Favorite Sport

Authors note: This is my creative piece for language arts.

There are a couple of sports I enjoy, but the one sport that I like most is football.  Because it is hardworking and fun, football is my favorite sport.  Football can be very painful sometimes when teammates and even players on the other team get injured because some of the injuries are very gruesome, but the sport itself makes up for it.  It is full of excitement because you get to be violent and lay other people out without getting in trouble for it.  You can be as rough as you want and people can’t retaliate until the next play.  Football is a very adrenaline pumping sport.  The energy and the excitement that the sport gives you when you play makes you feel like no one can stop you: It all depends on who’s the better player at the line.

Football is probably the sport that is played by most guys in Pewaukee.  With 1600 students in Pewaukee High and Asa Clark Middle School, only about 150 students have the guts to play football.  Football is one of the most played sports in the United States.  Once most people start playing, they don’t want to stop.  Throughout the United States, football is loved by millions; including me.

My position on the football team was an offensive tackle.  My position is one of the most important positions on the team.  A lot of people think that the running back, and the quarterback are the most important because they're the ones who score the touchdowns, but how would they score the touchdowns without the linemen?  If I wasn’t there to block for my running back or quarterback, the defense could have been right in the back field destroying our quarterback/running back.  The other position I play is defensive end.  My position on defense is somewhat important because the defensive players that were on the line were the ones that determined if the other team got a big play or a small play.  If the rest of the D-line and I got through the other teams linemen, we would usually be able to stop the play.

If you are the one better at the line, you will be able to get the perfect block, or get through the others teams offensive line.  It all depends on how much you actually enjoy the sport.  If you keep the energy and the excitement with you in an actual game, you will almost always be the better player at the line.

The Perspective of Cole

Authors note: This is my point of view redo for language arts.  Look at how I explained the point of view of the other characters.

In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen there was a boy named Cole Matthews.  His point of view was much different in the story then the other characters points of view were.  Cole Matthews point of view was dark and mean as the other characters were nice and happy.  The point of view from a different person can change the story completely.

When Garvey and Edwin dropped Cole at the island, Cole was furious.  His point of view was dark 

and mean.  No matter what, Cole did not want to stay on the island.  He was thinking to himself that he was going to escape the island and runaway somewhere where no one knew where he was.  He tried escaping the island a couple times but he couldn’t do it.  The tides kept bringing him back.  He got even more mad when he couldn’t escape.  He was so mad that he had to come to the island that he even burned down his shelter and burned all of his supplies.  Then that night, Cole saw the spirit bear.  The spirit bear stared at Cole and he got angry that the bear didn’t fear him.  Cole was so angry at the bear that he tried killing it.  The point of view of Cole is much different than the others.

Garvey and Edwin believed in Cole.  They thought that Cole was able to change his ways and himself.  They thought that the island was going to be able to change his ways and his point of view on life.  So Garvey and Edwins point of view was bright and good.  They always thought of the good that can come out of a bad situation.  They were very dedicated to the things that they wanted to do and change.  They won’t stop until they know that their client is happy and that they are not thieves.  Their point of view is much happier than Coles.

This is why point of view is such a big deal in a story.  If told by other characters in the story, the story can be much different than if it were told by someone else ,but since it was told by Cole, most of the book was very dark and mean.  If it were told by the point of view of Garvey and Edwin, the book would be much happier.  This is why point of view is so important.