El Crack Analysis

The significance of my title “El Crack” comes from nicknames given to soccer players who do amazing things in the field from their hard training hours. Meanwhile, my father and uncle both loved to play soccer; they eventually made me go outside to play soccer with them at a young age. They commented on how I could become a soccer prodigy with the amount of skill I had as an amuetuer player. Next, I played soccer for about a year it didn’t go so well for me and my team. On the other hand, I trained in cold weather, thunderstorms, hail, and really hot temperatures. A “Crack” is someone who is driven to succeed no matter what the situation a person is in. For my first section “Where I’ve been” I chose two quotes that related in some way to my life. The first quote Is from the chapter The Ferryman.
The person I was in the early ages had very low amounts of people to depend on for help, needing someone to talk to, and friends were all running low. Eventually, as the years passed I ran along a bunch of friends, new family members, I saw my soccer ball as a friend and not as an object, my family started to reunite once again, and then that special someone came along. The quote says, “That seems to be the way of things. Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that.” at this point Siddhartha is talking to the merchant; apparently the merchant lives off of the goods of others and Siddhartha believes that is basically what life really is. The second quote I chose was written by Hesse, “You have chosen a splendid life…” this part of the book Siddhartha is talking to the Ferryman about how he chose a wonderful life living by the river. Furthermore, I chose this quote that represented me because I really do not regret anything I have done in order to be the person I am now; I love the life I live no matter what anybody says because I worked hard to be