Tow #3: IRB: A Memoir of Hope Solo with Ann Killion: Chapter 1: pgs. 8-20

        Many of us know Hope Solo as one of the best goal keepers in the world. She's an inspiration to any athlete, anywhere. But what many people don't know is her tough past, the past that molded her into the woman she is today. A Memoir of Hope, written by Hope Solo with the help of Ann Killion, reveals the other life Hope Solo once lived, along with her achievements, failures, both inside and out of the soccer world. Chapter one of the book is an introduction to Hope and her family and some of the hardships they were put through because of her father. It begins with a description of her first house with the smiley face fence, followed by the aspects of her family, half family, and most importantly her father. Hope Solo appealed to the audience's emotions by using anecdotes to achieve her purpose of describing her family, and that her dad is a difficult man who created many difficulties in her tough past.
A Memoir of Hope is a book meant for anyone, especially young athletes, who can immediately be inspired from Hope's story as a girl and as a soccer player. They can learn about Hope's past she went through, and even through all of the turmoil, she worked hard and achieved her dream. This chapter specifically, can reach out to readers who may also have had some rough patches within their family life. Hope splits up the memoir and the chapter with specific story to emphasize her puprose and point she is trying to achieve. For starters, the day her family found out Gerry Solo wasn't even the real name of her dad. He had also been stealing money from her grandparents and other places while also tearing apart Hope's family by having affairs other women. The reader cannot help but feel sorry for Hope, for she was only a confused 7 year old who wanted to spend time with her Dad, but was being tossed around in the wrath of lies he had created to keep their relationship on top. She was filled with anger, forced to spend time with a family she  didn't want to because her irresponsible father would only get himself into more trouble. For instance, a story she shared, when her and her brother, Marcus, were kidnapped by her father for several days. Eventually, her father had been caught and she had been picked up and put back into reality. Well, her family's reality. "I was mad at my mother for taking us home. Mad at my father for lying to us. Mad at myself for doing something wrong. I was mad at the world." (Solo, 20) That was a young girl, already angry at the world. I as a reader, believe Hope acheived her purpose. Through the stories she already was able to tell throughout chapter 1, the hardships her family faced were mainly caused by her father, and the rest of her family's mess was the reject to everything he had done. Secretly not paying mortgages, creating several identities, and kidnapping own children.