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Sports in Literature is designed to analyze the impact sports has on both Literature and Society. What lessons from Sports can we apply to Life? To Society? To who we are as individuals?
We will look at the impact laws have had on Sports and how Sports changes societal norms and expectations. |
The Ancient Greek Olympic GAmes
On his last day, Enzo recalls his life with Denny Swift, a race car driver. Enzo believes in the legend that a dog "who is prepared" will be reincarnated in his next life as a human. Enzo observes the human condition, using Denny's racing lessons as metaphors for life lessons, distilling them into his own mantra, "that which you manifest is before you."
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It’s 1953 and seventeen-year-old Leonie Putzkammer feels destined to spend the rest of her life waiting tables and living with her widowed father, Franz, in their Philadelphia row house. Until the day legendary wrestling promoter Salvatore Costantini walks into the local diner and offers her the chance to make a name for herself in the ring.
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Down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semi-finals, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys.
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