Famous People In Adam Bagdasarian's 'The Fight'

Do you know how whenever you’re stalking a famous person on social media, you always see these appreciation post with captions like, “I love you guys so much!” or “Thank you guys so much!”. Have you ever thought about what would happen if they didn’t do that? Cynthia Ozick once said “We often take for granted the very things that deserve our most gratitude.” In the story, “The fight”, The author Adam Bagdasarian shows us this boy Will, who is living a dream. He has girls, “friends”, fame, everything. However, he doesn’t really take the time to show gratitude. If we can learn anything from Will, it’s to not take things for granted.

Will never thought of anything other than his popularity. At the beginning of the story, Will didn’t care about anyone other than himself. For example, he was fake to everyone. Going further, he didn’t consider his “friends” friends. He acted like he really liked a girl but in the end you can guess that he is only dating people for popularity. Secondly, he is living a lie. He is telling himself that his life is only about the popularity and the fame, so he is taking for granted the good things. To end, …show more content…
As he lays on the ground, blood dripping from his face, he realizes the bully he had been, the dirt he was. For example, when the only three people that joined his team were three girls who hadn’t had their hearts broken by him and a foreign exchange student, he realized he wasn’t the king he thought he was. Adding on, he realized his bad reputation. As he stared into the crowd at the fight, he realized that all these people against him, he had hurt. Maybe those girls are still hurt from heartbreak. Maybe those boys had experienced him being a fake friend. Finally, Will lost his title. He had wandered around school being the king, and now, he’s known as the boy who started a fight he didn’t win. All of these pieces of evidence show the aftermath if you choose to take things for