Power
Power is a weird thing. Everybody wants it but I believe everybody already has it. In allie brush's essay "menace" , a four year old experiences a certain power she puts on a dinosaur costume for Halloween. She begins to act out at school and at home because she must exploit the power she feels. The parents think its a sugar rush from the Halloween candy. But when they realize its whenever she is in the dinosaur suit, they quickly get rid of it. The little girl is not the only one that experiences power when encounter something. This essay makes me think of how I feel when I touch a basketball. It gives me a certain feeling that only it can bring out.
This feeling is like a rage or anger that can only be cooled down by me scoring or my team winning. It has started to become normal to me. I first started getting this feeling in middle school. It was a pick-up game during PE. a guy from the other team said i was not good. I felt kind of angry inside and felt like I had point to prove. so every time i got the ball, I went straight at him and scored. I did that the whole game. now every time I play basketball I get that feeling and try to do the same as in PE. Just like the when little girl in "menace" first put the dinosaur suit on, She felt this power and had to exploit it. I do the same.
Most of the my family are football fans or football players. My grandfather, most of my uncles, cousins and brother played football, but i chose basketball. It was kind of funny to them at first because it wasn’t really tradition. After while they got use to it and they supported me a hundred percent. I chose basketball because it was more fast pace. Also because you can take the game into own hands. In football everyone has to be on the page to be successful. That is to many people to depend own. In basketball I can get the ball and tell everyone to get out the way. You can win again by yourself. And the last thing is because most football play one side of the ball, offense or defense (special teams is a combination of both). Where in basketball you play both sides Until you subbed out.
I always felt a connection to basketball. It was there when I didn’t seem like i had anybody. I did not have the best childhood growing up. I grew up in a violent home. Father and mother constantly arguing and fighting, but there was a basketball goal outside my house for the trailer park I lived in. so when they started I would just go outside and play. eventually I made it an everyday thing and each day I got better and better. when I am on the court i do not feel anything. It is only me, the ball, and the goal. now, I play basketball any chance I get. it works as a stress reliever. One time it was exam week at school. Every core class had a semester exam. I was kind of stressed about it, because I knew I would have to study for all of them. So before I studied I would play basketball, it took studying my mind. That is why i understand how the little was addicted to being in the dinosaur suit. It probably gave her a comfort zone that she could only express in the suit.
I can get the feeling just thinking about basketball. I really do love basketball. I do not know where i would be without. when I get the feeling or rage I use it to my advantage. It really does feel like I cannot be stopped. i just be so energetic and eager to score. And if do not score or my teams lose it just adds more fuel to the fire. Just like when the girl tried to stay away from the suit, but she finally got in it she always acted out worse the before. That is how i would feel.
In the essay “menace” the girls behavior is totally different when she is not in the suit. She does not throw tantrums or act out. she is a pretty good kid outside of the suit. She is the exact opposite in the suit. I can relate because i am a different person off the court versus on the court. Off the court i am calm, friendly, and quiet. On the court it is a different story. On the court I am talkative, arrogant, and mean. We had big game coming up against our rival, Georgiana. The school is literally fifteen minuets away, so we knew all the players off the court. We were even friends with a few of them. Before the tip I walked to their best player and said “it is a shame y'all fan base wasted there gas to see y’all lose”. I would not even think of something like that off the court. an example would be if somebody bumps into me. If it happened to me off the court, it would not even bother me honestly because I know accidents happen. It happened to me on the court i would say something mean or bump them back. It could have been an accident or not.
I think this essay has deeper meaning then just a kid being bad in a dinosaur suit. I think it is trying to express that everyone gets a certain feeling or power from somewhere. Whether its from wearing a weird costume, playing, teaching, dancing, or helping people. Whatever it is find it and a make the best of it
This feeling is like a rage or anger that can only be cooled down by me scoring or my team winning. It has started to become normal to me. I first started getting this feeling in middle school. It was a pick-up game during PE. a guy from the other team said i was not good. I felt kind of angry inside and felt like I had point to prove. so every time i got the ball, I went straight at him and scored. I did that the whole game. now every time I play basketball I get that feeling and try to do the same as in PE. Just like the when little girl in "menace" first put the dinosaur suit on, She felt this power and had to exploit it. I do the same.
Most of the my family are football fans or football players. My grandfather, most of my uncles, cousins and brother played football, but i chose basketball. It was kind of funny to them at first because it wasn’t really tradition. After while they got use to it and they supported me a hundred percent. I chose basketball because it was more fast pace. Also because you can take the game into own hands. In football everyone has to be on the page to be successful. That is to many people to depend own. In basketball I can get the ball and tell everyone to get out the way. You can win again by yourself. And the last thing is because most football play one side of the ball, offense or defense (special teams is a combination of both). Where in basketball you play both sides Until you subbed out.
I always felt a connection to basketball. It was there when I didn’t seem like i had anybody. I did not have the best childhood growing up. I grew up in a violent home. Father and mother constantly arguing and fighting, but there was a basketball goal outside my house for the trailer park I lived in. so when they started I would just go outside and play. eventually I made it an everyday thing and each day I got better and better. when I am on the court i do not feel anything. It is only me, the ball, and the goal. now, I play basketball any chance I get. it works as a stress reliever. One time it was exam week at school. Every core class had a semester exam. I was kind of stressed about it, because I knew I would have to study for all of them. So before I studied I would play basketball, it took studying my mind. That is why i understand how the little was addicted to being in the dinosaur suit. It probably gave her a comfort zone that she could only express in the suit.
I can get the feeling just thinking about basketball. I really do love basketball. I do not know where i would be without. when I get the feeling or rage I use it to my advantage. It really does feel like I cannot be stopped. i just be so energetic and eager to score. And if do not score or my teams lose it just adds more fuel to the fire. Just like when the girl tried to stay away from the suit, but she finally got in it she always acted out worse the before. That is how i would feel.
In the essay “menace” the girls behavior is totally different when she is not in the suit. She does not throw tantrums or act out. she is a pretty good kid outside of the suit. She is the exact opposite in the suit. I can relate because i am a different person off the court versus on the court. Off the court i am calm, friendly, and quiet. On the court it is a different story. On the court I am talkative, arrogant, and mean. We had big game coming up against our rival, Georgiana. The school is literally fifteen minuets away, so we knew all the players off the court. We were even friends with a few of them. Before the tip I walked to their best player and said “it is a shame y'all fan base wasted there gas to see y’all lose”. I would not even think of something like that off the court. an example would be if somebody bumps into me. If it happened to me off the court, it would not even bother me honestly because I know accidents happen. It happened to me on the court i would say something mean or bump them back. It could have been an accident or not.
I think this essay has deeper meaning then just a kid being bad in a dinosaur suit. I think it is trying to express that everyone gets a certain feeling or power from somewhere. Whether its from wearing a weird costume, playing, teaching, dancing, or helping people. Whatever it is find it and a make the best of it