The Thrill of the Grass

Symbol- Baseball is a symbol of America because it is the sport people identify about America. Grass represents freedom because the players remember playing on grass as children, and when you’re a child you are free, and when they bring back the grass on the field it brings freedom.

Protagonist- locksmith that breaks into the baseball field

Antagonist- society

Conflict- person v. society because if society didn’t replace the grass with Astroturf there wouldn’t be any problem because everybody liked the grass and they would have left it alone.

Point of view- 1st person

Inciting Event- When the locksmith first sneaks into the baseball field

Climax- When they lay down the first piece of sod.

Brief Summary- It’s about a failed shortstop that loves baseball. He breaks into his home baseball field and finds out that it is made out of Astroturf. He goes and talks to a guy that he sees at every home baseball game, who sits about eight rows in front of him, to help him replace the Astroturf with real grass. They gather more and more people so it would be done faster. They finally finish replacing the Astroturf with grass. This is an important story because it shows that not all up-graded things are more efficient and more liked by people.

Theme- It’s connected through home because when people grow up they play baseball on grass fields, and then they go play on Astroturf and it’s not the same. It’s connected to technology because Astroturf doesn’t need to be mowed, which cuts down the cost. It’s connected through freedom because all the pro baseball players grew up playing on grass, and they didn’t get to have a decision in switching the grass for Astroturf, when they would have chosen to keep the grass.