While giving his eulogy Rev. Suggs says “He treated us all like dogs, equally.” (213). Many people may have potential. But many people refuse to look deeper than the surface. While in the meantime there are certain amounts of people on the outside who do look deeper to find the potential and help it come to the surface. John Grisham makes many different characters in his books have this trait and he capitalizes on this in Bleachers he chooses to make a supporting character have this mindset instead of the main character. If one would like an example of this they would only have to look when the first African-American students joined Messina High School. Rake quickly welcomed the football players and paired every single one of them up with a white player, in order to help them bond and keep down the trouble makers that may arise. With the new students joining the school system, the school’s budget was stretched and it was very noticeable in the marching band’s budget. Instead of letting many students get …show more content…
Rake was born and raised Catholic which teaches its members to support their fellow Christians and help thy neighbor. With this life teaching under his belt Rake quickly did whatever he could to help whomever was in need. In addition Rake was not afraid to expand his spiritually, such as when he would sneak in and attend service at the Bethel Church of God, lead by the good Rev. Suggs. Though Suggs was a former player of Rake’s the two eventually formed a loose camaraderie, in which they both strived to help the community in a variety of different ways. This is brought out in Sugg’s eulogy when he mentions that Rake and his wife would take in and support many foster children throughout the years and in addition they helped put many students through college. Even if they themselves only lived a humble life, in which both were content to live