FRED STENSON’S - TEETH - :: English Literature

FRED STENSONS - TEETH -Teeth, by Fred Stenson, is an interesting short fable, with a plot overspread between two hockey games and the childhood memories of the principal(prenominal)character. The story is write in first person, through the eyes ofa hockey fake the main character - and the setting is in westernCanada, in the first place close to Canadian hockey rinks and the main charactershometown. The story presents a thespian, who tomboys hockey for moneyrather than for pleasure. The author of this story tries to provokethe lecturers, by writing through the eyes of this player, who does notlove the game he plays. The idea that a hockey player aprofessional Canadian hockey player would dislike the game of hockeyand still play, is what shocks, confuses and keeps the lecturerinterested in the story. This unusual characterization of a hockeyplayer is also important to the development of plot. Finally, thisstory gives people advice about how to withstand and enjoy life mor eeffectively.The story begins during one of fires the main character - hockeygames, on a Tuesday night, not big after Christmas. The players inhis group are quite fatigued and safe the end of a game. They aresupposed to change line of productss onto the ice, but Burns is lost in a daydreamabout his youth and the line change goes too slowly. For some secondsthere is no one on the ice except the goalie and the six members ofother team. The other team scores a goal before the line change is holy and Burns team goes on to lose the game 5-3 (93). The subscriber must conclude that the loss of the game is partly the fault ofthe main character. This conclusion comes from the fact that he isdaydreaming about his childhood, and memories of being make to playhockey by his parents. It is at this point in the story that thereader learns of Burns dislike for the game of hockey, and throughthese daydreams that the reader discovers the main charactersmotivation to play the game is the money h e is being paid. After thegame, in the dressing room, the manager is angry and threatens to sendsome of the players down to the minor leagues. When the maincharacter hears this, his reception is not what the reader would expectof a hockey player who loves to play the game. Instead, Burnscontinues to daydream and shows a escape of respect for his teammatesand the manager. The manager mainly blames Burns for the teams loss,because he did not put out, and his lack of enthusiasm infects the