among various physical accomplishments
had been one of the most powerful ends
that ever played at New Haven.
A national figure in a way.
One of those men who reach
such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one
that everything afterwards
savours of anticlimax.
(Fitzgerald 10)
Sir Nigel,why, out of chapters 1&2, did you choose this passage?
ReplyDeleteI chose this passage because sports intrest me and I thought it was cool that he was such a great football player.
DeleteWhat do you think savours of anticlimax means?
ReplyDeleteI think it means that everything after will just not be as good as being the super star he was in college.
DeleteIn the passage that you chose, it stated "such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one." What is your take on what it means when it says this?
ReplyDeleteI believe it is saying he had great success at such a young age.
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