“Ain’t nobody trying to be Bolt. I’mma be better than Bolt. Plus, at least I got on running clothes. You out here in your daddy’s gear pretending to be something you not.” Lu complains in disgust. Then, he takes a drink of water
“What you say about my daddy?” Ghost asks, his head cocks tothe side, which is pretty much the universal symbol for watchyourself, homie.
Ghost and Lu's discordant voices fills the track during the break in track practice.
Slide: 2
Character vs. SocietyInternal
“Glass Manor,” Ghost mumbles, being embarrassed.
Ghost is embarrassed to talk about where he lives. He feels like he’s a laggard being behind, he feels like he will be laughed at, even by Coach.
Slide: 3
Character vs. SelfInternal
Ghost tries to preclude himself from fighting Lu.
I tried to keep my cool, because I was all the way clear on what the punishment would be if I did something stupid. Plus,he was just talking trash. And it was just a little bit of trash. He wasn’t gonna do nothing to me. I knew that for sure. Ghost thinks, trying to calm down, while enclosing his fists.
Slide: 0
Coach starts to walk, then stops. Then he sighs. “Just tell me where you live.”
Where I live. When anyone ever asks about where I live, I get weird because people always treat you funny when they find out you stay in a certain kind of neighborhood. But I was used to people treating me funny. So what’s one more person? Ghost thinks while he takes a moment to sit down.