Thursday, January 26, 2012
20th century kids
From reading more and more of the Basketball Diaries by Jim Carrol it seems like the kids living in the 20th century seem more active than the kids of the 21st. I'm close to the end of the book so there isn't really much to say about it. I really like this book because it doesn't seem like there is a main conflict. By that.I mean the book is basically a journal from the point of view of a 15 year old on a basketball team in New York. I really like this about the book, because it seems to often that I read a book where the plot is easy to guess what will happen. But its different in this book like something new always happens in every chapter. I recommend that everyone reads it.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Basketball diaries
The kids from basketball diaries are both the same and different from the modern day adolescents in today's society. The kids like to get into trouble and disobey adults and all the normal teenager crap. But what I've started to enjoy more about the kids of 1963 is that their lives seem more dangerous and exciting. Running from the cops and jumping off rocks into lakes from 80 feet in the air.
In the basketball diaries the kids seem to be living their lives at the age of 13. They're out drinking in the woods and partying. It sounds like a pretty decent life. What I'm waiting for is for them to finally get caught by someone. That is sort of my thesis on what is going to happen in the next part of the book. They've almost been caught for smokin pot or drinking so I dont think they can lay low forever.
As I said I'm really enjoying this book. The kids are both the same and different from the modern day adolescents in today's society. The kids like to get into trouble and disobey adults and all the normal teenager crap. But what I've started to enjoy more about the kids of 1963 is that their lives seem more dangerous and exciting. Running from the cops and jumping off rocks into lakes from 80 feet in the air.
In the basketball diaries the kids seem to be living their lives at the age of 13. They're out drinking in the woods and partying. It sounds like a pretty decent life. What I'm waiting for is for them to finally get caught by someone. That is sort of my thesis on what is going to happen in the next part of the book. They've almost been caught for smokin pot or drinking so I dont think they can lay low forever.
As I said I'm really enjoying this book. The kids are both the same and different from the modern day adolescents in today's society. The kids like to get into trouble and disobey adults and all the normal teenager crap. But what I've started to enjoy more about the kids of 1963 is that their lives seem more dangerous and exciting. Running from the cops and jumping off rocks into lakes from 80 feet in the air.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Basketball Diaries Response
The book takes place in 1973 New York City and follows a group of 13 year olds in a basketball team. They have the life that I envy. The book is journal entries from the point of view of one of the players on the team. The kids have a pretty lucky life. It seems like the kids back in the 1900s seem to have more freedom then kids do in the 21st century. It doesn't seem like their parents give a crap where their kids end up going. They can leave the house without anyone objecting or asking where they're going.
The good part about their freedom is that they can stay in touch and not lose their friendship. Their group started on a basketball team that happens to be very good. The main character just moved to another neighborhood and the basketball team is one of their last forms of contact with each other. That's where their freedom comes in, in stead of just losing all communication with each other they jump on the back of a moving bus and take it where ever they go. It's funny that these kids are kinda living their lives at the age of 13.
The issue about their freedom is that they sort of get a sense that they can do what ever they want and not really get busted for it. They'd vandalize houses and when the cops come they run and don't really get why they were in trouble. One example was when they were on the ferry they started sniffing glue. When they were high I guess they couldn't handle it or something but they started to vomit over the edge. But their vomit went in the face of a big guy. They hauled ass and got as far away from the guy as they could.
So as you can see their lives are definitely filled with excitement and that's how I'd like to live mine. What I especially liked about the book is that their basketball is what's keeping them together. I also like the style of writing, that it's journal entries instead of just what's happening every second and what the character is thinking at that moment, I like that style of writing.
The good part about their freedom is that they can stay in touch and not lose their friendship. Their group started on a basketball team that happens to be very good. The main character just moved to another neighborhood and the basketball team is one of their last forms of contact with each other. That's where their freedom comes in, in stead of just losing all communication with each other they jump on the back of a moving bus and take it where ever they go. It's funny that these kids are kinda living their lives at the age of 13.
The issue about their freedom is that they sort of get a sense that they can do what ever they want and not really get busted for it. They'd vandalize houses and when the cops come they run and don't really get why they were in trouble. One example was when they were on the ferry they started sniffing glue. When they were high I guess they couldn't handle it or something but they started to vomit over the edge. But their vomit went in the face of a big guy. They hauled ass and got as far away from the guy as they could.
So as you can see their lives are definitely filled with excitement and that's how I'd like to live mine. What I especially liked about the book is that their basketball is what's keeping them together. I also like the style of writing, that it's journal entries instead of just what's happening every second and what the character is thinking at that moment, I like that style of writing.
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