In the movie Cinderella Man Joe Gould is the coach of James Braddock he has changed dramatically from the beginning of Cinderella Man. At first he is just Jim’s coach and toward the end, he becomes a family friend of the Braddock family. I mean just like anything else, they became friends from seeing each other so often, but it’s a different kind of relationship by the end. “Tonight, like every night, Joe Gould stood in Braddock’s corner, close enough to see half steps and half inches.” Joe Gould is just a highly skilled coach that is in it to make money. By this point, Gould is only a coach. “Jimmy Johnston was in the audience tonight, along with two other state boxing commissioners. Anything went wrong in the ring, it could finish them …show more content…
both. Double taping was illegal and Gould knew it.” Gould is starting to jeopardize his coaching career to save Jim’s boxing career.
Gould knows that if Jim had a bad night in the ring, he could Jim could lose his job. With that said, you can start to see Joe change into more of a friend than a coach. Another quote where you see Joe start to change is when “Gould winced, then reached into his rumpled suit and drew out his wallet, placing the exact amount into Jim’s hat and said, “Don’t… don’t mention it, Jimmy.”” This is when Jim asks for money from Joe and the boxing commissioners because he no longer can support his family. Joe without question gives Jim the money and tells Jim not to worry about it. Gould is giving up his own hard earned money just to help out a friend during the tough times. This doesn’t seem like anything special because Joe seems like he has a lot of money to spend. “Mae’s eyebrows arched… Joe shrugged and said, “Sold the last of it two days ago. So Jimmy could train.”” Joe sold his personal belongings so that Jim could have enough money to train before the big fight. This is the best quote that shows that Joe is changing into a friend to Jim. He is willing to do anything to help Jim get back into boxing and stay out of
poverty. Joe was always a good coach to Jim and a friend in the ring, but Joe changes into more than just a boxing friend. He is a friend outside the ring too. He risked his whole life on Jim being able to box once again and to win the title. Joe Gould would do anything for Jim which he has shown a lot throughout Cinderella Man.
The next husband that Janie comes into her life in Joe Starks. Joe starts was a very rich man and had lots and lots of money. Janie seen him coming down the road one day and this is how Joe and Janie meet. Joe affected Janie spiritual growth. For example, When Joe starts to belittle her and try to make himself boss. Joe said, “I am the boss missy and you are going to do what I say”(Hurston.41). This shows how abusive and mean Joe can be. Joe also affects Janie emotional growth. For example, When joe starts to abuse her Janie gets very upset and starts to cry and wants to leave. This shows you how much pain emotionally Joe is making Janie. joe also affects Janie spiritually. For example, When Joe starts to argue with Janie. Janie say, “I am
In life, everyone makes mistakes. Some are minor, some are major, but all in all, it happens. Eddie Rake made his fair amount of mistakes in life but managed to gain forgiveness back from every player and family because of the positive impact he made on the lives of the people of Messina. In John Grisham’s, Bleachers, Neely Crenshaw, one of Rake’s former players, said, “Coach Rake was not easy to love, and while you’re playing here you don’t really like him. But after you leave, after you venture away from this place, after you’ve been kicked around a few times, faced some adversity, some failure, been knocked down in life, you soon realize how important Coach Rake is and was” (Grisham 223). This tells one that no matter how bad Rake hurt a
...ous. They didn’t even make any money off of their talent. The Great Depression occurred shortly after the Joes basketball epidemic, and people say it was a little bit easier to take than it was in other areas. The Joes basketball championships led to other state championships in baseball, track and field, band, and debate. One of the boys from Joes became a very successful man. Some of the others stayed in Joes and went on with their lives. A few others moved to places including Denver, San Francisco, and plenty of other places. Their coach, Lane Sullivan finally wrote a book, which was the primary reason he took the job at Joes in the first place. He thought it would be quiet enough for him to focus on writing. The Boys from Joes is such an incredible story. These boys went from not even having their own gym, to becoming undefeated and winning State Championships.
After hearing the second voice, "ease his pain",Ray assumes that the voice is referring only to Shoeless Joe Jackson, and he builds only a left field because Shoeless Joe was a left fielder. He believes that this will “ease the pain” of Shoeless Joe, who was banned for life by Commissioner from the sport that had brought him so much happiness. Ray later discovers that is was about J.D Salinger and makes his way to Salinger's house. Once Ray arrived, he talked to J.D, and told him that he was taking him to a baseball game. Salinger was surprised, and not knowing this man, thinks Ray is a lunatic. Salinger thinks Ray is kidnapping him, and that he may be crazy, Going to a baseball game with a stranger was not on J.D's list of things to do, but he goes anyway for one reason only, "because you [Ray] seemed so hyper. I was afraid that if I ran, you might shoot up the whole side of the mountain"(63). Ray was happy that he finally convince J.D to go to the game with him. He was finally getting somewhere.
