An Overnight Star

Slam by Walter Dean Myers
pages 54 - 104

In this part of the novel the main character pretty much go's from being a nobody with in his new school latimer to being the most talked about person in the . Main character Greg (Slam) Harris over night star hood begins when he and the schools basketball team takes on an opposing team at his schools gym t First Greg did not see the floor for much of the game but when he did to his want to show the coach and the fans that he could really play propelled him to one of the best games his school had ever seen. When Greg gt his first taste of the action it was in the middle of the 3rd quarter and he was eager to make an impact and he does with his spark off the bench the teams takes fire and starts clicking on all cylinders they begin to come back slowly but surely and with the constant ball pressure being applied and crowed up rising dunks by Greg the team takes the lead and wins by 11 ironically the same amount of points Greg had in the game but instantly after the game Greg had went from pretty much being a nobody to being one of the biggest stars in school. To me I believe this happens allot in high schools where an athlete may have a very good game and immediately the next day in school is the most talked about person to me this good be good or bad the athlete could either take this as motivation to work harder and become better or he can let the fame go to his / her head. So my question is what do you think do you think this happens allot in high schools and what type of effect do you think it has on the person