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Creating Socialization And Empathy Through Athletics In Chris Crutcher’S Fiction, Joseph P. Korwin
Creating Socialization And Empathy Through Athletics In Chris Crutcher’S Fiction, Joseph P. Korwin
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This thesis aims to highlight the ways participation in athletics promote greater physical, psychological, and social health for adolescents in Chris Crutcher’s fiction. In his novels, Ironman and Whale Talk, published in 1995 and 2001 respectively, Crutcher uses athletically minded protagonists and the teams which form around them to display the benefits of being involved in athletics, especially team sports. In Ironman, a mandatory high school anger management group embodies all the aspects of team support and camaraderie in their attempt to assist Bo in achieving his athletic goals. Crutcher’s Whale Talk depicts the ways that official team …