Whale talk by chris crutcher audiobook5/20/2023 is competitive on a state level, the members of the team develop a bond that allows this group of loners to thrive socially and emotionally.As they travel to their swim meets, each athlete gains a sense of belonging. He convinces Simet to set beating one’s personal best time at each competition as the requirement for lettering, a standard that sounds difficult to people who are unfamiliar with swimming but that is easily achieved by inexperienced swimmers. recruits Chris (a strong swimmer), a one-legged swimmer, a drug-free bodybuilder, a genius, a swimmer who is overweight, and a swimmer who refuses to talk. T.J., who has been the target of racial taunts from football players Rich Marshall and Mike Barbour since he tried to stop Rich from killing a baby deer several years before, agrees to be the anchor and primary recruiter for the team after he witnesses these players bullying Chris Coughlin, a developmentally-challenged classmate, for wearing his deceased brother’s athletic letter jacket.Ĭonvinced that the creation of the swim team, which he names the Mermen, is the perfect chance to undercut the favoritism shown to athletes at Cutter High, T.J. The inciting incident of the novel occurs when T.J., a skilled swimmer who refuses to participate in organized high school sports, agrees to help his English teacher, John Simet, recruit a swim team.
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