Permian Essays

Planet Earth has experience four eras that include eleven periods and six mass extinctions throughout evolution. The Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago, IL describes the evolution of Earth in great detail. The evolution of Earth starts in the Precambrian period and continues to the Cenozoic era, which is still continuing today. Evolution is the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that existed from earlier forms of life. All the organisms, rocks, or other

LaRue Moor, a Permian English teacher, does most of the coordination and prioritizing of Permian education and community. LaRue notices that academics at Permian have been sacrificed for football success. Many of the teachers at Permian are underpaid and overworked for students who prioritize athletics over education. While the Panthers football coach makes up to 30 percent more than the average teacher salary. Boobie Miles, learning disabled star athlete, is at least two years behind his classmates

Georgios Kepertis Earth 102-6: Death of the Dinosaurs Paper 4: Permian-Triassic Extinction 12-7-2015 The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event: When Life on Earth Almost Ended An event that marked a great transition, an event so overwhelming that most creatures on Earth could not handle it; its power so immense that even plants and insects were almost eradicated from the face our planet. If it were to happen today, humans would most certainly be defenseless against the brute forces of nature, and even

when their season started to become a winning one. Odessa is a small town located in western Texas, home of the Permian Panthers. The Permian Panthers are only a high school football team, but the way the town acts you would think they were all going to receive major scholarships. In 1988, sports writer H.G. ‘Buzz’ Bissinger traveled from Philadelphia to Odessa to record one season of Permian High School Football. In his non-fiction

In terms of football players at Permian, during games they have a perfect vision that any game has the potential to get them recognized for college, which is the main goal. For fans, football is the one thing that still gives the town a purpose. With all of this riding on every game, the

football as many of the kids in this story did. The kids in this story talked about how when they were young they would go to the games on Friday nights, and dream about what the future for them would be like. They could not wait to play for the Permian school district, and be the town heroes. This aspect of the story for me was so relatable. I too would go to Scott City Beaver games when I was young, and dream about what my future would hold as a football player. I have always wanted to be able

school they are faced with a rude awakening to reality. In the words of former “Golden Boy” Joe Bizzell, “it had been victory after victory...the world seemed only to consist of cheers and praise and glory and rules that had no meaning”(282). At Permian, the players were treated like heroes and were left completely unaware of what was to come. After leaving high school

player at Permian High School. Being a part of the football team undoubtedly has certain advantages, such as greater popularity and access to resources, but there are also substantial disadvantages, such as tremendous pressure and risk of injury. These benefits and drawbacks have a significant effect on Permian student athletes both on and off the field. The novel "Friday Night Lights" by H.G. Bissinger presents a complex portrayal of the experience of being a football player at Permian High School

Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream is a story based on the 1988 Permian High School football team and their quest for the coveted State Championship title. The Permian Panthers are the life blood of the town. The town of Odessa, Texas takes pride in having one of the most successful football programs in the entire country. The story begins at the beginning of the 1988 season and follows the team, the players, and the town on their quest for a state championship under their untested

The film Friday Night Lights (2004) is based on the real-life story of the 1988 Permian Panthers football team in Odessa, Texas. The film is a more fictionalized account of the book it’s based on, written by author H.G. Bissinger and downplays the more intense issues that plagued Odessa when Bissinger followed the team during the 1988 season (Briley 1). The film follows Coach Gary Gaines (portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton) as he coaches the Panthers in the football obsessed town. The film portrays

I read the book, Friday Night Lights, which was published in 1990, and watched the movie, Friday Night Lights, which came out in 2004. The book was written by Buzz Bissinger. The character that I will be comparing and contrasting is Boobie Miles. The scene that I will be comparing and contrasting is the final game. The book and movie are similar in a few ways but are different in many ways. In both the book and the movie, Boobie Miles is injury prone and not very bright. But only in the book is

academic hardship within Permian High through diction, characterization, and tone. Racism still affects people in the world today. H.G. Bissinger portrays this through diction, characterization, and tone throughout Friday Night Lights. Bissinger uses football to portray the life of football players. Throughout the novel, Bissinger gives examples and stories of how racism occurred in and out of the field. As well as, how it mentally affected the football players of Permian High. For example, “But

The film Friday Night Lights (2004) is based on the real-life story of the 1988 Permian Panthers football team in Odessa, Texas. The film is a more fictionalized account of the book it’s based on, written by author H.G. Bissinger and downplays the more intense issues that plagued Odessa when Bissinger followed the team during the 1988 season. (Briley 40) The film follows Coach Gary Gaines (portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton) as he coaches the Panthers in the football obsessed town. Stress is a common

The story’s main setting is the state of Michigan in the United States, while it also takes place in different states, such as California, when the team goes on road games. The story revolves around Charles “Dick” Thornley, the varsity fullback. The fullback is a position in the backfield of the offense, along with the running back. The fullback’s main job is to block against defensive linemen or defensive backs that come in on a random blitz. A blitz is a hard rush or pressure on the quarterback

In the movie Friday Night Lights, there is more to the story than the typical football movie. In this movie, there is a high school football team that is based out of Odessa, Texas who puts everything on the line in every game. This high school team has a very unhealthy worry and obsession over winning every game that they play in, no matter what the score is or what they must do to win. Every game they play the entire town knows that they will win because they do anything and everything they can

Friday Night Lights addresses this actuality by including Street’s accident in the pilot episode of the series. In most plots, such an occurrence would be incorporated into the storyline after many episodes, or even seasons, of building up Street and the team. It might even be the climax of the plot. Regardless, this tactic presents a more inclusive diegesis and positions viewers to accept the alternate versions of strength and leadership (Butterworth & Schuck). Instead of dwelling on Street’s injury

illusion of hope, Bissinger writes that the Permian football players wanted to achieve the goal of winning the state championship and ultimately playing in the National Football League (NFL). In fact, the state championship was as big of an event as “Neil Armstrong

In the book Friday Night Lights, author H.G. Bissinger documents Odessa, Texas’s 1988 Permian High School football season. By depicting a class of students who would rather rally at football games than get an education, Bissinger presents his belief that the school is disregarding education in order to produce a winning football team. I agree. Bissinger also portrays a well-respected player, Boobie Miles, as a quitter. I disagree, since the pressures of football contributed most to his failure. The

back for the Permian football team, noticed by recruiters from across the U.S. because of his incredible speed. The story begins just before a football game, later we learn that Boobie Miles injures his knee just before, and has surgery on it. But, now he doesn't quite play the same way he once had, and the other team seem out to permanently damage his knee. But he his hopes have been uplifted, because the Permian Panthers are going to play Midland Lee tonight, the arch-rivals of Permian. If they win

Night Lights, written by H.G Bissinger, is a non-fiction book focusing on the Permian High School football team and their journey to potentially winning the State Championships. It takes place during 1988 focusing on the Permian football team in a small town named Odessa located in West Texas. In Odessa, the players and coaches all go to the same school, Permian High School, but they all live scattered throughout Odessa. Permian High School is a wealthy school filled with mostly white and wealthy families