FCR 4

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FCR #4

Out of the Pocket, Bill Konigsberg. Qtr. 1, Cycle 4 Reading Response, pages 196-146

In the section I just read, Bobby is getting used to the fact that he is in love with men. Bobby's friends, teammates, and even parents all know that he's gay and they are learning to accept that. Bobby also got a new boyfriend named Bryan. Bryan is a guy that loves Bobby and Bobby loves him back. Not everyone knows of Bryan yet, and Bobby thinks it may be too soon to tell people about him. Out on the football field, Bobby had trouble in his first game after being known as the gay quarterback. People were calling him names from the stands and his whole arm was shaking uncontrollably. Bobby eventually was taken out of the game and taken to the hospital where his father was because his father fainted at the game due to low blood pressure. Bobby is dealing with his father's sickness and his being openly gay and he is trying to balance his life out with all these new events being thrown at him.

            The author organizes this part of the story as the main part where the problem Bobby is facing is in full effect and he is trying to get over the problem. The author put all different scenarios into this section of the story to emphasize how bad Bobby's life is going for him now, and is telling how Bobby is trying to fix and deal with it. The author uses good sentence fluency and talks as if he is the characters in the book to help the story move along smoothly and transition in between events.

            This book relates the question who am and how does language or body reflect who I am because Bobby went out with a guy, he also tried his best to play in a big football game even though he was being heavily criticized for being gay. This shows that Bobby is a man with great character and is doing in what he believes in and how he feels. Bobby is shown to be a strong person in this book taking on any problems that area shown to him and trying his best to conquer those problems.