Hard Way On Purpose

Hard Way On Purpose

Renewal and Decay: Which Shows More

"The Hard Way on Purpose" by David Giffels is a well written book. However, just like any other piece of literature there were things either left out or could have been used more to increase the impact of his writing. The story focuses on explaining what Akron means to Giffels and others in the community while comparing people that stay and people that leave the city. To express his ideas he uses different styles of writing that influences readers well, he also gave explicit information to support his writing, but the amount of bias and his sense of animosity towards people that leave Akron acts to counter effect the positive aspects of his writing. After reading "The Hard Way on Purpose" readers may conclude ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...This means that there are parts in his book that can be enjoyed by many different people but at the same time when a reader gets to a passage or chapter that they can't relate to it can result in the reader becoming uninterested. One way this can be observed is by looking at the sports that are mentioned in the book. Giffels' first used Lebron James as the topic of discussion while he talked about basketball at the start of the book. One example is when Giffels' states: "LeBron James was being awarded the NBA's 2010 Most Valuable Player award, and he'd arranged for the presentation ceremony to be held at the University of Akron gym, where he'd played many of his high school games." (Giffels 10). LeBron James is a major influence in the basketball community and people of many ages watch basketball. However, readers might analyze it as a majority it is usually younger people who watch basketball and focus on all the aspects such as stats and the player's contributions in society. By using LeBron James as a symbol, he is able to attract people that are generally younger. This is because the older generations might either not be interested in basketball as much as they used to or they don't rally around LeBron the way their generations used to gather around Michael Jordan. Giffels also appeals to the older generations. An example of this is when Giffels' speaks about bowling: "In 1958 the

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