The Boys In The Boat

The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown is a New York Times Bestseller about Joe Rantz and eight other boys on the crew team and the journey they took on the way to win Olympic Gold in 1936. Joe Rantz is the main character who grew up alone and abandoned in Sequim, Washington, and made his way onto the team destined for greatness through his own hard work. The nine boys run into adversity when attempting to become the boat that will make it to the Olympics but they overcome it while one of their teammates attempts to overcome an illness. The climax of the story comes when the nine boys are in the middle of the race for gold and they begin to make a comeback against the German team. The falling action comes as they cross the finish line and

There are some very notable aspects of The Boys In The Boats in which the author James Brown delves into the actions of HItler in Nazi Germany. He highlights propaganda leading up to the Berlin olympics and how Hitler built up his power. Through this writing style, he is able to build up more and more tension leading up to the race by comparing how Washington’s crew was comparing and how Hitler was getting his athletes prepared. There is no doubt that Hitler has an immense impact on the world’s history, so this book shows how he fought for his power and highlights the defeat he faced even after making everyone believe there was nothing better than German athletes. HItler did everything he could to portray Nazi Germany as an ideal society

This story is about how two brothers from the Watts cross over the line of segregation that separates them from an area that is all-whites and all-american place and how they are off to the store to get groceries and when they try to come back they get beat up buy 5 teenagers on a bike. I think his purpose for writing this is to show that no matter where you are there will always be a place that bases everything off the race. The way that he uses connotation, syntax and imagery is to show the passion between how dependent

The main theme of the book was racial tension. The white folks treated the black folks like they were dirt. Even older white folks treated the younger black children like dirt. I do not understand how any adult could hit a child, especially because of their color. One instance that really bothered me was when a white man almost raped Melba because she was black. It was in 1954, immediately after Brown vs. the Board of Education decision had came down. After that she said she was going to read the newspaper because she wanted to know when white men got angry. And sometimes she had to spend her own nickel for it. Another theme throughout the book could be determination. The nine children were determined to carry out integration. They did not give up. Some older black folks in the neighborhood faulted the nine children for the actual attempt of integration. They claimed that it made it harder than it already was to be black and living in Little Rock. For example, Melba’s neighbor Mrs. Floyd said to her after the first day at Central, “ Now You’ve had your lesson. You don’t have to go back to that awful school anymore.” Not only were they catching hell from the whites, they were catching just as much from the blacks as well. After the first day in the school being taunted and mistreated they could have not gone back. They put up a fight, as far as integration goes- they would not take no for an

There were a few points in this book that taught me about life and how crazy it can be sometimes. The photographer named Fulgencio was very afraid of hitch hiking to Mexico City with a stranger, especially with all of us expensive equipment. On the ride, Fulgencio is so paranoid that the guy is going to kill him, he grabs a machete out of the back of the truck. In doing so he gets kicked out of the car and loses all of his photography equipment anyways. This taught me that we need to trust each other more, Just because there are a few crazy people in the world, we shouldn't let them give us all a bad name. I mean, the guy picked Fulgencio up when he was in desperate need of a car, and gives him a ride. He should have been thankful, not picked up a machete and threaten the guy. Another thing this book taught me was that just because your sister doesn't want your kid anymore because she

Success through teamwork is different from individual success. In Daniel James Brown’s “The Boys in the Boat” Joe Rantz and his teammates won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics by placing the interests of “the boat” over their individual interests, and by doing so, they accomplished a feat that was greater than anything that they could have accomplished individually. This embodies the Belmont Hill motto, “Working Together” by showing how true teamwork leads to success through mutual respect, trust, and friendship.

