THE CHASE BY: ANNE DILLARD

In the short story  "The Chase" by Annie Dillard, its telling about the author as a child  who seems to be getting along more with boys than girls, and participates in boys sports like football and baseball. In the winter time they can't play many of the sports because of the snow so they practice by throwing snow and iceballs at the passing cars for fun. As they continue to throw the snowballs, they throw one at the wrong car. All of the sudden the angry driver gets out of the car and chases them all through the neighborhood untill they were exhausted.Though they ran around the neighborhood for such a long time, they ended up getting caught by the man, but he did not make a big deal of it. The girl was happy though because she loved doing the unlawful things with the boys that gives her the adrinaline rush and the acception from the boys that she loves.

After reading this short story it reminds me of my childhood when i played soccer which was then considered more of a boys sport. I would much rather be outside playing soccer with the boys on the street beacuse

"nothing girls did could compare with it." I never liked the drama that girls always caused, so I just hung out with the boys because they would rather pass up the drama and get the adrinaline going with all the fun strategic sports.