Who is Antonio Brown?
Antonio Brown: Childhood
.Antonio Brown is currently the wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was drafted by them in the sixth round of the NFL draft, But not a lot of people know about his life before playing in the NFL.. He was born in Miami, Florida on July 10,1988. He is the son of Eddie Brown who is known to be the best Arena League football player of all time. As well as himself his father also was a wide receiver but he played for the Albany Firebirds. Antonio has four siblings Antonio Brown Jr, Autonomy Brown and Ali Brown as well as a daughter Antanyiah Brown. He was named a first team All-American by The Sporting News as a punt returner in 2008-2009 |
High School Football
Brown won't go into too much detail about his youth, other than to acknowledge he lacked guidance. But five days before the biggest game of his life, it's clear how much he appreciates where he is. During Antonio's childhood he says he "lacked guidance after leaving home due to conflicts with his stepfather. During his senior year of high school, during a 6-month stretch, he moved around, staying on whatever friend`s couches he could find" He even ended up staying on the streets. Apparently he was so thin in high school that his nickname was "Boney Toney".He attended Miami Norland High School where he participated in two sports football and track. During football season he played running back, quarterback, wide receiver and punt returner. He ran for 451 yards, with 13 touchdowns, threw for 1,247 yards, and 11 scores in just five games. he was even named the North Athlete of the year in 2005. while he was doing track and feild he was a two-time state qualifier in the 100 meter dash and ran fourth leg on the Norland 4x100 m relay squad, helping them capture the state title in 41.50 seconds.
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Author's Perspective
The authors perspective on Antonio Brown's childhood and high school life shows that the authors wants you to know the importance of what he accomplished. Football was an dis still a big part in his life and the author shows that in the writing. The author used diction, tone, length of sentences and figurative language to show and help the writing. You recognize his achevievmeants in a better way. Using more methods of authors style helped show how football helped him in life it got him somewhere. The tone of the authors writing helped show what he did in High school in a more descriptive way. Overall i think the authors perspective was very informing and showed a lot of detail.
Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Brown
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