The "underdog" John Irving drinks "cider."
(5 pp.) According to Smith (1997), it was John
Irving's high-school wrestling coach, Ted Seabrooke,
who broke the news to him, that "talent is
overrated. That you're not very talented,
needn't be the end of it." Seabrooke also told him:
"An underdog is in a position to take a healthy
bite." And Irving, who counted himself neither a
born athlete nor a born writer - he was dyslexic
before that particular learning disability had been
identified by name - took Seabrooke's, words as a
kind of mantra. Irving chose to be inspired by
being told that he didn't have much talent. His
thought became, I may not have it right now -but I
will. How this author displays his "worked for"
talent, will be discussed in light of his 1994
novel Cider House Rules.
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