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Summary: Fascinating slice of Americana
Review: Friday Night Lights. Such a captivating, poignant title. And what a great book. I had a difficult time putting this down. Bissinger's recount of his journey to west Texas, to the heart of high school football country, makes for a fascinating commentary on small-town America, and on the impact that these 16 and 17 yr olds can have on the lives of an entire community. I'm a huge sports fan, but football serves as a mere backdrop in this book. The most interesting aspect of the story, in my opinion, is the social commentary on Odessa and neighboring Midland. Bissinger writes extremely well.
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Summary: Texas Football At Its Best
Review: This is a great book for anyone who wants to know what its like to be part of a great football team (program). This book captures all that is Texas High School Football. From the players to the coaches to the band to the trainers and managers, "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" brings the reader to a place that most might never experence EVER!!!!!
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Summary: Mindless sheep....
Review: Odessa Texas is a town whos inerts consist mainly of football and trivial and frivolous things of the like, the people here in odessa could'nt tell what time it was if it was'nt for football.
The pathtetic citizens of this dimunitively minded town are bred and led like the mindless sheep they are.
Quite oftenly I take great amusment in watching these people, theyre pathetic and meaningless lives, and the "religion" that they so cherish and would willingly give up theyre own lives for.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Great book, great football book- plain and simple, great book
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Summary: PARTY UNDER THE LIGHTS
Review: I really like this book Friday Night Lights more than any other book I ever red. This book really makes you think about how different high school football is in Texas then in New York. The kids on the team get treated like kings in and out of school. I really like Mike because he plays with a lot if heart. Hee takes the emotion from his off feild problems and puts it into his game. This reminds me of what I would do when I was in high school. I think that is the reason I really like the book because I can relate to it. I would recomend this book to all college freshmen football players because it can show them how lucky they are to play college football because everybody is good in high school. This makes you see how lucky you are to play at the next level.+
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Summary: my review
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. I would definitely recommend this book to other people that I came across. The author used a captivating vocabulary. With each chapter I read tyhe more I wanted to read. The book was absolutely awesome.
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Summary: Lights On Friday Nights
Review: Since I was a child, my attention was focused on sports. As I grew up I began to focus in on specific sports. In the end, football became what I was best in. For this reason I am interested in football at all levels no matter how good or sorry a team is.
Friday Night Lights is a great book to read if you are a football fanatic. It will keep you glued to the pages like crazy glue between your fingers. Not only is it a good football book, it is also somewhat of a black history book. It tells about accounts of blacks being mistreated and segregated from the white schools. In that point in time their were few black allowed to attend the white schools, and if you did attend them you were on the football team , and that was your only purpose. It also shows how the whites only wanted the blacks in town if they were entertaining them, playing football. In one scene a black high school football player was said to be just a dumb ol nigger without football.
I must warn you, the author, H. G. Bissinger, uses the word nigger freely. If you are the type to get offended by this maybe this book isn't for you. I think his use of words are necessary to get his point across, and to create a great book in which he did. The stories in the book will leave you imagining the scenes he describes, days after you have finished the book. He uses real life situations that you, the reader, can relate to. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves to read a well put together book.
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Summary: Did you like the author¿s style of writing?
Review: H. G. Bissenger's style of writing in his book, Friday Night Lights, really kept my attention. His dialogue was very strong. The book grew stronger and stronger as I read it. The prologue even brought forth great anticipation to begin reading the rest of the book. Reading this book made me feel as if I was right there. His writing technique helped me to visualize the expressions on the players' faces when they were on the field playing or in pain or something of that nature. The specifics of every action really kept me into the book. He explained everything in detail, leaving nothing for the reader to wonder about. His choice of words was very powerful and descriptive. He used a few curse words that I think could have been left out but that is only a reflection of my belief. The curse words were not out of place, they were incorporated into the book very well, and they kept my attention. Bissenger's style is very easily comprehended. There is nothing that is out of the ordinary. If he used an arbitrary word, it was pretty much defined or reflected in the same paragraph. He is a wonderful writer to me. He is one that I would suggest to anyone. I personally hate to read, but with Friday Night Lights H. G. Bissenger kept my attention, and I enjoyed reading the book. -Earl B. Williams, Jr.
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Summary: Friday Night Lights Review
Review: If you like laughing, excitement or heart throbbing challenges, Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger is for you. Bissinger is a descriptive writer who writes the story by painting a vivid picture of everything that happens. It makes you feel like the story is really happening to you. If you are interested in sports, mainly football, this is the book for you. Not only is Bissinger a descriptive writer, but also he puts charisma and attitude into it, and you can almost feel the desire and passion he had when he wrote this book. One-man's comments about the book were, "Bissinger's book moves far beyond sport, in a telling, damning sociological sketch." I think this is a wonderful statement of the book, because not only is it about football, but also how life was back in 1988.
"Moving and troubling... Engrossing" Pittsburgh Press comments were about Friday Night Lights. I think the reason why this book is so moving was because I could relate to everything that went on, for example, how the pepettes, the cheerleaders, would have to make signs and bake cookies for football players, or have a pep-rally the day of a big game, and compete to make the best sign, and bake the best cookies. Also, troubling events occurred when a football player or cheerleader couldn't participate in a game because of bad grades, or they found out they couldn't play in the state championship because the loss of a coin toss. Throughout the book, my emotions were sparking every which way. Sometimes when the book would talk about racism, it made me angry inside, but then there were times when I felt shocked and surprised about how the players would play even if they had had a serious injury, like the loss of a testicle.
I would recommend this book to everyone! Even girls. This book talks a lot about football, but it will hold your interest. When I read this book I couldn't put it down. If the book doesn't relate to you with sports, then it relates to you in some other way that will move you. Friday Night Lights is a book that is written in such detail that it is almost like watching a movie because it paints a vivid picture of all the life-long challenges that many people go through. If you haven't read this book, you're missing out, so make sure next time you're in the bookstore, buy it!
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Summary: What I Learned From Friday Night Lights
Review: Friday Night Lights taught me that America is not helping the younger generation receive the education we need in the real world. People in Odessa were more concerned about their children's performance than in their children's grades. How will the younger generation have any real success in life if they do not grasp any of the basics taught in high school? Odessa's citizens need to realize the importance of grades in school.
For example, the lawsuit placed against Carter because of Gary Edwards' grade in algebra. I do not understand why the judge did not ask Gary to take an algebra test to see how much Gary had learned. No one really cared if Gary had learned anything; all they wanted to find out is if Gary and the Carter Cowboys were eligible to play football. At the end of the trial, the judge ruled the Cowboys would be eligible to play in the state championship. As I read this chapter, I became very disturbed and worried. I kept wondering about Gary and his future. What if the Cowboys lost and Gary did not receive a scholarship to a college? Would Gary be able to get into a college based on his grades and college placement exams? I did not feel excited for Gary because he could play in the championship; I felt pity for him because he had not been given an education. Another example would be almost every starter for Odessa's football team. Almost every starter had easy classes they could breeze through. Boobie sat in his classes and opened mail. The teacher seemed accustomed to it and taught around Boobie. Not one of Boobie's teachers seemed to want to teach him something; they just babysat him.
Friday Night Lights really opened my eyes to how some schools believe sports are more important than academics. Odessa did not care if a person was injured as long as that person was still able to play football. I believe Odessa was performing a great injustice. They did not care if the football players received an education; they just wanted them to win.
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