Bold line-Both speak
Underlined line-Person 1
Italicized line-Person 2
I live for baseball
I am a player
I am a true fan
I speak for what I believe
Everybody is doing steroids, I’m not the largest, fastest or strongest person in the sport and I need to get signed for a new contract
I believe that steroids should stay illegal, in my day, players didn’t have steroids and were smaller, but also naturally better athletes. I want today’s stats to be honest; it’s not fair to have the legends’ numbers to be broken because of a drug
Times have changed
If everything is becoming more extreme; scary movies are scarier, racy movies have become racier, and I’m competing for your entertainment dollar, come see the home run show
Everything moves so fast, why can’t baseball stay the same? Maris’ 61 in ’61 was real, a record not broken for over 30 years, a record broken by a needle, not an athlete
If he’s doing it, and he’s doing it, what choice do I have?
Wolfe,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great issue to explore! I love how you used the Two-voice poem to exhibit opposing beliefs of the use of steroids in the sport industry; specifically baseball. You are still missing a reflective piece to your blog post, but you can still revisit this poem and reflect on why you chose to write about this issue, the processes you went through in portraying the two voices, and if any of the voices one you feel strongly about.
Your avid reader,
Ms. Hoque