Summer Ball By Mike Lupa Character Analysis

Life is just a big adventure trying to find the treasure which is happiness, but we often overlook things. We often think it is natural if we miss our goal or we think we still did good or good enough. We are humans and we face many problems and hardships in our lives. We need support and help or life will be nearly impossible. Who will help you, support you through your life? In the book Summer Ball, written by Mike Lupica the protagonist, Danny in introduced. He is a very enthusiastic person, he preserves, he tries his best, and he helps others too. With all this said he is also very competitive and always wants to have lots of fun playing basketball with his friends. Danny is a train going at full speed. He does a lot of things without thinking …show more content…
They show many places where and his friends are caring enough to help Danny. Danny got hurt in a game he got trucked and had a bad landing. He really hurt his foot so he had to go to the doctor. After he came back from his appointment his friends cared for him and said that he should stay back heal so he wouldn't get worse which was very caring. They asked him how was feeling and gave him options and suggestions if he wanted to take a break from camp or not."About your knee" (pg 122). Danny chose to keep playing no matter how much his friends insisted on a break for a few games, but he didn't give up on pursuing his dream. "Especially the big dream, the one about him someday doing more than even his dad (pg 6)." He knew he had to follow his dream and keep getting back up, even if he falls down. His friends knew they couldn't stop him now so they made it their goal for him to feel better and safer. When they made Danny feel better it was a sign that said he had the best friend because what they did next could have gotten him and his friends …show more content…
It finally came to the big showdown. It was his team versus Lamar was the bully of basketball camp. There was always competition between. "He had beaten him before, but can he do it again" (pg 50). There were only 20 seconds left, but Danny slapped the ball out of Lamar's hand dribbled across the court and made a perfect slam dunk. Then Danny's team won the championship and have become champions, but after seeing this his dad and coach opened up and said that he choose who he is even if is not the way that they picture him as. Even with this Danny chose his friends over himself "He walked past the coach to be with his team" (pg. 244). It hurt when he walked, but he didn't let that get the best of him. "I'm not quitting (Pg 123)" Danny knew he had to work hard. He has never given up so far and his strong will is going to help him go forward. His friends were with him all the way. They never gave up on him and they helped him through the hard time and the easy time, but just them being with him for support had been he needed and when they had each other's backs, they were