Summary: The first 50 pages of the book really produced a lot of concrete background information about Allen Iverson, or "AI". AI was raised in Newport News, VA, which was a small Southern city with a strong migratory connection to New York City. Contained inside of these first 50 pages are AI being compared and spoken to by many people who were popular in pop culture in the 90's. One of those people were Tupac.
Quotation:
" In a sense, Allen Iverson is Tupac with a jumpshot" (Platt 7)
Reaction: What I first thought of when I saw this quote was that the quote was trying to say that AI was extremely gifted. I thought of that because when I think of Tupac, I think of someone who was very skilled and gifted as a rapper. This quote is comparing AI with Tupac and Tupac was a huge hit in the 90's as a rapper. This quote shows that AI is extremely gifted when it comes to the sport of basketball.
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more on AI's early life in VA, and what life was like for him.
ReplyDeletethink more on the Tupac connection. Why Tupac, and not Biggie? What is the metaphor saying?
Nice Blog!
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