The Contender

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Summary: The Contender Review
Review: At the begining of The Contender, I was really bored. I didn't want to read a book about boxing, because it didn't intrest me. As I went on, I realized that the book isn't really about boxing, but about growing up, finding out who you are, and making the right descisions from obsticles in your life. Alfred Brooks has to make many choices. Major and James try to persuade Alfred to make the wrong decisions... Later in the book, Alfred meets people who believe in him and will steer him in the right direction. Alfred learns from them that you have to set goals and not give up. I think the author did a good job explaining the time period and what was going on at that time, but left you hanging on some chapters. That is why I only rated this book with four stars.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: Alfred Brooks is a young boy who tries his best to be contender. He knows and thinks that he has the courage and strength to be a contender. He wanted to prove to everybody that he wasn't going to be a poor slave. In the ring Alfred won all his fights to see and prove that he was somebody. Alfred was black so he wasn't treated right, for an example, Major loved making fun of him by making impressions of what Alfred was going to be like in the future. Alfred was happy or excited for the first time because boxing was something he loved. For boxing he quit school like a fool. He thought that education wasn't important to his future. Without education he would have been known as a nobody. Without education he could'nt have anyways made it to the pros and the championships. At the end Alfred realized that education was important. He started taking night schools and tutors to become smarter and become somebody important. Alfred then finally proved himself as a contender outside and inside of the ring.

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Summary: The Lessons of Life
Review: The eventful novel the "Contender" was a very exciting book. I liked how it explained what kids are going through even today. I liked how it told how kids get caught under peer presure, like James. This book is a great book for everyone! It inspires people to never give up and to try harder each time they go out for a school team or anything else. I know that it has definitly inspired me to work harder.

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Summary: The Contender- Daniel Jones
Review: The Contender by Robert lipsyte is a great story. It is about a young african-american boy who decides he wants to box. His best friend is imprisoned for attempted theft because of the boys lapse of thinking for he knew that the store owner had installed a silent alarm. Alfred, the prisoner's friend, fights in a couple boxing matches and decides that boxing is not what he wants to do; or at least inflicting injury on another. His friend is released and gets hooked on drugs. Now it is Alfred's moral duty to put his friend in a rehabilitation. Can Alfed do it? Well I guess you should read the story!

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Summary: The Contender
Review: The Contender was a good book. It started off kind of slow, but later in the book, it gets more and more interesting. Some parts of the book were boring, while others were very exciting. It took me a while to read the book, because at first it wasn't very interesting, but once I got to chapter 12 I finished the book in one night.Robert Lipsyte used great detail in order to make the book interesting and realistic. This book describes the troubles of a 17 year old boy going through adolescence and maturing, in a rough neighborhood. The Contenderis very realistic, and turned out to be a joy to read.

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Summary: This book was really good.
Review: I thought this book was great. I felt that Robert Lipsyte did well in describing the setting and putting a picture of the setting in your mind. I thought his characters almost came alive. I liked the way he mixed up the sentences kept the writing a little different. When I read this book I wanted to keep reading and reading. This is why I rate this book with 5 stars.

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Summary: An excellent piece of literary work!
Review: This book is wonderful. You really are Alfred, you become him, you share feelings with him. Robert Lipsyte, with boxing commentary experience, writes almost as if he was a boxer once. It has a superb ending, a great book for any age, adult or child, one of the best books I have ever read.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: Alfred, a high school dropout, and his best friend James were doing fine. That was, until James started hanging out with the wrong crowd. Henry helps Alfred find a straight path by leading him to Mr. Donatelli's Gym where men train to be boxers. Alfred starts to work out at this gym and is not only physically changing but mentally changing. Alfred wants to be a champion, but he first has to become a contender.

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Summary: Contender's review
Review: A story about a high-school dropout whose best friend is sinking deeper and deeper into drug adiction. Alfred Brook, the main character in this story, was determined to help his friend by becoming a contender, no, a champion boxer.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I gave this book four stars because I enjoyed reading it. It was exciting and descriptive, yet frustrating when you knew that he could be making better decisions. I enjoyed reading this book because it was a good story about a kid working hard to achieve his goals and succeed at life. I was glad when he decided to finish school and pleased with the type of trainer that he had. I think that he would be a good roll model for any young athlete trying to achieve their goals.