A Mile Is His Shoes Essay

A Mile is His Shoes is a joyful movie about Mickey, a teenager who has Asperger's Syndrome, and his immense talents. Mickey lives a sheltered life on rural farm with his parents who are very protective over him due to his learning disability. Murph, a baseball coach, sees the great potential Mickey has to be a pitcher when he throws apples towards a hard surface and smashes them, feeding the family’s pigs. Mickey joins the River Rats, a small professional league team in Ohio, as a pitcher, stealing the spotlight from the egotistical previous pitcher. While exposed to new environments other than his usual serene farm life, the challenges Mickey face due to Asperger’s become obvious, The effects Mickey’s disability cause mostly arise when he is on the baseball field. When he is under stress, he paces. The first time he walks from the locker room into the stadium for practice, the film captures the overwhelming sensation Mickey felt. The large intimidating stadium surrounding him, the sounds of the other players yelling as they practice, and the commotion of balls being thrown and chased obviously impacts Mickey. He is called to the side to practice one-on-one with Murph to subdue the emotions he goes …show more content…
An interesting difference between Mickey and Matt’s experiences is the impact the crowds had on the athletes. For Mickey, the crowd provided encouragement, but was also something that overwhelmed him because of the loud cheers and high energy. Matt, however, experienced competing with no noise distractions due to his deafness. This allowed him to keep focus on his opponent and only see and feel the crowd’s excitement. Mickey and Matt had different disabilities, but they both relied on the same hyperfocusing coping mechanism in overwhelming and stressful