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Brief Summary Of Calico Joe By Warren Tracey

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The story of Calico Joe all began when he was called up from an AA team from Midland, Texas. The first pitch thrown to him he smashed over the wall, his first of many major league home runs. As his rookie season went on, he shattered many records such as: 15 consecutive hits, three home runs in three at bats, highest batting average ever for 38 games, and at least one hit 19 games in a row. As he continued to shock the world, he became hero of the narrator, Paul Tracey. At the time, Paul was a young boy and loved the game of baseball. He had no other choice because he was the son of Mets pitcher, Warren Tracey. Warren was terrible husband and father. Paul disliked his dad, that’s why he looked up to Joe Castle. Then finally, the Mets faced …show more content…

In the present, Paul in grown up with a family. Warren has pancreatic cancer and is dying. Paul decides go to see him but stop on the way in Calico Rock, AK; the hometown of Joe Castle. Paul plans to set up a meeting between Joe and Warren so Warren can apologize for what he did. Paul makes the meeting happen. Joe and Warren have a nice conversation about what happened and Joe forgives Warren. A few months later Warren Tracey dies and Joe comes to his funeral. Joe tells Paul to write a story about what happened. The novel ends with the beginning of the story of “Calico Joe” by Paul …show more content…

This novel is put together strategically; one change would completely change my thoughts about this story. For example, if Joe Castle did not accept Warren Tracey’s apology, the whole point of the second half of the novel would be meaningless. Furthermore, if this were to happen my opinion of Calico Joe would change dramatically. Another example would be changing were the people lived in the novel. The setting for the characters hometowns (other than Joe Castle a.k.a. Calico Joe) would not affect the novel. With these changes, I would’ve still enjoyed the novel very

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