The Silent Season A Hero Analysis

In many sports articles, sportswriters typically portray athletes as flawless individuals, who live the life many of us dream to achieve. Especially the talented adolescents, with their high paying salaries, magazine cover bodies, and public support, which are stressed by the sportswriters truly portrays that athletes have it all. In addition, these positive qualities written about athletes’ drags the reader into further favoring them, like a child reading about his or her favorite superheros who never fail, the air brushed illustration of athlete’s life keeps his or her fan’s attention, while gaining new ones as well. Although these qualities of an athlete can be eye catching, and adoring for the public, sports writers should expose the other side of the athlete’s life too. Since athletes are already celebrated for their talent, exposing the truth of an athlete’s life would bring in common ground with his or her fans. Moreover, demonstrating that their position is by their hard work, rather than an illustration of natural …show more content…
Like in the piece by Talese, The Silent Season of a Hero, the author portrays the famous Yankee player, DiMaggio as a man with imperfection, unlike many sports articles that portray athletes as ideal role models. The effect of these negative traits establishes the harsh reality of DiMaggio’s life, juxtaposing to his fame and fortune. This lets the audience know that his public appreciation was gained by his own strength, training, and through the development of his personal interest. Hence, leads the audience into appreciating his work for the Yankees far more than if he was portrayed as someone who merely holds superpowers when playing