In It to Win It By J.R. Moehringer
I love the way the author uses different parts of the body to tell the story. The opening description of the finger and clothes that he is wearing in the airport is very good. The way that the author ends the piece by describing the fans reactions to his presence shows that although he may not understand why his fans get nervous around him it may simply be because he isn’t like them.
The opening scene with the quote from Earl Woods is good starting point to create contrast between other sports stars at the top of their game. The quotes about Tiger Woods being able to affect humanity more than Nelson Mandela and Gandhi gives the reader an insight in to the mind of an emerging super star. The comparison to a machine is just, especially looking back now 16 years later, he has become known as one of the most reclusive athletes of all time. I like the way the author introduces and describes the ethnicity of Earl Woods, like a recipe. My favorite part of the piece is when the author compares Tiger Woods to all the other transcendent figures that his father believed he would have a larger impact than. Asking what will save Tiger Woods? The ending is powerful, talking about Tiger’s importance to American and the turn of the century, and his description of the white woman saying that when she watches Tiger she feels like she is watching her own son is a great ending to a story about the machine.
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