GOOD INTENTIONS

In the book Ray and Me there is a kid named Stosh and was recently hit in the head by a baseball and he nearly died. Now his coach is telling him a story about a  guy name Ray Chapman who got hit in the head specifically in the temple by a baseball and died. Now Stosh realizes how lucky he is to be alive. Stosh has this power that if he touches a baseball card he will be sent back in time to that that time frame. So now Stosh wants to go back to 1920 and save Ray Chapman’s life and the guy who threw the pitch his life too, he didn’t die at that moment but he was forever known as the guy who murdered a man and I don’t think that was a good reputation to have. Stosh's actions didn't  make him a hero, but he did have good intentions of a hero and that is the main theme in this novel.

One way that Stosh is a hero is that he had good intentions on saving both of them but it didn't really turn out how he would have liked it to. Another heroic action that Stosh did was stall in the locker room were  Ray Chapman was and tries to make him late for the game so he wouldn't have to play. 

Stosh isn't the only hero; the doctor wants to go back in time with Stosh so he can give a note to one the 1920 doctors so he can change the future, which is their time. The note has all of these scientific cures for diseases and he is hoping that by the time they go back to their own time they will have a cure for everything plus brand new technology like flying cars or microwave ovens or something like that.

In the end of Stosh’s journey he did not save their lives but he was still satisfied because of the fact he tried, and that made him happy.  I wouldn’t expect a 13 year old boy to save two lives, although he is very brave for even going to 1920 and attempting to do that. I must say that I really admire him for that. And fortunately that won’t be his last trip.