What can I reflect upon about Stotan!?

I think that one topic of reflection from Crutcher's work
is how young people display social solidarity.  It is quite remarkable how members of
the team look out for one another, battle the personal challenges each face, and the
social obstacles that are present in the lives of teammates.  I think that  a point of
reflection here would be to examine whether or not we see those habits of social
solidarity in teens today.  Do we see issues on a general or specific level where
teenagers speak out and stand up for one another, knowing personal risk might be
involved?  Another point of reflection would be whether or not we see this in high
school teammates of today.  With all the emphasis on what sports can bring to the
secondary school athlete, is it standard to see so much collectivity and camaraderie
amongst teammates?  Crutcher depicts a team where personal interests are subjugated for
both the team good and the individual good of teammates.  Is that the case today? The
final point of reflection is based off of this.  Crutcher's work depicts the high
impact, high intensity world of competitive sports.  In 1986, the time it was written,
the use of steroids or performance enhancing drugs, was not something evident or so
easily present.  The question for reflection would be that if Crutcher revisited his
novel today, what role would steroids or PEDs play in this process of team and
competition?  We now know that young people abuse these drugs often and to see Crutcher
address that in a modernization of the work would be an interesting topic upon which to
reflect.