said was float like a butterfly and sting like a bee and that means when he's fighting he wants to be light on his feet but also wants to throw hard punches. I feel like if Muhammad didn't have anyone to motivate him he wouldn't of got as far or if he didn't have anyone training him he wouldn't of got any better. I think this theme works good with these two books because you need hard work and determination for all sports because if you don't work hard you really wont get any where and if you have no motivation or good people surrounding you, you wont get any where. 

The Retelling about The Big Field

Hutch and Cole play Little league baseball and they have trouble getting through the Florida when their house has no central air all they have is just a little fan in their room to keep them cool for the night. When Hutch and Cole's baseball team gets in the playoffs they find a way to always pull out the win but Hutch makes a mistake in game 2 will it cot them their game or will they still win find out and go read The Big Field.