Analyzing Donald

        Authors Note: This is a character analysis about how Donald in the book Takedown changes as a person and as a wrestler.

        Donald, after he had watched a high school dual meet decides he will join the middle school wrestling team. When he decided he figured it would be like any other sport right? Wrong wrestling is a tough sport that involves no running and nothing with a ball just you and the other guy trying to beat each other. He discovers that when he wrestles Tavo, the eight grader who is on varsity. He starts to get down on himself until he works with his coach and steals the varsity spot from Tavo. 

        Then from Tavo's point of view he realizes he has a new practice partner he thinks that it will be all easy and he will be able to keep a varsity spot. When his practice partner Donald starts thinking about quiting he influences him to work with coach and him before, after, and during practice. Then he has a wrestle off and then Donald takes the spot from him.