Bleachers

Significance of the title, Bleachers

The significance of the title Bleachers is shortly alluded to in the story on pages 53 and 54. The idea behind the title comes from the fact that a boy named Scotty Reardon died running bleachers for Coach Rake, a coach who had won 13 state football championships for the town of Messina. Coach Rake had a reputation for pushing his players harder than he should, and nobody had complained because of the way he won his games. However, with the death of Scotty, more than just a boy’s life died off that day. With Rake fired over the incident, it was the end of the towns success at football at any level whatsoever. That being said, it was also symbolic of what happened to former players; while they were winning for the town they were heros in their own way to the other people in Messina. But when they were done, a part of their life had died, as playing football for Coach Rake was entirely their way of life in high school, and once finished they were nothing but a memory to the people who had once lifted them up on a pedestal. Rake’s funeral brings all these to the town at once; the town was reminded of why they had won those championships, despite what might have happened in one incident, and the large number of ex-players reminded the people of the way in which old players were left out once done winning and forgotten.

 

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