Opening Day-Jackie Robinson-6th Part

I believe that the novel Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig was written for one main reason and that is to show the world who Jackie Robinson really was. The author wrote this story to help people realize how bad racism use to be. Jackie Robinson broke this barrier with character and his play on the field. Jackie Robinson's story is magnificent and truly amazing for what he had to deal with growing up and the racism from his team and from everyone around him. He prevailed through the racism and was the first African American in major league sports to break the color barrier. The author wanted to show how blacks were treated back when racism was at its worst stage. He wanted the reader to understand how great of a person Jackie Robinson was for not only being a great athlete but also being able to perform under so much stress, pain, and scrutiny. Jackie Robinson is one of my many hero's not for his play nor his personality but for what he has done for major league sports. Once Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball other major league sports started to integrate blacks and whites. He changed the dynamics of how baseball was played and how blacks were looked at. Robinson's story is a great story because he stomped all of the critics, broke the color barrier, and halted the racism throughout sports. He was a monster on the field winning rookie of the year, a couple most valuable player awards, led his team to six world series and was elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. I believe that Jackie Robinson will go down as one of the greatest sports icons in and organized sports for years to come.

Jackie Robinson-5th Part

In the novel, Opening Day the Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, there are many examples of modern society. The story of Jackie Robinson is a great story because not only was he the first black baseball player but it helped show African Americans that if he could do it anyone could do it. Robinson story has changed the entire way people lived at the time. The majority of whites were racist during this time period but once Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and showed everyone that blacks and whites were created equal everything was different. The entire human culture was brought up hating on each race but your own but some major individuals helped stopped this phenomenon and Jackie was a main contributor. Once he broke the color barrier, became the first African American to join a Major League Baseball team and won all his awards; this showed everyone that Mr. Robinson was not some pig or a slave. This showed that he was just as good as any white man. Jackie Robinson play on the field and character outside of the field helped progress the African American race. There are many examples of aspect of reality that were changed due to Jackie Robinson and his tremendous story. Jackie Robinson is regarded as one of the greatest African American baseball players of all time and his breaking of the color barrier will always be remembered. He showed class, character, integrity and honor. He changed American culture by himself with the breaking of the color barrier.

Jackie Robinson-Opening Season-4

The best supporting character in this book would have to be Pee Wee Reese. He was Jackie Robinson's greatest ally on the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pee Wee Reese was a ten time all star, who helped contribute to many League titles. His greatest accomplishment was not being inducted into the Hall of Fame but was his support and respect for Jackie Robinson in his first couple of seasons. Reese did not believe in racial prejudice due to his early childhood where his father showed him a tree where a lynching occurred. I would take Pee Wee Reese out to the Precinct downtown. I would let him choose anything off the expensive menu. His support for Jackie Robinson is the reason why Jackie Robinson could be so productive. I would definitely order a big steak or prime rib and I’m sure Pee Wee would eat the same thing. I would take him out later at night so we could have a couple of drinks. I would love to get to know him as a person and everything that happened back then and why he believed racial segregation was bad and why he believed it was his duty to take Jackie under his wing. The Precinct would be our destination because I believe Pee Wee Reese deserves more recognition then what he gets. It is disappointing that he doesn’t. This is why I would take him out and he is worth my time and effort because of what he did with Jackie Robinson and how he took him under his wing. He did not look at him different because he was black but looked at him as a teammate and a brother.

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.

Opening Day-Jackie Robinson

If I were to produce a movie about Opening Day The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, the actors I would include would be Will Smith as Jackie Robinson. Will Smith is an incredible actor and would be the best possible fit for Jackie. Will Smith is an inspirational actor in all of his major acting movies. To me Will Smith has changed the acting world with his breath taking acting in his latest movies. Smith fits this role because he too has changed the acting world as did Jackie Robinson when he broke the racial barrier. There are not many other main characters throughout this book about Jackie Robinson. I truly believe that Jackie Robinson would best be played by Will Smith because Will Smith can do any kind of acting. His work and determination to make everything perfect is something Jackie Robinson strived for. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by joining a Major League Baseball team. The supporting class of actors would consist of Billy Bob Thornton, who would play Branch Rickey the Dodgers Owner at the time. Billy Bob Thornton would play this in my movie because he is a funny guy who at times can just make one hell of a movie. Branch Rickey wanted to break the color barrier more than many people and I believe Billy Bob Thornton would do the same. Branch Rickey went out looking for the right player to break the color barrier and he found his true star with Jackie. Will Smith and Billy Bob Thornton would play the two main characters in my movie because they both exemplify the true qualities I believe Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey believed in. 

Opening Day-The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

The book I chose was Opening Day-The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig.  I chose this book because I absolutely hate racism and Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier in baseball. I don't really like reading books at all but I really like the idea of this book. This book seems to tell a great story about one of the greatest moments in sports history. Jackie Robinson during his time made everything seem possible. Jackie Robinson changed the face of America with not only sports but with the entire race. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play organized major league baseball. He went 0-4 but lead in the winning run. I chose this book because I believe it will be a good book and a good read. The main reason I chose this book was mainly because I hate racism.

SRP Final

Now that the senior research paper is finally done with I believe there are things I did well and things I definitely could have done better on. I think my quotes to help describe and get my point across with my sorgs were crucial to my paper. I also believe my eleven sources were all good sources that produced good quotations. If I could go back to work on something again, it would have to be editing and looking over grammatical errors. I would change the procrastination part as well because there were times that I waited until the last second to finish. I think my only poor attribute while writing this paper would had to have been waiting until the last second. To next years students I would like to tell them to pick a book that you will love to read and will enjoy writing about. If you don't like the book you choose then it will be very hard and boring to write such a long paper on. Also make sure you keep up to date on what is due and give yourself plenty of time to finish this part. You also need to keep working everyday on the section you are on and not wait until the last second to finish. If you wait until the last second you can get it done but if you finish before hand you will have more time to perfect it. To next years student just make sure you write a good paper, read your book, and do not wait until the last second. Honestly the paper was not that bad it was just very time consuming.