Heroes in my World
Heroes fill the book Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella. Everyone has a hero in this book. For some people, thier description of a hero was not what another person’s was. Ray Kinsella got many signals telling him to go find different people and help them. His first message was “If you build it he will come.” Ray knew that this was referring to the greatest baseball player of all time, so he made a baseball field. After getting most of the field done, he got a message “Ease his pain.” Immediately Ray knew this was referring to J.D. Salinger (Jerry) his old friend, and writer of The Catcher in the Rye. He took off to find Jerry and ram into some baseball fields on the way. Later Jerry and Ray went to the Hall of Fame and read about Archibald Doc Graham (Moonlight Graham). He had a dream that he just missed by a hair. He always wanted to bat in a professional baseball game, but he only ever got to play outfield. Eddie Scissions was known as the oldest living Chicago Cub, but actually was not. He had a dream to be buried in a grave in his baseball uniform, and with his cleats and baseball glove. All of these people had dreams, and Ray was the hero who helped it all happens.
