Coach Tree Character Analysis

In my opinion I agree with Coach Tree’s decision on keep coaching Jose even after he was caught stealing Coach Tree’s belongings. In my point of view I do not think Jose did the right thing, but as said in the book Any Small Goodness it said that Jose did not come from a good family. Jose was a troublemaker and his family was not any better. The text states “ Jose’s a smooth player, but a real troublemaker. His family’s a mess, so he bears a chip on his shoulder the size of a sequoia stump. He’s been kicked out of school more than there are numbers.” As the quote stated in the text it showed that Jose is a troublemaker and comes from a bad background. Being bad is kind of like a natural thing to do to him which is becoming pretty obvious
from the anecdote. Also, after Coach Tree was informed about how Jose had been stealing belongings Coach Tree kept on coaching him. Coach Tree explained to his students that Coach Tree did not come from a good background and that he could not help being bad. Since Jose had been kicked out of so many schools in the past there were not many chances left for him in the world. In the text Coach Tree said “ Coach Tree says he won’t let Jose toss his life into the Dumpster.” This shows that Coach Tree understands where Jose comes from and he wants to help him. In conclusion, I am in complete agreement with Coach Tree’s decision.