Cameron Fitzpatrick Post #2 Game

 I am reading Game by Walter Dean Myers. I finished the book. Since the last time I posted, Drew has matured more and has given even more effort.  Drew wants to drop history (and English now) and would much rather play basketball or just do nothing during that time instead.  Because Drew has worked so hard, he no longer has the F in English or History.  Drew still goes in to the history class everyday after school and does an extra credit worksheets after school, because he wants to make sure he doesn't get an F in that class ever again. Drew is starting to like the history teacher more and more when he tells stories about his high school basketball team. Drew likes this because he loves playing basketball and he loves listening to stories about basketball. 

I liked the book because I like basketball, but I still don't like when the history teacher tells his stories, but other than that I thought it was a pretty good book.  Walter Myers wrote this book because he is personally from a bigger city, and bigger cities tend to have more people go out for basketball. The theme of this book is living in a big city where there are a lot of gangs and drug dealers, and how grades matter when it comes to sports.  Another theme would be school work, because Drew talks about how his friend has a D and is barely passing in history. The best character I think in this book is Drew.  Drew is the best character because even though he now is passing in History and English, he still works hard in trying to improve both grades to A's. An interesting quote from this book is from would be from Deante, one of Drew's friends and team mates when Deante said, "You better step your game up, coach is startin' to think you like that ol' history teacher more than him."  I find this interesting because Drew is trying to improve your grade, and because Drew mentions that Deante doesn't get a lot of playing time.  I wonder if Deante is starting to get jealous of Drew because he has better grades than him and he gets more playing time as well.