Bleacher

While reading Bleachers, one does not know if one should love or hate Eddie Rake. John Grisham writes about the struggles and success that occurred during the years that Rake was the head football coach. Rake pushed all his players exceptionally hard so they could do their absolute best. He would not tolerate losing. Playing for Rake was not the easiest thing in the world. Many of the players would hate him when they played for him. They all had to learn how to forgive him and realize that he…

The author of Bleachers, John Grisham, tries to create a comparison between Cameron, the Lady, and Screamer, the Tramp, only exploring certain characteristics of each woman. Implied by her lovely nickname, Screamer was Neely’s “hot to trot” girlfriend, and through her promiscuity she is interpreted as a bitter, sad woman in her older years (Grisham 97). Screamer’s counterpart, Cameron, was Neely’s first love with their relationship ending in a whirl of betrayal and shame. Each woman was…

In the book Bleachers, by John Grisham, there were many characters that were affected by one of the major characters head coach of the spartans football team, Eddie Rake. Rake was like no other football coach, he was tough, unforgiving and even killed a player. Many characters saw that side of Rake but one saw a different side of Rake, Nat Sawyer. Nat saw the touching and…

The equality of genders in Messina High School in Bleachers by John Grisham is completely nonexistent. The females in the high school will do anything to be with a Spartan. They would completely objectify themselves just to have the so-called pride to have given up their virginity to a Spartan. Neely Crenshaw was one of these Spartans who had women thrown at him. Cameron was Neely’s high school sweetheart until he became a glorified all-star quarterback. She was never okay with the…

In John Grisham’s novel Bleachers, Coach Eddie Rake acts as a noble man through helping his community, his school, and his players. Coach Rake disagrees with any achievements other than greatness from his players. He portrays a good man by performing the deed of integrating the students, and volunteering during summer activities. Eddie Rake contributes to the community in many successful and limitless ways. The community appreciates everything Coach Rake has completed for them through his…

poke at her friend who was underneath the bleachers with the top of the umbrella. She was also looking out for her younger sister. Her sister seemed interesting in what was going on underneath the bleachers so she told her friend to catch her sister is she fell. At half time, her siblings and her went and sat by her parents for a while, and then a large group of younger kids started to play with a soccer ball someone brought in a grassy area behind the bleachers. When the second half started,…

involved in quite a number of activities so I spend most of my school year at the stadium. Red Mountain High School's stadium has taught me so many lessons and will always have a place in my heart. The stadium has three parts: field, track, and bleachers. The field is big, green, and during football season, white yard lines are painted on it. In the center, the Red Mountain logo is painted there. This is my favorite place to…

I practiced and played games on. This old rundown field is right on the campus of my high school. On the left side of the field, students and fan cheer us on from wobbly purple bleachers. It is a miracle that those bleachers are still standing to this day. On the opposite side of the field, a small set of metal bleachers are there for the…

The bleachers clear to the warming house, as the kids clear from the ice to the locker room to have pep talks from their coaches. After blades have cut through the ice for the past twenty minutes it is time for the ice to be zambonied. The sideboard doors are…

This whole walk to the bleachers, all of seven seconds, we talked about the excitement of seeing women in spandex shorts. Along the walk up the hall, on the left there was a section where the wall stopped, and there was a walkway that gave us a brief opportunity to see the girls…