Flick's high school days were filled with success as a player. He still holds the record for most points in a game with three hundred and ninety points they say. The author

Metaphors that describe to us how flick was, such as "Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps", "the ball loved Flick", "grease gray and kind of coiled" and "beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers". The author also uses similes that describe Flick such as, "his hands were like wild birds" These figures of speech describe to us as readers different aspects of the story. They give us visual descriptions of flick and his life.

The author of this poem seems that Flick has wasted his potential; however Flick seems to be quite content with his lot in life. He enjoys his job as a gas station attendant and loves to reflect on his old high school days. All the kids remember how good he was and I guess he is content with that. When he gets off work he heads down to Mae's luncheonette whe

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Approximate Word count = 532
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)