It does not matter who you are, everyone, during their life will have to overcome multiple problems and learn to adapt to new things. In each of the six short stories in the book Athletic Shorts, written by Chris Crutcher, the main character is faced with a new challenge in their life that they must defeat. As a result, I was able to relate to most of the characters, relate to some of the settings, recognize the five aspects of the plot in a story, analyze a common theme, and even connect a story to a song. To begin with, in one of the short stories titled “The Pin” I can relate to the main character, Johnny Rivers. Johnny is a wrestler and his father is always teaching him a bunch of life lessons by making him work extremely hard, and eventually
