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The main genre of my book is a autobiography. My book is an autobiography because Tim tells the story of his coming to age and his stories/lesson on the way. During his life he learns lessons such as brothers have each other's backs and many others. During the story he also has many tragedies such as divorce and he learns he can't take family for granted.

One of the conflicts is this book is divorce. Tim's wife feels she has to break up with him because she wants to stay in America and spend more time with her husband. Tim is heartbroken and with his ex-wife taking care of his kids, he is lonely by himself playing with Manchester United. To keep from being to lonesome, he travels very long every week just so he can see his kids.

The underdog of my story the Keeper is Tim Howard. At the beginning of the book he was teased for his Tourette syndrome(the version that has tics) even though now he is the starting goalkeeper for one of the greatest premier league teams. The old wise man of this book, I feel, is Sir Alex Fergison. He manages one of the best teams in the world. His pure knowledge of soccer helps him coach Manchester United well.

A sympathetic character in this book is Tim Howard's brother. Even though his brother is like a normal brother who hits you like brothers usually do, he is always there for his brother. One time, Tim was playing basketball and a bigger kid fouled him and didn't help him up. Tim's brother went up to him and beat him up until he had a broken nose. I can relate to this because my brother hits me but he has my back.