SuitabookUndefeated
Steve Sheinkin
- Reading
- Consider reading together or pausing after the school and football passages. This can give space to talk about the historical treatment of Native American students as well as the sport’s physical dangers.
- Themes
- Violence in early football: The history includes severe injuries and player deaths, as well as punches during games. The physical cost of the sport is part of the historical account.
- Racism and Native American identity: The book addresses racism and native american identity; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. Its account calls attention to racism and presents the school’s treatment of students as harsh.
- Thorpe as athlete and person: The book addresses thorpe as athlete and person; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book presents competing or mixed signals about this.
- Worth knowing
- Football’s early violence includes players being seriously injured or killed.