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Short Story: Making of a Champion - Coggle Diagram
Short Story: Making of a Champion
Main Character : Aaron Greene
16-25 approx from beginning to end
Brown Eyes
Wears Baseball Cap, Shorts and Tank Top
Buzz Hair Cut
Black Skin
6'2 at end around 5'0 at start
Lives in Seapark New York
Talented Pitcher in Baseball
Dreams of playing for Yankees
Aim is to give his family a better life
Very Religious
Prays Everyday
Family Orientated
Lives with mother and two sisters
Father murdered when he was 12
Plot
Start
Pitching in World Series Game 7
Story will be a rags to riches tale, Long Journey to get to game 7
Explore Background
Overcoming Adversity
Farther murdered when he was 12
Man of House take care of his family
Trying not to become a stereotypical product of his area
Life of crime and drugs very normal for his area
All of friends going down dark path
Middle
Shows his journey as a lone wolf
Working Multiple Jobs to support his family
Getting up early to train to pursue dream of playing in MLB
Not getting that big break
Also reluctant to leave his family which he loves deeply
Caches a break when Baseball Scout sees him pitching during his break
Gets a tryout
Ends up signing a contract with the New York Yankees
End
Fulfills his dream of playing for Yankees
Pitches in Game 7 World Series
Wins Championship
Wins Mvp
His Family get to live a better life
Completes his coming of age story
Genre
Sport
Fiction
Biography
Working Point of View
Third Person Limited
Covey thoughts/feelings of Aaron only
Themes Explored
Love
Aaron's love for his family
Will to do anything to protect family and give them a better life evident to see
Coming of Age
Aaron maturing through various events and learning valuable life lessions
Overcoming Rough Upbringing
Father's murder
Friends lost to life of crime and drugs
Survival
Aaron overcoming odds to survive
Setting
Seapark
5 miles north of Queens New York
Rough Area
Underprevledged
High Crime Crate
Use of drugs common