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When Mike was thirteen years old, his father Billy Winchell died from injuries sustained as an oil field worker. This chapter begins with the story of Mike Winchell. His dreams for Boobie had always been as large as Boobie’s, though he always dreaded the possibility that the boy was just one injury away from tragedy. Even Boobie's closest ally on the coaching staff - Trapper the trainer - cannot provide better news. It is a disastrous possibility, since Boobie needs this season to attract colleges. When Boobie asks how long he will be out, Butler speculates it will be at least six to eight weeks. After checking for broken bones, Butler discovers how badly the boy's knee is injured. He feels a sharp pain shooting through his body when he puts pressure on the knee, and the team doctor Weldon Butler rushes out to help. When Boobie attempt so stiff-arm a tackler with his left leg, though, one his cleats sticks in the turf and another players falls squarely onto Boobie's knee. Though only a practice game, Boobie dances across the field, dodging and sliding past opponents as if they were there merely stationary objects. After adopting Boobie, he swore to give the boy a chance at life through football.įlash forward to the present, where the Panthers play a scrimmage against the Palo Duro High School Dons. saw a chance to help his nephew after the boy spent a childhood at the whim of the state's Department of Human Resources. He grew up watching white boys play football on nice fields with nice equipment, while the physically superior black boys were reduced to punting worn-out balls on a dusty road. remains both physically and emotionally scarred by racism. Having grown up in Crane's ‘Niggertown’, which was actually separated by a concrete wall, L.V.

Miles was raised in Crane, Texas, a small town, which was segregated like most Texas towns. Instead, Booby looks over the glossy pictures from his numerous collegiate suitors.īissinger briefly provides a history of Boobie and his uncle. He saunters into remedial English class, flashing a smile at his teacher who knows better than to ask Boobie to open a book.

Night book summary chapter 4 full#

Despite being almost illiterate, he walks the halls of Permian High with his hands full of letters from college recruiters promising him a straight line to the N.F.L.įeelings of invincibility run through his veins. Boobie Miles seemingly has it made, lauded as the ultimate athlete throughout Odessa.