Post B

“Yes. We do not want Parma to change.”




Rick is just getting use to the whole Italian thing and now if thing change there then the whole town is going to change and then its a whole new thing he has to learn and he’s just getting to now the player and this town and if thing change then the football team might change then player and coaches get into arguments and then there’s bad chemistry between them and that not good because when coaches don’t get along then when they play they might not try as hard as they should because they don’t agree with the coach. So there saying is they like how things are and they think the have a good chance with this football season and think they can go far with this so called “great quarter back”.

Post A

Vocabulary
1)Sangiovese-A variety of grape originating in Italy and used to make red wine, especially Chianti.
2)bewildering-extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.

3. examples of figurative language
1)" Sam was quick to step in" this is figurative language by hes not really stepping in.
2)" The best food in the world" its not really the best food in the world its his opinion.
3)" Of course you know the greatest cheese of all." he's not really the greatest cheese of all.

Quote:
"yes. We do not want Parma to change." The significance of this quote is that they don't want any thing to hang because things are going so well for them that if some thing happens it might make every thing that was going good go bad.

Sentence- the theme of the book is now Rick starting to get the whole Italian Football thing.

Post B

“Because he was still horrified at the thought of his friends learning that he was playing intramural ball in Italy”.



This quote is vary significant because it show that Rick is vary self absorbed of the fact if people find out in the United States that he is playing Italian Football he thinks he is going to turn out to be a laughing stock there. But what he doesn’t get is that he is already the laughing stick in the United States but of the fact he lost one of the biggest game in his career. Like I said in my last blog post nobody wants him because he is so bad that he’s not even worth him benign on the team. I think the fact of the Italian football team has a former NFL quarterback they think there going to go some were with him when I think he is going to do ok but while he is there he is going to some good times there and some hard times. Really that is how every NFL quarterbacks goes thought in his career. But it seems that every where he goes he sucks and can’t form like the head coach and players want him to play and they cut him and he moves on and try’s to find a new team but if this doesn’t work out I don’t think he is going to play Football again if this doesn’t go well. This is what the significant of the quote means.

Post A

Vocabulary:
1. Lavish-expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending. (PG.43)
2. Trattoria- a usually inexpensive or informal restaurant or cafe specializing in Italian dishes.(PG.43)

Figurative language
1." Because he was still horrified at the thought of his friends learning that he was playing intramural ball in Italy." They used figurative language in this by his friends not really bening horrified.

2. "Power I, lots of motion and misdirection."
Hes not really misdirected

3. " Great set of hands, great feet, great big ego." He doesn't really have great hands

Quote:
" So what do I do? Run like hell."(PG.44)

The theme of the book now is Rick finding ways to communicate with the other players on the team and trying to learn every thing the Coach is telling him to do.

Post B

Quote: “And they really play for free”?

This shows that the team he is going to play for wants a good QB because if he’s the only one getting paid that he needs to step up and show that he can lead this team to victory and not mess up like he did with the team before. The team gave him a nice home and free rent. Thing you with you could have but don’t. The coach goes to great lengths to get someone like him. But I don’t think the coach knows what happen to him with the team before hopefully he doesn’t mess up he doesn’t have a job at all will soon find out. This shows IRONY by him wishing for these thing and now he finally has these thing and is hopping he doesn’t mess this nice opportunity he is given and can succeed with it and hopefully get back into the NFL with a starting spot if he can prove in the game that he can be a starting QB in the NFL.

Post A

Vocabulary-



greenbacks (pg.36)-A note of U.S. currency.

occasionally- (pg.38)-at times; from time to time; now and then.



figurative language

1."And these guys really play for FREE?"
Not all of the players play for free.

2."Bruncardo hand SPRUNG for new paint, rugs, curtains, and den furniture."

He didn't really sprung paint from the walls

3." You SUCKED at Iowa and you still suck."

He doesn't suck now he sucked back then but not now at the time.

Quote

"Sure, small stuff. Nothing like the Big Ten."

Theme of the book.

I think the theme of the book is still him trying to find were he fits best at the QB spot. He found one in Italy were he hopes this is the right place for him.

Post B

"Okay, Arnie pardon the brain damage, but why don't you tell me exactly where Parma is."

I picked this quote because it shows that rick doesn't everyone where Parma is he just wants to get to play football some where know matte how long it takes and that Rick is kinda stupid and i guess you could say hes had is far share of concussions. Rick is not that good of a QB but that's all he knows what to do so hes going to Parma to play but he doesn't even know were that is and now hes trying to find out were Parma is little does he know that Parma is all the way in Italy. I think when he finds out hes going to be a little mad with his agent i think rick was thinking of getting singed with a team in the U.S .not out of the the U.S.

