51 pages 1 hour read

Pat Conroy

My Losing Season

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

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Essay Topics

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One of the primary themes of My Losing Season is the value of losing. In what ways does Conroy make the argument that an athlete can learn more from losing than from winning?

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Conroy maintains that one of the main reasons that the teammates from the 1966-67 team did not stay in touch after graduation was because they rarely won. Describe how this aspect of post-graduation comradery might have been different had they been winners.

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Analyze how basketball became a refuge for Conroy. 

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