"We're always going our separate ways before I wake up." (pg. 218) The ending tells us that Jordin still feels connected to his brother, he makes that final connection at the end of the book. I feel like this was the most substantial movement in Jordin's life because it shows us that something has been given to him, a sense of understanding of what it means to live with a purpose. All in all the ending, yes, was very anti-climactic, but i do not think that that is what we are meant to focus on. It does not matter that he ends up on a farm team instead of being a big NHL star, because it was not about his job, it was about what it took to get there. His troubled childhood, the drinking, the death of his brother, finding the love of his life, and being able to come out of all of that with a career and a life that he battled with and come out of it making himself something. I feel like this book it is easy to get caught up and think that it is all about the hockey but it has more to do with him giving us the whole story and having us try and understand who Jordin really is and what made him. The pages are filled with more than a career the book engulfs you into the life of Jordin and the ending is not what should be focused on, it is what the ending mean after all that we have learnt about him. Possibly a true success?
I agree with what your saying. The book isn't about hockey as much as it is about his journey while getting to and though the NHL. The story he ended it with was something that I think was very important to him. The story was his to tell and he ended it the way he thought was best. He seemed like a very humble man throughout the book, and the end of the book just adds to it. Not ending the book at one of his peeks in his career was a good choice.
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