Payback Time
Heinrichs, Jacob
Payback Time
Catches
Snatches
block kick
score quick
big win
we grin
Halfback
Cuts back
In doubt
Time out
call blown
crowd moan
Offense
defense
you lose
crowd boos
Out team
we scream
Written by Jan Allison and Tim Smith
Football
Football symbolizes this book because it is about a football player and coach.
Persistance
Persistence symbolizes this book because all throughout the book, Mitch keeps working at what he wants, a good story and to be thin.
A Writer
Mitch True wanted to be a writer ever since he could remember. This symbolizes the book because throughout the book he is ding it all for his school newspaper, and college.
Theme
"I don't know." - Daniel (Mitch) True. This quote shows persistent because when he said this, he was getting beat up in an alley way. Two gang members asked if he was Mitch True, Mitch said yes and right after he said that, he had fists in his stomach. The two gang members wanted to know where Angel Delarosa was because he had testified against them in court. Mitch recently wrote an article about Angel. Mitch shows persistence by not telling them where he lived and kept taking a beating.