Friday Night Lights

by

Buzz Bissinger

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Ivory Christian Character Analysis

A gifted middle linebacker, Ivory Christian is “ambivalent,” as Bissinger describes it, about football, and wants, after high school, to become a Christian preacher at a local church in the African American Southside of Odessa. But Christian is later offered a scholarship by TCU—Texas Christian University—which he accepts. Christian gives up on his dream of preaching, and commits himself, once again, to football, at least during his university education.

Ivory Christian Quotes in Friday Night Lights

The Friday Night Lights quotes below are all either spoken by Ivory Christian or refer to Ivory Christian. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Football Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6: The Ambivalence of Ivory Quotes

Pastor Hanson welcomed Ivory’s conversion. He knew that Ivory was an influential kid whose actions made a tremendous impression on his peers. But there was something worrisome about it, and he didn’t want Ivory moving from one world of isolation into another where the only difference was the level of standards.

Related Characters: Buzz Bissinger (speaker), Ivory Christian, Pastor Hanson
Page Number: 122
Explanation and Analysis:
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Ivory Christian Quotes in Friday Night Lights

The Friday Night Lights quotes below are all either spoken by Ivory Christian or refer to Ivory Christian. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Football Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6: The Ambivalence of Ivory Quotes

Pastor Hanson welcomed Ivory’s conversion. He knew that Ivory was an influential kid whose actions made a tremendous impression on his peers. But there was something worrisome about it, and he didn’t want Ivory moving from one world of isolation into another where the only difference was the level of standards.

Related Characters: Buzz Bissinger (speaker), Ivory Christian, Pastor Hanson
Page Number: 122
Explanation and Analysis: