Cliffs Notes on Lipsyte's The Contender

by Stanley P. Baldwin

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature.In "CliffsNotes on The Contender, " you look into a moral tale that emphasizes the importance of the fight over the prize, the quality of the struggle over the outcome.

Following the development of the novel's protagonist, this study guide's in-depth character analysis covers the coming-of-age of a high school dropout who literally fights young boxers and figuratively braves the inner battles of peer pressure. Other features that help you figure out this important work includeLife and background of the author, Robert LipsyteIntroduction to the book with a synopsis, character list, and character mapSummaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries for each chapterCritical essays focusing on setting, major themes, and the author's writing styleA review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topicsA Resource Center full of books, publications, films, and Internet resources

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88 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2000

About the author

Stanley P. Baldwin (born 1942) is a writer and teacher, currently living in Nebraska. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly series as SparkNotes and CliffsNotes. He wrote about Beowulf and many others in the latter series, and J.R.R. Tolkien in the former.

Reviews

[Jonte · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book The Contender is about a boy name Alfred Brooks he is in high school . He work at a grocery store but is going now where . His best friend Joe is going deeper and deeper into a drug addiction . But some street kids want to beat him up so Alfred goes to Donatello’s gym to box in Harlem to Tran him for the champions . He learns it is the effort he put in to make a man . I say yes read this book because if you are into boxing and hardcore lifes .