Shoeless Joe By W.P. Kinsella.

and immediately alerted his wife Annie of the mysterious voice. After some thought Ray connected the words “if you build it” to a baseball field, and “he will come” to Shoeless Joe Jackson. After several months of work his masterpiece was created, now it was only a matter of time before the baseball legend came back to life. After weeks of waiting Ray started to worry and started to think that the voice was an illusion until one night Karin, Rays daughter spotted nine men during fielding practice on Rays ball park. Finally Ray got a chance to meet Joe Jackson, they even had a long conversation together. But the magic hadn’t appeared for weeks, and Ray started to worry again until the baseball announcer was heard of yet again. “Ease his pain.” Ray thought about the second message thoroughly and finally came to the conclusion of easing J.D Salinger’s pain. They both finally meet although Salinger thinks that Ray is crazy, but he manages to convince Salinger to take him to a ball game. They both watch the baseball together without much conversation.  It was during the 8th inning.  A voice awoke Salinger.  It was the voice of the mystery announcer.  He says, “Go the distance.”  J.D. told Ray about the voice.  Strangely, something appeared on the scoreboard monitor right after.  The monitor shows: Moonlight Graham, Chisholm, Minnesota.  J.D. asked Ray if he could see the thing on the monitor.  Ray replied yes.  The other fans looked like that they didn’t notice the monitor.  Only J.D. and Ray could see it.  Salinger then started to believe Ray about these magical events happening to him. And the story basically moves on from their.     The theme of Shoeless Joe expressed by the author, W.P. Kinsella, is that you should keep dreaming and trying because someday your dreams may come true. In the story, Ray Kinsella dreamed of meeting Joe Jackson. It seemed impossible at first since Joe Jackson died years before.  Despite that, Ray kept dreaming and trying.  One day, a mystery ballpark announcer told him that if he built a ballpark, Joe would come and play on it.  Ray followed this advice and went on to build a ballpark.  After a few days, Joe Jackson came back alive and started to play on Ray’s new field.  Ray’s dream came true. Which is pretty good despite being a farmer in Iowa in the 1960’s. Compared to the Natural I would say that this book is a bit more bizarre, they were both out of the ordinary. The Natural for one, because the main character gets killed but still the book continues with the exact same character. In Shoeless Joe were talking about baseball players coming back from the dead and a mysterious baseball announcer. I would say that Malamud and Kinsella both have a love for baseball, but they write their passion for the game in a mysterious way.