I am currently reading the book Friday Night Lights. The book is about Odessa, Texas; a town that runs on football. The Odessa Panthers are the local high school football team and are frowned upon by the town when they merely make it to a state semi-final round. "The boys in this town aren't strong or large. They're not fast or tall, but they have more spirit and conviction than any of the other teams. At first sight,. yes, it is rather corny. But when accompanied by poetic and progressively impressive writing it makes for a wonderful tale. There is of coarse a problem though. Yes, this lifestyle of rooting and cheering for multiple 18 year olds is supposedly cherished by the writer. but he does, of coarse, write the story of the boy that is not on the football team.
The biggest problem with This town is not its addiction to a sport rather than, lets say, education. But the real problem is that those few who dont make the teams bench are forced through years of misery and ignorance. For 17 year old Daniel, this means that when his father dies he has absolutely no one to turn to except for his grandmother living in a nursing home hours away in Armadillo. Its not like the boys wish's he was on the team, he hates the sport entirely, he just wishes he could be treated differently now that his father was dead.
Amongst all of this bad news there is also the football that is so elegantly written into the story as thought it takes absolutely no effort whatsoever. The story has thrilling tackles, wonderful blitzes and impressive runs that take you through the book and TV series Friday Night Lights
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