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Suspense builds when Dante walks up and asks the main character why he's still coming to the court and challenges him, this is suspenseful because we aren't sure who's gonna win.

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when the author describe the heighth and how old they are. and when he was playing at the gym and the boys said he cant play.

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Were Dante says you can't play and you yell at him saying that your really good.

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Were Dante says you can't play and you yell at him saying that your really good.

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is when Dante walks an he asks them somthing

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when they're at the court and the main character is challenged by Dante. Pg- 16

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when they're at the court and the main character is challenged by Dante. Pg- 16

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secretly hoping for some fatherly advice but you wont get any

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Page 14 when it says "He'll turn to you suddenly and bark" or when it says "Dante strides over and points a finger in your face.

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In this story, a place where there was building suspense is in page 14. When you look over Page#14, you can see when Dante starts to talk to the main character and how the author describes the height and how scary Dante is, when they started to talk the suspense started to build up.

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When the people at the gym didn't let him play it built suspense as to what would happen next.

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"The whole gym is silent aside from your heart beat. Your short nervous breath meassure the time."

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When he tells his dad that he's not gonna play because the others won't let him, that leaves the reader confused, but later on we find out why the others won't let him play which gives us more context and background info

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when he comes back after being rejected i did know if he was supposed was a suspense part

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When dantay was not accepted to play basketball he was brave about it 

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When dantay was not accepted to play basketball he was brave about it 

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There was some suspense when Dante walks up to The main character and starts to ask why he is still coming to the basketball court and then he challenges him.

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Suspense is built on page 15 when we see the boy standing up for himself and talking to Dante, responding that he wants to play

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"Hes 6 4 and thin. In his early thirties maybe. Hes the only guy in the gym who's never said a word to you. He walks right past you like you don't exist." page 14. This builds suspense because it describes Dante as unfriendly mysterious guy.

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Dante. He's six four and thin. In his early thirties maybe. He's the only guy in the gym who's never said a word to you.

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when Dante is not accepted into the basketball team but tried his hardest and managed to keep his head up.

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the main character loves basketball, but doesn't get a lot of support by his dad, nor anyone else, making him think he isn't good enough.

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the main character loves basketball, but doesn't get a lot of support by his dad, nor anyone else, making him think he isn't good enough.

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When he tells his dad he is not going but he ends up going anyway.

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When he tells his dad he is not going but he ends up going anyway.

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when they introduce Dante on PG.14 they say "he is six four and thin, he's the only guy in gym who's never said a word to you. He walks by like you don't even exist."

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He provides background information about his skills and his love for the sport.

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"you'll keep quiet on the drive home, then retreat to an overturned bucket in the alley behing your building."

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When he starts to tell this dad that he doesn't want to play anymore, later they explain why he doesn't want to play anymore.

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He is six four and this. In his early thirties maybe.

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He is six four and this. In his early thirties maybe.

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We get introduced to Dante and his character when Dante challenges the main character.

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Dante is 6 foot 4, he's thin, maybe around his 30's. he's also the only one who hasn't talked to you.

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He in introduces Dante with his height, his age, and gives some thought to what the character is thinking about Dante

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when he explaines to his dad what happened on that day and that hell not go but he went after all.

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When he walks up and challenges him to a game.

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he is tall, thin and he is 6 4 he is the only guy who's never said a word to you

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"It won't be until week four you finally get into a meaningful game." This is background information because it tells us the boy isn't welcomed in the gym.

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When his dad says nothing as a response to the main character not playing anymore, it makes us feel empathetic and sorry for the kid.

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Dante is thin and 6 4 and he's thirteen he doesn't say anything when he's i the gym.

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"You'll be hoping for a little

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when the dads son tells him that he is not going up but he stills goes up anyway.

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you're a pretty tough kid. Nothing much gets to you. You were secretly hoping you would get some piece of fatherly advice here. PG- 15

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It describes the court as a warm and welcoming place

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When dantay says he doesn't want to play anymore his dad asks him why

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When he is talking about how basketball is his only way out it makes you feel grateful and you feel empathy for him.

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On page 14 we get introduced to the character Dante and start learning more about him, ( Height, age,looks etc.)

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When he gets yelled at by Dante we feel empathy for him.

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When he gets yelled at by Dante we feel empathy for him.

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On page 14, we can see the description of Dante and we can conclude that Dante is possibly in his thirties, and he is also 6'4. This is an introduction on Dante.

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He describes the car he has to stay in and also the look of the gym.

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The author uses thought tracking When the narrator starts to feel doubt like when he thought "Maybe you are a srub"

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On page 14, we can see that Dante was introduced to us and we learnt stuff about him.

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The car when he came back from the court.

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"Secretly you'll be hoping for a little bit of fatherly advice here, but you won't get it." This stirs empathy, because it makes us feel bad for the boy not having a great relationship with his father.

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when he gets kind of bullied like when they say he does'nt know how to play you feel empathy for him

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when he challenges people to a game which can drag in the audience

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he basically discribes his home as nothing more as a place to sleep, but the court is his home internally.

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There are many parts in the story that make us feel empathy for the characters. For example on page 14 when Dante tells the kid that nobody thinks that he's good enough to play with the rest.

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it describes the court i think and say's as welcoming.

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On pg 14 it states that "He's six four and thin. In his early thirties maybe. He's the only guy in the gym who's never said a word to you."

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On pg 14 it states that "He's six four and thin. In his early thirties maybe. He's the only guy in the gym who's never said a word to you."

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On pg 13 it says "secretly you'll be hoping for a little piece of fatherly advice here, but you won't get any" I think in this sentence it makes us fill empathy for the boy because he doesn't feel like his father cares.