SSR 1st semester Blog (An Autobiography by Andrae Agassi)

   My 1st semester book was An Autobiography by Andrae Agassi which contains 400 pages. The genre of his autobiography is sports, more specifically (tennis). Agassi was born in a poor town in Las Vegas. His dad being from Afghanistan, living as a young boy through the Afghan war knows much about that life. And, this has affected him and the way that he raised his three children, however, Agassi was the only one that had natural raw talent. Agassi's father puts hard pressure on Agassi as a little boy. Everyday, forcing him to go upon against  a ball machine that he calls the dragon. Agassi's dad burns him out from tennis. Everyday for 7 hours after school hitting the ball, making harsh comments every time the ball goes into the net. This creates a horrible relationship between the two. But leads Agassi to be a great defender. Returning balls deep and in the court , annoying the opponent. After a while, Agassi's dad sends him to an academy because he was beating everyone around his cities, and was in desperate need for competition. He sends him to an academy in Florida which still exists today, and is commonly known , but was better back in the day for producing future professionals. This academy is called the Nick Bolleteri Academy, located in Southern Florida. There he actually finds out there is something about writting that he loves. That English unlike any other subject was natural to him. He loved to do the journal entries in English, although he didn't do any work in school at all. which leads to his worldwide knowing of his reputation as a rebel. After he sends him there, the academy offers him to go there for free, but Agassi, hating the game tries to rebel. By the way he walks and dresses, even with an earing in his ears like a girl. He later becomes something that you are soon to find out if you are to read this book.
      I typically liked this book because I enjoy tennis and learned much about Agassi's life, and strategies that he used. I was able to connect with Agassi in different ways such as playing tennis from a young age. However, my father does not force me to play, which I am lucky for, because every time I play, it's because I want to play, because I love the sport, not because I am forced to play. Although, I disliked much of the negativity put in this book such as many cuss- words. But hey, at least its the truth. I would really recommend this to people who would maybe want to read about tennis and are intrested in the game. The character Andrae Agassi was trying too find out his personal identity grawing up as a young child ito an adult, rebelling even during his prime.