Opening Day-Part 3

Jackie Robinson is the main character in the book, Opening Day-The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig. There are many different reasons Jackie Robinson deserves his own book. First off because Jackie not only was a well respected athlete, he also broke the racial barrier for Major League Baseball. The color barrier was segregated for more than fifty years and Jackie was the first African American to break it. Mr. Robinson is deserving of his own book because he went to UCLA and excelled at Football, Track, Basketball and Baseball but unfortunately had to leave college due to financial problems making him have to enlist in the army. After leaving the army, Jackie went on to play for an all Negro baseball team. He then went on to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers becoming the first black to ever play in the MLB as while finishing his first season as rookie of the year. Jackie Robinson accolades are massive in numbers but his heart, character and true determination is the reason he deserves his own book. A character in literature that most resembles Jackie Robinson would be Beowulf. Beowulf and Jackie are most similar because they both share honor, strength, wisdom, bravery, heart, and the power to do whatever they want. They both can make anything happen at any giving moment. Jackie Robinson is not only a one in a lifetime kind of athlete but also a human being. This is why he would deserve his own recognition with a book.