A Big Change

Author's Note~ This is a character development piece I wrote to meet my goal of scoring a 9.5 or higher in this category.

A fighter, a hard worker, that pretty much explains Bruce Edwards story in A Caddy for Life, by John Fienstein.  Bruce faced trouble throughout his grade school career and had to be sent off to a prep school to keep him out of trouble.  The one thing that kept Bruce out of trouble during the summer was caddying.   Bruce loved caddying and the game and you could tell that through the game he changed from a trouble maker to a nice, loving, caring man.

At the start of the book Bruce was messing around all day and doing bad things.  His parents noticed and sent him to a prep school.  Both of his parents believed that the prep school would help Bruce turn himself  around and become a much smarter and wiser person.  It turns out something totally different than his parents thought.

When Bruce was diagnosed with ALS he was given great respect from all players and other caddies.  Bruce changed a lot throughout his life in this book.  He became a highly respected person in the game of golf and he was able to change many people throughout his career as a caddy.  Many people gave Bruce great respect throughout his career as a caddy and that changed his life.

When people heard about Bruce’s story they all felt bad for him and thought he would have to quit caddying right away and never be able to caddy again.  Bruce motivated millions by still caddying and inspiring others with ALS.  Once Bruce kept on caddying people were amazed and inspired by what he could do with such a killing disease.

When I read the book I was motivated as the reader.  This story was sad and the readers view on everything changed a lot.  Bruce was a bad boy that people didn’t like but as he grew throughout the story and his life he received great respect.  Bruce was a hard fighter and tried to live as long as he could with ALS and fight his hardest.

Bruce’s story reminds me of Glory’s of the main characters in the book Under a Baseball Moon.  Glory was bullied as a kid and ended up turning into someone who would sit in the corner and throw fits a lot.  No one was her friend.  She moved to Arizona for a couple of years and then ended up moving back to Ocean Beach totally changed and as a new person and athlete.  She relates a lot to Bruce because she found a sport that changed her life dramatically.

Bruce and Glory changed a lot throughout the stories.  Both of them found a sport or activity to change their lives.  Bruce motivated thousands with ALS or people who didn’t even have ALS to try harder and fight harder in life.  Through the love of caddying Bruce, a nice, loving, and caring man changed his life.