In the book Heat, by Mike Lupica, there is a character named Ramon and another character named Michael. The book started off with Ramon, a 16 year old boy that lived in New York. He was a troublemaker, he was a thief, he would go around stealing people's money so that later on in his day he'd spend the money on a girl of his choice. One day Ramon was bored and decided to go steal someone else's money. He stole this old lady's purse and ran off with it. The lady told a police officer and the officer ran after Ramon, but he was too slow to catch him. Ramon ran past a park with a baseball field, there was a kid named Michael. Michael was a good baseball player, he was really good at pitcher. Michael saw Ramon running and he saw the police officer running after Ramon. Michael threw his baseball at Ramon, hitting him behind the head. Ramon fell and blacked out, when he woke up, the officer put him in handcuffs and walked away with him. Michael continued on. He went to home to home to his brother Carlos. Michael and Carlos are both Cuban, they're immigrants and are trying to hide the fact that they can't be staying unless they have papers. Carlos, Michael's brother, is 17 years old and is waiting to turn 18 so he can get papers for him and his brother Michael. A few days later Michael goes to play baseball against his friend Manny, this girl watched them play. Michael went to her as soon as him and Manny had finished playing but while Michael headed towards her, she started to run away. A couple days past and now Michael and Manny met up to play baseball again. The same girl was watching them, Michael threw the ball over to her trying to let her know if she wanted to play. She threw it back and then headed over to them. They played for a couple of hours and then the officer that arrested Ramon showed up with man named Mr.Lima, he was looking for Michael because they had heard how good he was. Michael told Manny to tell the men he wasn't able to stay, he chased after the girl that watched them play. Her name was Ellie, she was a really good pitcher like Michael. Since Michael's dad is dead, is hard for him to get around. Mr.Lima talked to Michael and told him to tell his father to call him or email him directly, but since his father is dead, he has no one to help him out.
Throughout all the chapters I've read Ramon hasn't came out, so why did the book start off with Ramon then transitioned to Michael. I wonder if Ramon was just a person in the book to present us to Michael or if he actually serves a purpose. Does Michael meet him later on in the book or does Ramon work with Mr.Lima. It did mention in the book Ramon runs really fast so it might even be possible if he is in a baseball team and goes against Michael's team.
I think the characters can be realistic because they're all human and nothing is fiction about this story. The characters in this book face real life situations like being an immigrant, growing up with nothing and having a hard and painful past and finally getting ahead in life. The characters have hobbies and jobs they have to do throughout the day. Michael, Manny, and Ellie play baseball. Carlos has to work and make money for his little brother. Although Michael's dad isn't really a main character he was still a character, he died and in life people die. It's part of life, therefore, I think these characters can be real.
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