Phelps is now a pro and is attending many many races and also is getting paid for winning, breaking records and for sponsorship money. Theres many records he breaks at such a young age and so many meets that he goes to. Then Micheal talks about what he defines as a "hero," he states that a hero doesn't have to be family, someone important, but has to be someone thats inspirational and can get the best of you. He gives 3 stories about people who I think he believes are heroes. One was a swimmer, Stevie, who works extremely hard but each time he has been diagnosed with tumors; first in his brain and in his spine which is very tragic. The other one was a man named Jim who was a very healthy guy, he even ran the whole Boston marathon, but he died from a heart attack and Micheal comforted his wife to help her get through it. The next one was his mom and for everything she has done for him he went out and bought her a Mercedes Benz ML320 for Christmas which was a wonderful gift. Then he talks about his experience in Australia having clinics down there and getting some training done down there. As he becomes more and more famous he gets into more media attention, for example there was one time when an Australian reporter put words in his mouth saying that he claimed he was a better swimmer than another Australian swimmer(which in my opinion he was).Now hes in the World Championships and not only is he breaking many records but he broke one in a matter of 5 minutes. Also for each record he broke he got a dog and he had 5 broken records.
Quote:
"say what you want about makes a hero, but i can't think of a bigger one than Stevie" (Phelps 118)
This quote states that even though Stewie has many problems and isn't a big star or isn't well known, he is still a hero to him no matter what.
Reflection:
My thoughts on these pages were they were full with emotions and it had a good mix of different feelings. It went from him being happy and competitive during races, meets and practices to serious and down talking about what it means to be a hero to him and who are examples of heroes. Then it gets to more of an informational voice where he is talking about what he's learned but i took it in as him not only sharing his knowledge but giving us what he's learned for us to use.
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