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The Walk On By Alex Myers Sparknotes

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In the book The Walk On the main character, Alex Myers is taking his time to do things instead of rushing through them. First Page one says, “but the JV football team plays only four games a year and practice didn’t start till mid-September.” Alex wanted no part of that. He wants to have more games and he wants to play for Varsity. So Alex takes his time in tryouts. Next Page four says, “if you don’t make the tryouts,” Coach Gordon said, “Coach Mertan will have one more tryout so you can try and make the JV team.” Alex Myers takes his time in the tryouts for football so he won’t fail. Finally Page twenty-one says, “which had probably taken five seconds.” Alex took his time to read through four names to see who had made the Varsity football

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