Plot Update
Plot Update In the book, The Pitcher there is a boy that wants to be a professional baseball player but goes through many obstacles. Some obstacles are the people that he hangs around. They really do not lead him in the path that he wants to go. Another obstacle is the environment that he lives in. His environment is a really bad place to live because he is a Mexican young boy that moved from his old home. The boy’s name is Ricky and he’s living with his mother. Rich doesn’t have a father figure in his life because his dad left when he was very young. So rocky knows that him and his mother are struggling and they want to get out of the struggle. There is a former all pro baseball player that lives across the street from them in his garage. They ask for his help to get Ricky to the level that he needs and wants to get to but this former baseball player is also a drunk. So when he tries to teach Ricky, it’s hard because he’s always drunk or is close to it. Ricky has a very good arm but doesn’t think he does because of people’s judgement. A lot of people know that Ricky could go to the pros but he has to believe in himself. There was a couple of time when Ricky was supposed to meet the drunk for practice in a famous baseball field but he never showed up. Ricky thought he didn’t show up because he was a waste of his time. But Ricky’s mother didn’t like that he felt bad about someone who did something to him so they go to his garage where the drunk slept. Ricky’s mother kept banging on the garage door so that the drunk would open the garage door but never did. So she found that there was an opening at the bottom of the garage door and she told Ricky to squeeze through the opening to find the drunk and that’s what he did. When Ricky looked around the garage, he saw the remote to open the garage and there was like a beam of light that just entered the room. So Ricky’s mother and the drunk got into a very heated argument with Ricky still in the room. The drunk was saying that the only reason that Ricky’s mother was upset because she has no man in her life for Ricky to look up to.
Character Analysis
Some characters in the book The Pitcher is the main character, Ricky. Ricky’s mom, Mrs.Payne which is one of Ricky’s friend’s mom. Eric, Devin, and Joey which are three of Ricky’s best friends. The drunk retired professional baseball player who lives in his garage. Joey is the type of guy who wants to be better than everyone at everything and just likes to be curious about anything that spots his eye. Devin is a mother’s boy because Mrs.Payne spoils Devin every chance she gets. Eric is the that one kid that isn’t good at sports but tries just to hang around friends that play sports. Ricky is the main character that has hidden potential. Everyone knows that Ricky is a great athlete with a great pitching arm. But the only person that doubts this is Ricky. He doubts himself because he doesn’t think he’s good enough and doesn’t want to end up like the drunk baseball player who lives in his garage with his dog. Ricky’s mom wants him to do great things with his life because he didn’t have anyone to look up to when he was growing up. She wants everything to go Ricky’s way. She tries so hard to let him get to his full potential but he has to believe in himself. Even the drunk baseball player thinks that Ricky could do great things when he grows up. The baseball player just doesn’t want Ricky to get rid of his life like he did. That’s the only reason why he won’t coach Ricky because he is afraid that Ricky will let the fame get to his head and he’ll be rude to everyone that supported him. Most of the people that Ricky knows has supported him through his up and coming baseball career. Eric, Devin, and Joey have been the main people that has showed Ricky what is right and wrong about baseball. They have all been friends since they were little kids throwing a ball around in the dirt and mud. Ricky starts to realize that he could do great things in the future later in the story. He starts realizing that what people were saying about him was true. Ricky starts to believe in himself and others that support him. Ricky’s mom was really starting to have more positive moods about certain things going o in her life. The drunk baseball player started to stop drinking so much.
My Personal Reaction
My reaction for the book The Pitcher is that people think that one kid could change their futures because he wants to do something with his life. They are all getting him worked up so they can just say that they know him. Ricky starting to doubt himself a lot because he didn’t have a father to tall him that he can do great things in life. This is why Ricky’s mom argued a lot and would be stressed out by the little things. Ricky noticed this all the time which is why he wanted to play baseball to get his mind off of things. He doesn’t think about anything else when he’s playing baseball. All he thinks about is striking out the batter so he can win the game. Devin, Joey, and Eric would be really good baseball players if they weren’t trying to impress everyone. They all had the dream together to make to a professional league. It didn’t matter how they got there, as long as they were able to play in front of millions of people every week.