Reading Response

Reading Times: The Autobiography of Pele 10/28- 25 min. 10/29- 30 min. 10/30- 40 min 10/31- 10 min 11/1- 20 min 11/2- 10 min 11/4- 10 min pp. 120-170

     This autobiography has its moments. Sometimes, its a static plot. He always talks about how nervous he was about playing at a big stage so early in his life. If I were in his position I would completely understand but to talk about it for 10-15 pages just bores your readers. Also, Pele' spends forever talking about one specific event too often. He'll have something going and then when he has already covered it with great detail, he adds in an extra 5 pages to make the book as a whole longer.
     Although its a somewhat static plot, he describes his early life really well. He talks about living in poverty in Brazil and how his family had to move often to find a job. He even gets into so much detail that he talks about how he would make a "ball" out of borrowed clothes from clotheslines. His description of his life in poverty really shows just how poor they were. Now that I'm getting into the book a little bit, he's starting to talk about how he's selected for the National squad. To be selected at 16 is almost unheard of. The fact that he did just shows how great he was in his day. I would argue that Pele' is the best to ever play soccer.