Chapter 1 and 2 Summary

The journey for the 1980 Mens Hockey team started in a meeting room in Colorado Springs, Colorado. in the mist of the Cold War, the USA was in the dumps and suffering from gas storageas and poor governemtn leading. In the meeting sat top USA Hockey representatives, coaches, President of USA Hcokey, and Herb Brooks. The meeting was to evaluate Brooks to see if he had what it takes to make an Olympis hockey team that could make a run to the gold. At the meetng Brooks tells the men his plan of taking the Soviet's game and sending it back at them. Most of the men in the meeting dislike his idea and think it will cost to much money to make the season longer and to travel to Europe to play hard teams. Brooks leaves with the thought that he wasn't their guy for the job. Months later he recieves a phone call informing him that he has been choosen to coach the USA Hockey Team in the 1980 Olympics. Brooks sees his opportunity to achieve his Gold medal that had been taken from him twenty years ago and agrees to take the job.
Every legit college hockey player in the entire country travels to Colorado Springs to take a shot at making the team. Most of the players are from Minnesota and Boston University. Two hated rivals who have battled for the National Championship year in and year out. Also, at the camp are players from Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Michigan, Michigan State, Yale, Boston College and Vermont. All very highly respected hcokey programs. Brooks watches the players show their skills on the ice, but  already knows who can play at the Olympic level and who can't. He's knows this because he has scouted and coached most of the players ont he ice. Nobodys knows what Herb is thinking other than Herb and he has The USA Hcokey Assoication in for a surprise.

Boys of Winter background

The book Boys of Winter is about the 1980 USA Mens Olymipic Hockey team. Its a story of how the hockey team came to win the Gold Medal in the 1980 Olympics while overcoming great obstacles. The team was made up of all college students from most of the highly recognized college hockey programs in the country. The reason it was such a great obstacle for the team to win the Gold was because not only were they under aged college students going up against grown world class hockey athletes, but also because the USA hockey program had not won a Gold in twenty years and was in the bottom of the barre ll when it came to hockey skill.
Coach, Herb Brooks was also underrated. After being cut from the 1960 Gold Medal wining team a day before they left for the games only fueled his passion to win the what he felt was taken from him so many years ago. Brooks coaching style was one that the USA hockey program had never seen before. He took the Soviets style of play, which allowed the Soviets to be the best hockey team for the last decade and a half, and integrated it into the USA's style making a hybrid which was new to the entire hockey world. He believed in not sitting back an waiting, but taking the play to the other team and "shoving it down their throats." The sports world was in for what is arguably the best upset in sport history and little did they know that it would come from kids who had just turned twenty-one.

Christopher vs Holmes

It's clear the author wanted to portray Christopher with some characteristics as his idol Sherlock Holmes. For example, Christopher and Sherlock do the same thing when they walk into a room. Both notice the littlest of deals that any other person would easily over look. They can infer what a person has been doing, where they've been, and recognize anything that seems out of place. Christopher uses these to solve the mystery of Wellington much like Holmes uses the small details to solve his various mysteries.
Another characteristic that both Christopher and Sherlock share is that they both have obsessive compulsive disorder. Christopher  won't eat foo that is yellow or brown and also won't eat his dinner if the food touched each other. Holmes is not necessarily the same because he does not care to much about colors or food touching, but he is very picky when it comes to his profession. Everything that Holmes does, whether it be finding a new medicine, engineering new technology, studying habits and behaviors, or disguising himself must be done perfectly and without flaw.  If not, Holmes, will start over until it is perfect. Both are obsessively compulsive, but in there own way.
What is most similar between two is that they both love to discover new technologies and never cease to find knowledge. Christopher wants to be a physicist and help discover the new way to make everyday life easier, much as Holmes engineers new devices for his time period. Both are very interested in the future and how they can change it for the better.

Book Review:Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Overall I enjoyed reading this book. I thought how the book was written by the main character allowed the reader to get a feel of who the main character really was. The words and phrases used by the main character while writing the book shows how socially awkward he truly is. Christopher, the main character, uses strategies like counting when frustrated to calm himself down and for me really paints a picture.
What I don't like about this book is that there is so much sub-plots thats are just extra information. Some chapters are all about life stories that don't really mean anything or about how great he is at math and science. I understand its not that big of a deal when you're reading for enjoyment but when you're reading to write a paper it just takes up time.

Henry David Thoreau Reaction

I disagree with Henry because I think with the inventions that are out these days its hard to believe that they havent help people in the everyday life. I'll use the iPhone as an example. This device has changed life in America for the better. Is always use to see everything and anything that is happening in the world today and most of all it makes people happy. New materials that are introduce to the world everyday help in one way or another. Whether it gets you from point A to point B quicker or helps you see how your stock is doing. New invention lets us know what we want as soon as we want it. Thats why i think the more material goods you have today will help you be better off tomorrow

Prime Numbers

I believe that Chris has a pretty strong point when comparing prime numbers to life. He's right because prime numbers are just as unpredicitable as the next hour, day, and year in real life. I think Chris likes prime numbers so much because he see him and prime numbers as one in the same. Both are considered outcasts in their specific realm Neither has a certain way to be figured out.

On the other hand I dont believe that prime numbers are very logical. I don't understand how they could be with a specific pattern to follow. Maybe Chris thinks this because he believes his actions that he does(yelling, hitting, spooked by large crowds,etc.) are normal and logical to him. When I think of logical I think of a well thought out procedure to solve a problem that would eventually lead to the conlcusion. Chris is not good at solving things that are new to him right away, he must "rewind his mind" to remember he what did in past events. To me that isnt very logical. As he continues to search for his mother in London I think he'll begin to act like Sherlock Holmes and think logically to find his way to his Mom