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This book is based on fiction and the setting takes place in harlem,new york. Alfred brooks feels restless in his harlem home as he waits for his friend james to arrive and go with him to a movie. The contender provides studies in both comparison and contrast. Alfreds mother died when he was very young, and his father left home, deserting him. The contender is the debut novel by american author and sports journalist robert lipsyte. This particular edition is in a mass market paperback format. He waited on the stoop until twilight, pretending to watch the sun melt into the dirty gray harlem sky. Young robert devoted his childhood to books rather than sports. The novel begins as alfred, the protagonist, waits for his best friend james, with whom. The contender by robert lypsyte timeline timetoast timelines. The breakthrough modern sports novel the contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero this acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter robert. Find out as we learn more about the characters and a book summary of robert lipsytes the contender. The contender is a comingofage novel whose protagonist, a black seventeenyearold high school dropout named alfred brooks, lives with his aunt pearl and her three daughters in harlem, a predominantly african american neighborhood in manhattan, new york city, in the mid1960s. The contender, by robert lipsyte, is the story of a young man named alfred, a highschool dropout trying to avoid the pitfalls of growing up on the streets of harlem.

His best friend is drifting behind a haze of drugs and violence, and now. Chapters 14 quiz and writing prompts pdf file the contender. Alfreds father deserted the family when alfred was ten years old. The contender by robert lipsyte lets talk about that. Michael shnayerson is a longtime contributing editor to vanity fair and the author of eight books on a range of nonfiction subjects, from biographies of entertainer harry.

Robert michael lipsyte born january 5, 1938 is an american sports journalist and author and. This is a sports fiction novel that tells a story of alfred brooks. So for any parents with boys who dont love to read have your son try this one out. Find great deals on ebay for the contender book and the contender andrew cuomo. Is there a movie based on robert lipsytes the contender. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the brave by robert lipsyte. Alfreds story parallels the major theme of the novel, which is. Sonny has talent, but hes hottempered and undisciplined. Through the beginning of the story you see alfred struggling through life after dropping out. A summary of chapters in robert lipsyte s the contender. The novel follows alfred as his friend james is arrested after robbing the grocery store where alfred works, and his confronta.

I found it very interesting, i thought it was kind of annoying at the end how they left it on a huge cliff hanger and didnt bother to add another book or at least tell us how it ends. The three of them want to break into the epsteins grocery store where alfred works. All in all, this is a powerfully impressive work by an accomplished, credible, admirable journalist and writer. Lipsytes father was a school principal, his mother a teacher. I got the idea for my first ya novel, the contender. Hintons groundbreaking the outsiders and paul zindels the pigman. He grew up in rego park, a neighborhood in the new york city borough of queens. This is so goodso honest and taut and incisivethat the few contrivances alfreds boss turns out to be an old boxer, his inspiration a schoolteacher exboxer are more to be regretted than condemned.

Robert lipsyte began his writing career as a copy boy on the new. This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter robert. The title of this book is the contender and it was written by robert lipsyte. Hes a highschool dropout working at a grocery store. The contender by robert lipsyte, is one of my favorite books that i have read because it deals with real life situations, and a struggle to fight an addiction. Edwards award for lifetime achievement in ya fiction, is the story of a young boxer in harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ring on his path to becoming a contender. The books plot centers on a black seventeenyearold man named alfred brooks, a high school dropout living with aunt pearl and her three daughters in harlem, new york city. Robert michael lipsyte was born january 16, 1938, in new york, new york, the son of sidney i. Lipsyte s father was a school principal, his mother a teacher. An overweight fourteenyearold boy experiences a turningpoint summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.

Living with his uncle and aunt, after the death of his parents has it hard on him. It was published by harpercollins and has a total of 176 pages in the book. Alfred s mother died when he was very young, and his father left home, deserting him. Alfred brooks, hero of the contender 1967, reappears as a police sergeant who rescues a young native american boxer from drug pushers. Along the way, the contender explicates the byzantine workings of new york politics and power, so that while its focus is cuomo, its scope is far wider than any one of its subjects. The contender by robert lipsyte, harpertrophy, 1967. In the novel, alfred encounters almost every one of these situations. Alfred and james go to the movies every friday, but one week, james is missing. Robert lipsyte is part of what has been recognized as a revolution in young adult literature. Free the contender worksheets and literature unit for. Its about a young man named alfred who dropped out of high school and works. Although alfred does not go with them, he forgets about the new alarm system that the epsteins just installed.

Former sports journalist robert lipsyte makes the boxing scenes vivid and realistic, but he is equally successful at depicting life on the streets and alfreds inner struggle to find within himself the man he would like to be. James was there when alfred dropped out of school, and alfred was there when james dropped out a couple months later. The website maintained by the author robert lipsyte. Being a contender is not about raw talent or the kind of innate skill that few possessbeing a contender, as mr. The contender by robert lipsyte, is one of my favorite books that i have read because it deals. James father was a drunk who did not take care of his son. James was there when alfreds parents died and he had to move in with his aunt pearl. Lipsyte was born on january 16, 1938, in new york city, the son of fanny finston and sidney i.

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The story of the contender by robert lipstye sets in harlem, new york narrated by alfred brooks who is a high school drop out, that is leading nowhere in life. The brave 1991, a young adult sportsthemed novel by robert lipsyte, centers on a halfnative american, halfwhite boy fighting to make it as a professional boxer. This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter robert lipsyte, the recipient of the margaret a. Abandoned by his father and left an orphan after his mothers death, alfred brooks manages to survive due to his best friend james encouragement and his aunt pearls love. The contender multiple choice test questions robert lipsyte this set of lesson plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

His father deserted the family when alfred was ten years old. The contender the protagonist, alfred brooks is hanging out with his best friend, james, and jamess friends major and hollis. A summary of chapters in robert lipsytes the contender. The breakthrough modern sports novel the contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero. The contender download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. May some of ebooks not available on your country and only available for those who subscribe and depend to the source of library websites.