The contender by robert lipsyte is the story of a high school dropout named alfred who makes a hard choice to turn away from a life on the streets of harlem and all the trouble that entails and. Summary and analysis chapter 3.
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Most importantly as the title of the novel indicates alfred must strive to be a contender rather than a champion.
Summary Study Guide The Contender By Robert Lipsyte English Edition Kindle. You hooked all right. The gym too is a kind of haven. But alfred will know then too.
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes the sparknotes the contender study guide has everything you need to ace quizzes tests and essays. Summary and analysis chapter 2. Lipsytes imagery is often specific and strong but never more so than in alfreds original ascent to donatellis gym.
Starting in chapter nine where did alfred go after work in robert lipsytes novel. But unlike the cave and the apartment it is a haven that must be earned. When james denies that he is an addict alfred immediately confronts him with words that recall the scene near the end of chapter 17 when james crouches behind a garbage pail.
He wants to pass them on to his friend. The contender summary the contender is a young adult novel by robert lipsyte. Donatelli tells him that only alfred could answer that question in time.
Summary and analysis chapter 12. In the novel alfred brooks is a black 17 year old high school dropout living in harlem in the mid 1960s. Alfred asks if he could have been a contender.
Summary and analysis chapter 20. Symbolically and literally alfred has to climb to get there. Alfred is dissatisfied with his job and confused by the changes he sees going on around him and begins training at donatellis gym to become a boxer.
This is the kind of position alfred brooks is in at the beginning of the contender by robert lipsyte. Alfred is a 17 year old living in harlem ny. Donatelli says that as a manager he would know about alfred only after he was seriously hurt in the ring for the first time.
His father left when alfred was ten and his mother died three years later so alfred lives with his aunt pearl and her 3 daughters. He has proven to himself that he can persevere and be a contender in life as well as in the boxing ring. He goes the distance.
Standing toe to toe in a brutal exchange alfred refuses to fall. Although he loses a unanimous decision alfred knows that he has won the important fight. Look at you like a garbage rat.
The contender by robert lipsyte is the story of a high school dropout named alfred who makes a hard choice to turn away from a life on the streets of harlem and all the trouble that entails and. The chances are that alfred will never reach the top but he will be a contender if he takes his skill his brain and his heart as high as he can.
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