In the story, Patrick's point of view is one of discomfort and internal conflict, as he navigates his loyalty to his town, Emeryville, while listening to Andrew disparage it. On the other hand, Andrew's perspective reveals a competitive rivalry and a strong allegiance to his own team and town, which leads him to dismiss those from Emeryville outright. The humor arises from the irony of Andrew's ignorance regarding Patrick's true identity as an Emeryville resident, creating a comedic tension as readers intuitively recognize the impending awkwardness. The suspense builds as Patrick struggles to maintain his composure, leaving readers curious about how he will ultimately reveal his connection to the rival town.
Patrick lives in emoryville but every Saturday morning he rode two city buses to his uncles bookstore in north view where he worked he didn’t mind the commute because he loved his job and he loved spending time with his uncle he also loved going to work because he had become freinds with Andrew one of his co workers the boys would discuss everything from baseball scores to movies to favorite pizza toppings
So this Saturday when Patrick got to work he and Andrew got to talking as they always did hey said both to each other Patrick asked did u have a good week yeah said Andrew great weak my basketyteam made it into semifinals the game is tonight we r playing emoryville our nemesis
Before Patrick could say anything Andrew continued I don’t like emoryville I don’t think I could ever be freinds with someone from that town our schools are such rivals.
Patrick was speechless where are u from pat? I can’t bole I have never asked you before
Patrick fumbled over his words not too far from here he said before he quickly changed the subject to the new shipment of graphic novels
In 3-5 sentences identify two different points of view in the story and describe the humor and suspense created by differences in point of view
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