The Last Shot Sparknotes

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In the book “The Last Shot,” by John Feinstein, Susan Carol Anderson can be considered a new best friend to the main character in the book, Stevie Thomas. Susan Carol could be a best friend for Stevie because she is kind and she likes being with Stevie. Susan Carol would make a best friend because she is clever and can make almost anyone believe what she is saying even if it isn’t the truth. For example, when Susan and Stevie are trying to get to Chip Graber’s room they go to the hotel where Chip is staying. From there they run into a man named Jerry Ventura setting up a radio talk show for later that morning. Susan Carol convinced him that they just wanted a drink and the lines were forever, Jerry believed her and gave her his key to the concierge floor. When they got to the floor they got a drink then went to his room and found the list of where all the players were staying, even Chip’s room. After they went to the lobby and Susan told the manager that the key wasn’t working, and the manager asked what Susan Carol's last name …show more content…

This conflict is man vs man because Dean Wojenski is blackmailing Chip Graber. The conflict is solved at the end because Stevie and Susan are safe, Dean Wojenski and all the people with him that blackmailed Chip, including the president of Minnesota State and the ethics professor, Professor Whiting are arrested. Also, Chip makes the game winning shot for Minnesota State for the championship game. The song that goes good with the conflict is One Shining Moment by David Barrett. It compliments the conflict because Chip had worked very hard to get to the final four and he had put in his al throughout the season and that he should not let anyone get in his way. Also he had put in a lot of effort and skill and trained and didn't want to do all that work to flunk the one of the biggest games

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