Post A

Vocabulary
Parma-PG.(16)-A city of north-central Italy southeast of Milan.
intriguingPG.(18)-to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities.

Figurative language
1.This better not be another on of those ( NFL REECTS)
2. His head (ached and throbbed and the painkillers) did little to help.
3. There was a long pause as Rick (struggled with geography).

Quote - "Okay, Arnie, pardon the brain damage, but why don't you tell me exactly where Parma is."

I think the theme of by book now is a 30 year old guy that got cut and all he knows is football and now is moving to Parma to play there.

Post B

Post.B

" Last year you were in Seattle, Rick, and now you're in Cleveland, the Browns, remember?"

I picked this quote because it shows that he has been though a lot and tough time meaning that he took and big blow to the head and is now suffering from that by a lost of memory and cant remember any thing that happened yesterday and now he is benign Cut from the team and all he knows what to do is play football so now he is on his way to play for a team in Italy. I think this would be tough knowing that no football team wants you and could care less about you so he is really just starting over in a whole new play doesn't know anyone and is now trying find out what he going to do for money and a team. The team he is going to look at is the mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football according to this book.

Post.A
concussion-injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall.

enthusiasm- absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest.

1."last year you were in Seattle, Rick, and now you're in Cleveland, the Browns, remember?" it showing that he doesn't know or he forgot what team he was playing for.
2."like someone crushed my skull". feeling like his head is going to explode.
3."Monday. The game was yesterday. Do you recall any of it?" He doesn't remember any thing that happened to him during the game.

One theme of the book is that you have to keep doing what you love and never give up because if that's all you know then go with it and work at it.

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I just got done with my book and i have to say this is one of the best books i've ever read in mylife it doesnt just show you good morals but it show that good times or bad that god is always there for you and you can always have some to talk to even though hes not next to you or on the phone but is helps to get thing off your chest.

Tony said I coach football. But the good i can do to glorify God along the way is my real purpose. i want to help people see the path to eternal life through Christ, to enjoy and abundant life now, and to fulfill their god-given purposes here. We are all roles models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact-for good.

Tony leed the great team indianapolis colts to the super bowl and had won he says After our Super bowl victory, we set the trophy off to the side and focused on what was really important.
This shows that he does not always think of just winning that he can set a side that and thing of family and friends.

I would soon find out that Tony is a smart and intelligent guy he says whenever i start to lose my cool i ask myself "will it make the situation better?" i think this takes a lot of thing to say that because if you think that all the time you make better and life long lessons he found out in his life.

After a game against the Seattle Seahawks in 2006, i'm thanking Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck for a car he had sen to our family when james Died. It was one of thousands from all voer the country that we will never forget.

Tony is a down to earth and loving guy he has always said living in the life of god is a good thing and seeing his kids Baptisim was one of the best thing hes never incarnated in his life. But he said Knowing that Jamie and Eric accepted Christ would be in heaven would definitely confront us later on.

The Sea Inside!

1. I think he has the right to do what you want to do i don't think someone should be letting you what you should do and what you shouldn't do. If someone like Ramon doesn't want to be here i think he its the right to end his life if that's what he think is best for him at the time but lets say he was perfectly normal i would say its not right because why would you want to give up some thing that you already started. i think life is some thing you don't take for granted because one day it might be all gone go take every moment in never let it pass you by.



2. they are some what alike by Ramon not being able to move and in diving bell and the butterfly he could only move is left eye. I think The Sea Inside is more powerful because i got to actually see what Ramon had to go throw and what he felt and unlike Diving bell in the butterfly we only read the book. So i think The Sea inside is more powerful then the Diving bell in the butterfly.



3. I think the director was trying to get at was what a quadriplegic goes through and the camera angle he use most common was a middle angle and i think the most powerful show was when he drank the water with poison in it because it showed he really wanted to get out of long and stressful life he had and it showed it the end when he took his life.


All in all i liked this movie because it showed how someone can have a great life but then be all gone in a matter of seconds. I think it should be shown in the up coming English 10 classes.

In my book tony faces many hard conflicts as him and his family with his job as a football coach for coming back for another year he said he would. and he went thought a tough time with the lost of his son dieing.

In my book tony dungy is thinking if he should play football his senior year and he pick to come and play and then latter on in my book tony is starting to look for college and someone told him that the QB for USC at the time is better than him so he didnt want to go there and then he really like the coaches at Minnesota (U of M) so he said he would go there.

My is going well it really shows how much a like a life style you have with someone. In my book is says that Tony Dungy loves to go and play sports after school and it sounds just like me. he would do any thing just to find a game with his friends. It really seems i can relate to this book alot and its one of those book where you just cant wait to see what happens next. So all in all my book is going well and i love reading it.

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