Molly didn't really want to add to her mother's anxiety or raise her blood pressure; she didn't want to be another gray hair. It gave her no pleasure to complicate her mother's life. She was wiling to be a go-along when she could. (14)
Molly wants to play baseball, not softball - but this is complicated, and causes her mother stress. Should Molly still push to be on a baseball team? When is it appropriate to complicate someone else's life for your own good?
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This is Will R. Grade 8 again. This book is very easy to read. At first I thought it was going to be too girly, but I like the baseball angle.
ReplyDeleteI have NEVER liked sports. I am afraid of the ball. I always get injured. No one would ever want me on their team if they were trying to win. But there is one thing about sports that I like...I like watching people who love to play. That is why Kevin Youkilis has been my favorite MLB player since I moved to Boston in 2004- he loves playing baseball. You can see it in every move he makes on the field. The game owns him. Like it did with Ted Williams, Warren Spahn, Hank Aaron, and Dwight Evans. More recently, Brock Holt caught my attention at the game on Father's Day. I can see the love of the game in him too, but I can't fully describe it, because sports are not my "first language." I can't speak baseball- but Mick Cochrane can. While, I was reading TGWTB, I came across a passage that beautifully and completely captured what I mean:
ReplyDelete"Molly ... really loved baseball, the sound and smell of it, the grass and dirt, the story and surprise in a good game."
It almost makes me wish I could play.
I think Molly should try out for the baseball team since that is what she really wants. Its not good to complicate someone else's life for no good reason. But I don't think she's really complicating her mom's life. I think her mom is just worried because she doesn't want Molly to get picked on or bullied or left out because she is doing baseball with the boys instead of softball like all the other girls.
ReplyDeleteAmelia La. 6th grade
ReplyDeleteI think molly should try out to the baseball because she is good and she likes it better than softball. I don't think molly is complicating her mom life or anyone else. her mom is just sad that her husband died. molly mom is just depressed and doesn't know what to say or do with molly because she does not want to hurt her or say some thing wrong.
I think Molly should try out for baseball anyway because baseball would probably keep her more connected to her dad than softball would. Molly's mom just needs to let go and move on. I think that Molly shouldn't have to do things she doesn't want to to keep her mom less depressed. I don't think Molly wants to complicate her mom's life, but the smallest thing turns into a complication when someone is sad and depressed, so it's not really Molly's fault. Playing softball might make Molly's home situation even worse if Molly isn't happy with what sport she's playing.
ReplyDeletePaul A. grade 8
ReplyDeleteI applaud Molly's courage for joining the boys baseball team. This books meaning is do what you want no matter if the odds are against you. I really did not want to read this book when I got it but it has turned out to be a good read :)
It helps Molly to keep the thought of her father alive when she is playing baseball. When she was younger, baseball was a way for her to bond with her father. Now that her father is dead, she wants to keep his memory alive by playing on the baseball team. I think that Molly should push herself to be on the baseball team, because it will be better for her and make her home life easier. If Molly joined the softball team, she would strongly dislike every second of it, which would cause her to be grumpy all the time. This mood change will result in her launching numerous arguments with her mother. This will make her mother even more depressed and lost. Molly hasn’t told her mother about her plan to join the baseball team, in hopes that she won’t make things more complicated at home. I don't think that Molly is complicating her mother's life, it's just that Molly's mother is so depressed and is trying to do the best she can to be a good mother to Molly and to stay "on top of the ball" by making sure she knows what's going on in Molly's life. Molly's mother is in a very sensitive state right now, and it is grief that is complicating both their lives.
ReplyDeleteI think Molly should try out for the baseball team because it's Molly's life not, her moms. Molly should do what she prefers to do and it makes Molly happy. Its a healthy choice for her. Molly should play baseball because it makes her feel connected to her dad!
ReplyDeleteIt’s appropriate to complicate someone else’s life when you have a dream that you want to follow.
Vicky L. 7th grade
ReplyDeleteI think Molly should go out for her dream of playing baseball. Molly has done so much for her mom that I doubt it would make her life any more difficult, and everyone says to go for your dream. If Molly goes into softball its not going to help her, also baseball will keep her more connected to her father.
Ryan C. 6th Grade
ReplyDeleteMolly should follow her heart and do what she wants to do no matter if its a subject in school or a mid life crisis.
And if its a problem with her mom she should sit down and talk about. So i think Molly should play Baseball no matter what any body says. Because who knows she might become a famous ball player.