The first stanza of "An Ex-Basketball Player" permits the reader to see where Flick is after high school. "Before it has a chance to go two blocks" Flick has stayed so close he is not even two blocks away from the memories of his glory days. He is also so unaccomplished that he still "helps Berth out." He is not even the owner of the garage he just works there. He is in a dead end job wi

th no future to speak of which defiantly not the life he expected when he started out being such a legend.

The last two stanzas deal with what this celebrity has become and how far he has fallen from being someone so admired. "As a gag, he dribbles an inner tub" this allows the reader to know that he still has some of his talent left. It also shows that Flick wants people to remember him as the star he once was. It also seems to be an escape from his mundane duties of changing oil, tires, and anything else that needs to be done. He is now the low man on the totem pole and has to do whatever is asked of him. Instead of having his followers do everything for him. After work Flick goes to "Mae's luncheonette" this is most likely because he has nobody to go home to. The only thing h

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Approximate Word count = 529
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)