Friday Night Lights

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             If that was not enough, segregation was also part of his life. Being a black kid, he could not go to a "white school" or play with "white" kids. In my opinion, that's what L.V. Miles emphasizes in his story about this town that he grew up in. L.V. Miles was a good uncle, in fact I can probably call him a father to Boobie. For instance, "Boobie had been placed in a foster home when he was a young boy still living in the Houston area, "L.V. had visited him and could not get his image out of his mind" (Bissinger, 61). He was constantly thinking about what will happen to him after foster home, since usually the kids end up on the street with no money, no food and no way out then to steal, kill, and try to survive. .
             After all of this thinking, L.V. knew that the only way to prevent it from happening, was to take Boobie into his custody, and make him his responsibility. After all, he did adopt him and kind of put him out of his misery. Anyway, I am certain that Boobie would not want to go back to his father, who physically abused him. L.V. pushed Boobie into joining a football team, because he wanted to give him a chance, which he himself never had in his life. .
             After a while Boobie started to become a good player and a new hero in the Permian High School. His uncle was very proud of him and he used to say so to everybody how proud he was of his own blood. It seemed everything that Boobie wanted for himself was football -- he loved what he did and that was his only dream, to become a pro in American Football. Without it, as Boobie himself describes, his life would be "a big zero" (Bissinger, 56). And even if he had a good job, he still would want to become a pro. There were many games that they won, and not that many that they lost. Although, he did experience some of the most horrifying moments when he hurt himself right in the beginning of the season. .
             Fortunately, Boobie had a good friend Mike, who helped him through his rough times, and who the author talks about quiet a bit in the text.