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Open
by Christina 3.a, 15/9-15
A nasty old lady who happens to be his grandmother, a physically
and
verbally abse !ather, a calm and genis ncle and a loving
mother.
"hese are the people the American tennis player Andre Agassi
grew p
with, and the people who helped to shape him into the player and
person
he is today. #n this $ve-page e%tract !rom Andre Agassi&s
atobiography,
we get a pee' into his childhood.
"he e%tract starts o! by introdcing Agassi&s grandmother or
the (nasty
old lady) as he re!ers to her. *he apparently bosses
Agassi&s !ather
arond and seems to behave as i! she was the head o! the !amily.
+e the
proceeds to mention his !ather, i'e Agassi. i'e Agassi is an
#ranian
who ed to America !or a better li!e he plays a big role in Andre
Agassi&s
li!e and is mentioned mltiple times throghot the te%t. +e is a
manwith a big temper and a lot o! motivation, not st !or him bt
also !or
Andre Agassi. "hen we&re introdced to Agassi&s ncle,
#sar. #sar is pretty
mch the e%act opposite o! Andre Agassi&s !ather he is a calm
man who
has !ocsed on brains rather than brte !orce. #sar doesn&t
yell at Andre
Agassi i! he doesn&t nderstand something, and he plays with
Andre
Agassi mltiple times. "he di0erence between the !ather and ncle
is
specially shown when Andre Agassi is e%pecting #sar to come home
and
wants to scare him. #nstead, his !ather wal's throgh the door
and hits
Andre Agassi a!ter he has scared him. astly, we&re introdced
to
Agassi&s mother who seems to be the better hal! o! the
parents. *he is a
strong contrast with Agassi&s !ather, li'e the ncle. *he is
a calm woman
who seems to distance hersel! and bring balance to the !amily.
2hile his
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mother does have a slight temper, she doesn&t se it to
protect Agassi
!rom his !ather, which he e%presses a certain !rstration
over.
"he sender o! this e%tract and atobiography is o! corse Andre
Agassi.
Andre Agassi is an American tennis player who retired in 44 and
3
years later pblished this atobiography. "he recipients o! the
speech is
anyone who is intriged abot his li!e and wishes to 'now more. +e
te%t
isn&t particlarly hard to read either, which will probably
widen his
adience since most people will be able to read it. +is writing
is made p
by simple, short and e0ective sentences, sometimes yo can
however
$nd longer and more descriptive sentences.
"he point o! view in this te%t is $rst person narrator. "he
narrator&s, Andre
Agassi, story is told directly and this way we get to see how
the di0erent
happenings a0ect him. "his can also help s sympathise with
him
becase we see everything he sees. 2hile the narrative belongs to
or
narrator, there&re still di0erent narrative voices. 2e can
see this when
the grandmother is tal'ing abot how they lived dring the
!athers
childhood, (Oh, 6randma says with a sigh, we were poor. 7o
can&t
imagine how poor. And hngry, she says rbbing her belly8:). 2e
also
see it shortly a!ter when Agassi&s !ather adds something to
the story, (y
!ather chimes in. "hings got better a!ter the war he says.)
2hile the langage is simple and we scarcely see $gres o! speech
they
do occr once or twice in the te%t. "he scarce positioning o!
these canhowever ma'e them have a more power!l e0ect when they are
sed,
(8:my !ather&s le!t hoo' hits my aw sh and sends me ying.)
"hey
are also sed a lot to describe the !amily members, and he also
li'es to
se adectives and strong contrasts, this can specially be seen
when he
compares the !ather and the ncle, (+e&s the mirror image o!
my !ather,
bt his personality is the e%act opposite. y !ather is shrill and
stern and
