Brian's Song

football player, but not very many people know about his backup Brian Piccolo. Brian is a very shy and outgoing man, he will not stop even when he wants to. Gale sayers is a shy man, he does not talk very much, unless it is to brian. The story Brian's Song is about a white and black football player as friends, going through the thick and thin, the ups and downs, and when you just need each other. Brian Piccolo is a very joketive person. He and gale mess around with each other. Brian likes to

Brian's Song      This is a true story about how 2 men, Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, completely different from each other from and inceperable bond. The 2 men are seperated by about everything that you can think of: they come from 2 different parys of the country, one is white, one is black, 1 liked to talk, the other was shy. Pretty much the only thing they had in common was that they both were competing for the same job.      This book takes place in and around the Chicago area. Gale

Brian's Song is a touching story between two football players named Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers. They are both different in physical and emotional ways that affect their personality. They start to hate each other but then they start to support each other and have a never ending relationship that can only be broken by death. Overall not only they affect one another with their relationship, they inspire others. Brian Piccolo is the man with something always to talk about. He has social skills of

you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” This was true for Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, professional football players for the Chicago Bears. Their story helped people learn how to stay positive in the face of challenges through the screenplay Brian’s Song, written by William Blinn. In the screenplay they had to overcome many challenges such as competing for the same position, healing Gale’s knee, and helping Brian through cancer. The first conflict starts after Brian and Gale were drafted for the

In English class, we read the script, Brian’s Song, written by William Blinn. Throughout the story, Gale gradually changed for the better. Gale was influenced to become more outgoing due to befriending a fellow teammate, Brian Piccolo. I noticed while studying the story that Gale is a shy, determined, and loving man. First of all, Gale was very shy and unwilling to break out of his shell. An example from the script is when Brian makes fun of Gale’s one-word responses, “Golly, that's okay. I can see

Sniffle,sniffle. This is the sound of a boy who is lonely, unnoticed and that has no friends. Brian, the main character, feels that the world is against him. The most obvious reason why Brian feels that the world is against him is because he is lonely. Brian is lonely because in the story he stated that Brian¨wondered what it would be like to have someone sitting across from him at lunch. This shows that he is lonely because he wants someone to sit across from him at lunch. However there is more

When I was a kid one Sunday afternoon I sat down in front of the TV and watched Brian's Song. Brian's Song was based on the true story of Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and starred James Caan and Billy Dee Williams. Brian's Song is a tearjerker, and I cried, but I was also uplifted by the many levels of strengths and weaknesses of the human condition that Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers experienced. On December 29th, 2016 I plan on sitting down in front of my TV with my family and watching Gleason

Exam #2: Brian’s Song, Flow, and Culture In “Television: Technology and Cultural Form”, Williams labels flow as “the defining characteristic of broadcasting, simultaneously as a technology and as a cultural form”. TV broadcasting slowly expanded its straightforward approach to programming by developing a “planned flow”, tying programs into a larger goal of subtly goading audiences to “stay tuned” for other (sometimes related, sometimes not) programming. Brian’s Song, maybe the most successful TV

In the teleplay, Brian’s Song by William Blinn we are introduced to two main characters, Brian and Gale who hope to enter the Chicago Bears. In the beginning, when Brian and Gale meet they notice that they are running for the same position. Later on, Gale is seriously injured during a game and was sent home to get surgery. At the end Brian is diagnosed with testicular cancer and after his second surgery he passes away. Conflict plays a large role in the teleplay, Brian’s Song. One example, is Brian

Race Relations in Sports from "Brian's Song" to Present Brian's Song is a movie that starred James Caan, as Brian Piccolo, and Billy D. Williams, as Gale Sayers. The movie was primarily about how the two players interacted each other as running backs for the Chicago Bears and how their friendship matured through the difficulties of Brian's cancer diagnosis and eventual death. The movie explores many themes such as friendship, courage and compassion, but it leaves one particular subject somewhat