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Unnecessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness

In Necessary Roughness, Chan Kim is a High school student who moves from L.A. to Iron River, Minnesota. The sudden move is spawned by Agogee’s brother Bong, who ditched his grocery store for a “get rich quick” scheme in Korea. While moving to Iron Rivers they discover his father’s brother was 2 months late on rent and settle to rent with an old lady named Mrs.Knutson. Being the only Asians in the community makes them the center of attention in town and the Kim family has to adjust. Chan and his twin sister Young, always striving to please their parent’s, are attending Iron River High School, where they struggle to fit in. The high school football team is in need of help and recruits Chan after noticing him kick the soccer ball at home. Chan has to deal with a lot of racism from teammates and pressure being the new team player on the team. It takes awhile for Abogee to accept Chan’s decision to play football rather than helping him out at the re-opened Froggies. A few weeks before the state championship game, Young gets into a car accident and passes away. This puts Chan into an emotional spiral and puts football on hold for the time being. After a little bit of soul searching Chan chooses to not dwell on the past and continue on, for that is what Young would have wanted. The Iron River Miners win the state championship game after Chan scores the winning field goal and he places the state championship trophy besides Young’s gravesite. The book shows how a teenager goes through the struggle of moving to a new town while having to deal with family issues. The conflicts in the novel “Necessary Roughness” is how Chan has to deal with his overbearing father and come to terms with his culture while trying to also be a man in American culture as well as fitting in a predominantly white city. Abogee is constantly comparing Chan to his sister Young on how she is a bright student while Chan is not putting enough focus on his academics. His father is

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