The first personal traits that Coach Dale was forced to exhibit were his toughness and his assertiveness. On his first night in Hickory he met the men of town in the barbershop who were all willing to provide their experience and insight on the team and how to coach. Coach Dale had enough self confidence to know that none of these “insights” were going to help the Hickory team win basketball games and let them know they weren’t welcome by turning his back and walking out. Additionally, he was forced to demonstrate his toughness twice more on the first day of practice by telling the temporary coach, “Secondly, your days of coaching are over,” and then by standing up to the group of men after he dismissed Buddy from the team. These actions made no friends of the men; however, th...
From a young age, James Gatz has plans to change his social status; he plans his days hour by hour; forfeits his given name for a new one; deserts his home, family and friends; and most importantly picks up a job as a bootlegger to make his desired sum of money. The schedule taken from an old book of James' shows his plan for an entire day and includes a list of "GENERAL RESOLVES (Fitzgerald, 173)," both of which show a general urge for success. James' resolve to, save $3.00 per week (Fitzgerald, 173), displays an early understanding of the American dream and the necessity of money. His further understanding of the way life works is expressed through the action of changing his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, a name that seems to flow easier and deserve a greater deal of respect than his previous, harsh name of James Gatz. His new name, in essence, opens up a new life for Gatsby, and allows him to start over the way he wants to. Gatsby's next choice, to abandon his home, family, and friends in order to sail aboard a yacht for years with a near stranger, displays Gatsby's belief that living a fanciful life aboard a yacht will enable him to lead a fantastic lifestyle in all aspects of his living. Finally, it is at this point where Gatsby makes the biggest decision of his life, solely on the belief that a high income will bring him happiness, and ultimately the love of his life; Gatsby chooses to accept partnership with a man working as a bootlegger of grain alcohol.
What was Biscuit’s type of coaching? A: He was an old school coach (p. 22)
Warren Tracey, pitcher for the New York Mets shows great importance to the story. He ended calico Joe career by hitting him with a pitch. Everyone showed hatred to him for ending his career. His son finally talked him into meeting up Joe to the issue.
While it is the year 1928, James J. Braddock is at the peak of his career: he makes over $8,000 per fight. He isn’t considered a good boxer; he is one of the greats. After 5 years pass, James goes from making $8,000 a fight to $50, losing money. Money is tight and food is scarce in James’ household now. Claiming he isn’t hungry, James, being considerate of his daughter’s needs, gives her his dinner. But he shouldn’t fight without eating. James goes to his fight with an injured hand and an empty stomach. James loses the fight, and he isn’t given the $50 he was promised. After the fight is over, he is told that the fight was pathetic, and his boxing license is revoked. Much later, James’ manager gets him a fight against Griffin. James wins,
With his long greasy hair and baggy worn out clothes he looked likes a bad kid, but the way he talked and the way he thought it was a whole different person inside of him. The Outsiders is about two rival gangs that fight and go through so much stuff to just to call the territory their own. It is the Socs versus Greasers. They always have their back up because you can't trust anyone, but at the end of the day is all the rubbles and fighting worth it? Ponyboy one of the greasers has a big character change during the book. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy was getting jumped by the Socs and he was acting all tough and defending himself, in the middle of the book he starts to break while he is in the church, and when the kids were stuck in
He is the one who wants to be at the ravine. He is a bully because he is bullying Vinny by teasing him about not wanting to be at the ravine. Joe-Boy is scaring him and telling him things that makes him want to leave. Joe-Boy is constantly saying things to upset him. Joe-Boy is being bossy making Vinny do things he doesn't want to, like going in the water. On page 6, Joe-Boy is making Vinny feel bad about not going and wanting to listen to his mom. This is Joe-Boy’s way of trying to act all “big and bad”.
Coaching, however challenging, is a great way to influence the lives of others while also building their character. For as long as there have been sports, there have been people teaching the sport to the players and making them better at it. Coaches must have certain qualities in order to obtain success. One must also look at a coach’s motivation for his job, his passion for what he does, his methods for coaching, and how he became a coach in order to fully understand him. There are many questions someone may want to ask a coach about his profession if they are interested in coaching. Some questions would include: Why did he choose this as a profession? How did he get into coaching? What does one have to do to get a job as a coach? How does a coach become successful? I aim to answer all of these questions and more in my paper.
“A coach’s role is not to judge or disapprove of the way the coachee treats other people, or indeed how they live their life.” (Starr, J. (2011) p.33.)
Let us begin by considering some factual information about Joe Smith, from the time of his birth,
The classic tale of Cinderella is well known for the fight of overcoming great obstacles despite great odds. However, there are always a few ill-hearted people who go out of their way to cease any competition that they might face, as seen with Cinderella’s step-sisters. Samuel Jackson says is his distinguished quote, “The hunger of imagination…lures us to…the phantoms of hope,” to help develop a more defined view of a fairytale. The story of Cinderella fully embodies the ideals of a true fairytale by encompassing magic, hope, and struggle between good and evil throughout the duration of the plot.