Analysis Of Friday Night Lights By H. G. Bissinger

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H.G. Bissinger is a very effective author. In his non-fiction novel Friday Night Lights, he is unbias between the sides of arguements and writes freely without the persuasion of others. The author describes the racism, explains the passion for football, and paints a picture of the historical background of the town well.
Bissinger keeps an unbias stand-point throughout the book. As he meets with people and they explain their views on certain things he does his best to keep his own personl views out of it. This mostly occurs with the opinions on race in the town. Odessa was the last city in America to integrate its schools. There is a lot of hatred between the races that date back to the beginning of the town. Bissinger did much research while

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