Mainly, in the book we learn that team work is important. Right of the bat we are introduced to one of the main characters and one of the conflicts that the characters’ face throughout the story. Oscar Vazquez a young man who tries to enroll in the united states army is denied such action because of his residential status. All four characters, Oscar, Cristian, Lorenzo and Luis are undocumented who face their own obstacles. However, all four of them come together as a team to compete in the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition. They proved to one another that, without one of them their goal to win the completion was going to be complicated. For example, without Vazquez, the team would have lost perseverance and determination, he was the one who brought the team together and carried the team with optimism till the end. He made the impossible possible for the sake of the team. For example, when it was time for the team to gather the money to buy the material

People and really teens can learn a lot from this book. This book is all about working hard to be something for example the coach say “work hard boys if you want to be on the field”. Since I have read this book I have worked harder at home and in the field to get better and get playing time. This could really help people to gain confidence to go out and work hard and do things with full potential. People reading this book and reading about a boy that lost and spot and worked hard to get it back and play in the world series and win can really change people to do the same in life.

Also the conflict that was announced in the parking lot where the bad older character was hit with a tire iron and the three young teenage boys were fighting with this man. For the most part the narrator consistently talks about his wild life style. He chose even though he was from a well off family and he didn't have to take that road, but we all have the choice and every generation goes though it. The narrator also tips of his rebirth and baptism in the lake while he was running from his fight that he just encountered with the tire iron he trips over a body floating in the lake. All in all I thought this story was super fun to read and relate to in the sense of being wild and ruthless, but the song that came along with it was pretty awsome and was fun to listen to and get a feel for the time period and style back in the day where it was good to be

The novel Boy Overboard, written by Morris Gleitzman, is the story of a young Afghan boy named Jamal fleeing his country along with his family. Jamal and his family and friends all have a longing for freedom, equality and independence, which drives them to find a new life in Australia. This is demonstrated when they find a safe and equal environment for Bibi and her mother, when Jamal’s parents raise money for their journey, when they risk their protection with smugglers, and when Jamal and his friends survive on the boat.

Evaluation: Although the dialect of some of the characters takes some getting use to, I enjoy this book. This is an American classic, filled with humor but critical of people who can be so civilized and so cruel at the same time. It is a boy’s adventurous coming of age that celebrates the individual spirit of America and the romantic vision of innocence and virtue in nature.

Throughout The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Joe Rantz shows the traits of a common protagonist. Joe grows throughout the book as a person and an athlete in order to eventually push himself to win the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This book is a great example of how despite his setbacks it didn't stop him from living his life and chasing his dreams in winning the Olympics.

The story goes into detail about how he struggles with life in his small-town home and how he tries to get acceptance of those around him. During this time era right after World War one, and right before the great depression was very troubling times. To even make it home from the war was a great feat. Many young men did not.

Due to the popularity of the book, many people commented on it and so there are many different ideas, which can be view differently according to the readers' own judgement. " The boy is after all doing what is required of human being to do: he is growing up, going away, making

The era between the two world wars and during the wars is viewed by many as  a time of hard work and determination.A person from the first half of the twentieth century would be almost unrecognizable by the average dweller of the America of today(unproven assertion).He would likely be a person who worked hard to survive, a person whose main goal was not to take the easiest path.This was a race of many determined individuals who wanted challenge, mainly people who pursued hard work rather than dodge it.In that era there are few who worked harder than rowers.The author of The Boys in the Boat, James Daniel Brown, illustrates the nine members of the 1936 American crew and their struggle to earn their way through school in the depths of the Great Depression. They toiled day after day in intense physical labor. In addition, many of them also had jobs to help pay for the “privilege” of rowing. Brown focuses on one individual who fit the image of a true, earnest, hardworking world war two era civilian:Joe Rantz. Joe was born at the start of World War I to parents Harry Rantz and Nellie Maxwell in Spokane, Washington. Joe’s childhood was a kaleidoscope of broken images, when he was just about to turn four his mother started violently coughing blood into a handkerchief turning bright red with blood.After several heartbreaking lonely nights, his mother lay in an untended grave, a victim of throat cancer.His father fled to Canada unable to cope with the grief of the loss of his late