Call Me By My Name Analysis

Life in the 1960’s was a lot different than what it is in today’s world, especially in the southern states. The 1960’s was a time when the United States was switching from segregation to desegregation. For some towns desegregation was no problem at all and others not so much. Some towns needed the different race to prove that they were just as good for them to be accepted, and in a small town in southern Louisiana a winning football season would be the only thing that could do that. Call Me By My Name by John Ed Bradley told in Rodney’s point of view is a book about three friends Tater, who was an , Rodney and Angie, that despite of the towns opinion became the best of friends in a time when the town was not willing to accept different races mingling with one another. And by doing that they proved to the town that certain things didn’t matter. Tater and Rodney first met on the baseball field in the summer of 1965 and Rodney was the only one that would willingly accept Tater, as Rodney said in the book, “The shell kept falling and the kid kept bawling. And finally I covered his body with mine.” As the summer went on Tater and Rodney became better friends along with Angie, Rodney’s twin sister. School started in the fall and so …show more content…
By the end of the season they had gotten so strong as a team they were undefeated and playing in the state title game. The game started a little slow for the entire team, Tater and Rodney weren’t performing as usual and on top of that is was one of the hottest days of the season. Finally things started clicking and the team was playing as usual, but with only two minutes left to go, their chances of winning quickly became threatened when an event happened on the field that would change Rodney and Angie’s life