Making The Void: An Analysis Of Nate's Personal Identity

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The million-dollar thro is a book about a young kid named Nate Brodie and his epic adventure through a contest for a million dollars. Nate is a 13-year-old from valley, Massachusetts, he is a gifted football player a star on his team, he is their leader. However. Luck is not always on Nate’s side, with various problems throughout his family. In this paper I will be evaluating Nate’s personality and how he understands others, predicting if Nate will make the throw, along with visualizing Nate going through Gillette stadium and seeing everything there for the first time in person. In this paragraph I will be evaluating Nate’s personality and how sees and understands others. Nate Brodie, Nate is a kid from a small town who loves to play football. He is known as the “the boy with the golden arm” for his fantastic throws and great sportsmanship. Nate does not only see football as a game but as a way to get away from school and hang out with friends. Many things are coming at Nate right now, outside of football; like his best friend, Abby, is losing sight, his family is about to lose their home, and his father is working to jobs, that are not well-paying, because he had been previously laid of by his hi past employer. …show more content…

The reason Nate is in this contest is when he went to buy the ball he had been saving up for a long time; his favorite NFL player, Tom Brady, had signed the ball. When he got there and bought the ball with his best friend Abby and his mom. He earns about the contest when he was checking out and he was told to enter it. Of course he got picked for the competition, because what kind of book would this be if he hadn’t. After practicing for the contest for a while Abby’s condition is becoming worse and it is making Nate loose focus of the contest. With this in mid I feel that Nate might not make the throw because his mind is drifting off and his overall mindset is being tempered

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