Analysis Of How I Learned To Love Football By Felisa Rogers

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In “How I Learned to Love Football”, Felisa Rogers sheds light on how her relationship has greatly influenced her flare of interest towards football. During her childhood, she was led to believe that sports or even the likes of it was definitely not her cup of tea. She grew into a life of “intense dislike for playing sports, or even hearing about sports”. But as fate would have it, she ended up married to Rich, who was “a Green Bay Packers fan”. His love for this football team and its players unintentionally drove her nuts and as a result, “it began to cause a rift in our [their] relationship. Life took a turn for the worst for the writer when a series of unfortunate events befuddled the pair and this was when she realized that her husband’s view of the …show more content…

She asserts that the significance of football has never been clearer to her especially since it is, for many people, “… a source of comfort… where your opinion” matters just as much as anyone else’s. She then began to pay attention to Rich’s take on football since “it was a lifeline between who he had become and who he used to be” despite it being “a touch more academic than most”. In turn, she too began to grasp the basic “mechanics of the game” and before long, gave in to the pleasures of football. Upon reading this article, I was moved by the willingness of the author to pour her emotions into the pages. As H. Jackson Brown Jr. puts it, “Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye”. Well, that’s me. I found this piece to be beyond meaningful, particularly because I grew up in a condition similar to hers whereby being the person I was, I was simply not cut out for sports, let alone football. On a more personal note, I can relate to the build up of hatred and insecurity she experienced. Unfortunately, this may eventually result in dismissing any sports, even before giving it a try.

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