Writing Resources
The tone that the author is trying to establish in the opening paragraph of this short story is friendly It is important to start the story this way so you see that their boxing match is a problem later in the story Paragraph 1 They were so together in friendship that they felt themselves to be brothers This shows that they are friendly with each other The author illustrates the initial conflict between Felix and Antonio in paragraphs 6 7 where he writes Now after a series of elimination bouts they had been informed that they were to meet each other in the division finals that were scheduled for the seventh of August two weeks away the winner to represent the Boys Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament The two boys continued to run together along the East River Drive But even when joking with each other they both sensed a wall rising between them The three uses of the transition while are Paragraph 2 Antonio was fair lean and lanky while Felix was dark short and husky Antonio's hair was always falling over his eyes while Felix wore his black hair in a natural Afro style These while s are showing the differences between Felix and Antonio paragraph 4 While some youngsters were into street negatives Antonio and Felix slept ate rapped and dreamt positive This shows the differences between Antonio Felix and most youngsters Antonio and Felix are different from the rest of the teenagers in in their community because they are very positive people and the rest of them are not paragraph 4 While some youngsters were into street negatives Antonio and Felix slept ate rapped and dreamt positive
