Friday Night Lights Research Paper

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In the text “Friday Night Lights,” an excerpt from the nonfiction narrative “ Dreaming of Heroes” written by H.G. Bissinger, it talks about a town called Odessa. Odessa is a town located in Texas where there is more emphasis placed on playing football than academics during youthhood. Odessa’s pride lies in their football team, called the Permian Panthers. Don and Mike, both teenagers playing on the Permian Panthers are influenced in their abilities to play by the expectations of their parentsand community.

Since Mike was a child he had always been playing sports and his father, Billy, was always there to watch him, cheer him on, and give advice. The expectations that Billy had of Mike greatly influenced the way the Mike played