Dylan Egan’s Reviews > The Prodigy: A Novel > Status Update

The theme in the story is dealing with adulthood while still feeling like a kid, Frank is a seventeen year old who is one of the best golfers in the world and yet wants to have a normal college career, but has to deal with his dad pressuring him to go pro

Frank is dealing with the pressure of whether to go pro or not and is dealing with it by ignoring it and focusing on playing

young Zach Efron because they have similar traits as he has been described in the book to look similar to him, and zac efron has played as a humble athlete before in a high school musical and they kinda have a similar story.

The golf tournament is very symbolic if frank as he faces the decision of going pro or going to college as he is doing better than everyone else around him but he is the youngest player there, highlighting the situation he is in.

the setting is in LA and on a golf course for an amateur tournament.

I do think my narrator is reliable because it is from the point of view of him as he navigates his amateur golf career and he has been detailing it in a fair light with no biases towards anything and just describing his story

the book is in first person and it impacts the story as you are able to see what Frank is thinking and feeling in the situations he is in, allows you to relate to the story better

Frank baker is a tall lanky 16 year old that is humble and scared of the future he will have

The character is very relatable to me because he is a very good golfer and so am I so we can relate to our success in a common field of life.