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A.E. Housman in his poem "To an Athlete Dying Young", writes about an athlete who is loved by a town. The town loves this athlete due to their athletic ability. This athlete in particular some could say that he is tired of the fame and just wants to get away. "Smart lad, to slip betimes away. From fields were glory does not stay"(Housman). This quote suggests that although the athlete which is being written about has all the fame, and all the glory, life is not what it seems. Although the towns people think that everything is kosher, in actuality its not.

The quote above relates too the book __Friday Night Lights__ because Mike Winchell, the quarterback for the Permian Panthers, in a way lives two lives. When he is at school and playing football he is loved by the town and the people who love there. They believe that he is just your average football player who cares about nothing but his football career. This quote from H.G. Bissingers book __Friday Night Lights__ goes to show that Mike Winchell is not the perfect quarterback the town thinks he is. "Mike brought in a picture of him self, but it was not one of those smiling from ear to ear shots. Mike had never lived a life like that. Mike explained he was crying cause he had never seen a camera before and though it was a gun, then when shutter button clicked he though he had been shot" (Bissinger 204). This quote shows that although Winchell is an amazing quaterback and everyone has their faith in him all of his focuses are not on football. When someone flinches and a camera shot it means they are not as wealthy as some or may have extreme family problems. Mike Winchell's brother is in jail, his father died and his mother has a mental illness. Mike does not get to experience the life of a normal high school football player because of these problems.

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