The Heart And The Fist: Blog week three (1-28-14)

Eric starts out in chapter three as deciding to start boxing. Eric goes to college at The University of Duke. Eric's grandfather was a really well known city boxer. Eric grew up in Chicago, and his grandfather was always teaching him lessons about life through boxing because that's what his grandfather did all the time, that's how he was known and that's what he did to leave his mark. His grandfather went to an old ghetto gym in the city and that's where Eric wanted to go to follow in his grandfathers footsteps. Eric met a man named Derrick, Derrick trained Eric in that gym a lot, he  told Eric stories of past boxers and even his grandfather. With some time Eric and Derrick grew very close and Eric boxed and trained at that gym for three years after winning the golden glove trophy after his opponent forfeited.
          this chapter is probably my favorite chapter in the book so far because, Eric faces problems when he first enters the gym, he has no idea what to do and how to start training, all he wanted to do was get better and be like his grandfather. Derrick was hard on Eric at first, but that was only to make him a better boxer and a better person. I like this chapter because Eric represents me sometimes in life and the sport of boxing symbolizes football. I'm not saying football and boxing are similar to each other, I'm saying that the sport of boxing also symbolizes something different in my life. Derrick also symbolizes the people that make my life hard sometimes but love me and teach me lessons for the better, to help me do everything in life.  








These two lines are good lines to represent my voice in the piece because I am making a connection from the book The Heart And The Fist , to my actual life. My voice is telling my life through the book and giving symbols and things that represent other things to make the reader better understand the piece.

The Heart And The Fist week two

In chapter two Eric goes to china. For his college he goes to beijing to teach english to chinese students. He has never been ouitside of the country so he has no idea what to expect when he goes there, but he is also eager to learn new things about their life and culture. He teaches an english class and there are about 15 students in his class that are very curious about the american way, Eric knew that at that time all people thought of China was the Tiananman. It was when the chinese people protested againt the chinese government for their harsh law. All of these students were very curious and spent hours asking Eric questions about the protest in the Americans point of view. Talking about these kind of things in China were against the law, Eric went to the police station and was scared he would get in big troble for this, but the police just asked for a fine and took his passport for a couple days. In all the mix of things, a new friend of Erics gave him a flim canaster and gave it to Eric. He said "  this is what really happend that day on June 4th".

The heart and the fist

I am currently reading a book called The Heart And The Fist. I started reading this book recently. If you are interested in reading books about the military then I suggest this book for you. I've heard many good things about this book and I couldn't resist on getting it myself, I really am interested in military novels. Stories about real heroes fighting for our country in foreign places, sacrificing themselves for our country, no matter what problems or challenges they encounter. This book is a biography about a man named Eric Greitens, his story on his journey through the military and where it took him.