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FCR 1

Out of the Pocket, Bill Konigsberg. Qtr. 1, Cycle 3 Reading Response, 1-52.

           

In the section I read from the book Out of the Pocket, it gave an introduction of the story. The main character, Bobby Framingham, is a star quarterback at his high school in California. Bobby has everything anyone would want. He's a star athlete, he's popular, and he even got the prettiest girl in school to like him. The problem with Bobby however, is that he's gay and is afraid to admit it. Bobby thinks coming out as gay to the world will create problems for his future career in sports and thinks he will be made fun of in school. So, he tries to cover up by making excuses every time a girl wants to do something with him, or why he always wants to be with guys. He thinks his problem is only getting worse because at night in his dreams, it's of guys undressing and being with him.

            In this book, the author Bill Konigsberg is trying to make the setting of the story as realistic as possible. The main setting is at the high school that Bobby goes to, and he's trying to create a real life setting of a high school in modern day. He puts in a couple swear words where most people like us would use them, he has people making gay and racial jokes, and he talks about people liking each other and the other things people our age talk about. The author uses the six traits to explain about Bobby's problem as being a gay all state high school quarterback and probably one of the top prospects in the country. The author gives us visualizations of what's going on with Bobby, he tells us what Bobby's thinking, and how Bobby is trying to deal with this problem.

The author has structured this part of the story to give us an introduction to the story. He's told us the main problem, which is Bobby being gay and not knowing how to come out to the world with this. The writer has crafted his writing to make it like a real high school students life. Swearing, gay jokes, football, and friends all make his writing come to life as a real setting. The purpose behind this effect is to give us an idea of how the people and place Bobby is in is like. It tells us how Bobby feels, and how we may feel if our friends knew we were gay and if they would understand, or make fun of us.