Boxed

I thought this story was very well written and i enjoyed it. i felt as though i could really relate to this story, because i tend to go into my own little world when i am trainign as well. another reason i feel that i can really relate to this story is because my father was the same way with me andmy sports when i was in high school, and i know that this bond is a really strong and special one. The fact that this boy's father had died during his match is very sad and i dont know what i would do if that had happened to me. One part of the story i sort of disagree with is at the end of the story when the boy says "i found the final niche that i did not know before. it is sad because it is the most important niche. it is the niche that is not one thing but all things. it is the niche that unites me with all people. and it is sad because my father never knew that space, he only knew the wrestler. and it is sad because i am infinately more than the sport he loved me for." I don't think this is true. I think his father did know who he was, and knew that he was more than a wrestler, but that wrestling was the one of the things that provided a bond for them and allowed them to spend time together.