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EXPOSITION
In the Beginning of the story Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker Seth's dad dies from a heart attack in a hotel. Seth was a golf player then he met Jimmy Winter and got into baseball. Jimmy and Seth became best friends they even played baseball everyday. but one day Jimmy moved. Seth didn't see Jimmy for awhile but when he did they were playing baseball on the same team. Then Jimmy got into drinking and kept getting hungover during practice and games.
When Seth finds out that his d -
RISING
Heart of a Champion, is an average teenage kid that really doesn't know where to fit in. His father died when he was 7 so he lives with his mother. His best friend Jimmy, a baseball fanatic showed him the game of baseball and Seth loved it. However they face many obstacles such as Jimmy's Dad being a drunk and Seth with the loss of his father. Jimmy and Seth fight through all of them for one purpose. The love for the game of baseball. -
FALLING ACTION
Seth and Jimmy are on the same baseball team and they keep winning games almost to the championship until Seth got a call from Alex telling Seth that Jimmy was in an Accident. Jimmy ends up dieing. -
CLIMAX
The climax is when at baseball tryouts their Sophomore year, Jimmy made the varsity but Seth didn't. This was the climax because this affected both Seth and Jimmy throughout the rest of the book. It affected Jimmy because he became the big man on campus at school. It affected Seth because he was jealous so in the off season, Seth trained harder than he ever had. When Seth finds out that Jimmy starts drinking and getting hungover at practice and in games Two big events happened that mad -
CLIMAX
The climax is when at baseball tryouts their Sophomore year, Jimmy made the varsity but Seth didn't. This was the climax because this affected both Seth and Jimmy throughout the rest of the book. It affected Jimmy because he became the big man on campus at school. It affected Seth because he was jealous so in the off season, Seth trained harder than he ever had. When Seth finds out that Jimmy starts drinking and getting hungover at practice and in games Two big events happened that mad -
EVENTS
1- The first event was when Jimmy died. This event was huge because it affected the team, Jimmy, Jimmy's dad, and especially Seth.
2- The second event was when after Jimmy's death the team won their next game to go to the championship. It impacted them because it made them realize that even without Jimmy, life goes on.
3- Matthew Farner One complication Seth faces at the start of the story is having to deal with his dead father. It is incredibly difficult not having a father around fo -
RESOLUTION
The conclusion is that Jimmy's courage, heart, and motivation will always be with the team. Jimmy changed Seth in more ways than he could count and for that Jimmy and Seth will always be great friends no matter what happens no matter what obstacles they face. Seth and Jimmy have the kind of friendship you can't put into words--the kind you think only happens in movies. They both live and breathe baseball, but while Seth struggles to be good enough to make the varsity team, Jimmy,