Angst - analyzing how baseball healed (emotionally) both Moonlight Graham and Shoeless Joe Jackson in the book "Shoeless Joe" by W. P. Kinsella.

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All of us have pain in our lives. For some, it is just a missing piece in an otherwise fulfilling life, while for a few it is the pain of a shattered life that left them only a shard of what could have been. Moonlight Graham was just missing a piece of his life. Shoeless Joe Jackson was missing all but a piece of his life, and it was baseball that completed them both.         Moonlight Graham, or better known as Doc Graham, was one of the lucky few who had the chance to fulfill his dream. He came close enough to touch it, but never quite made it enough to grasp it. ...

...         Moonlight could live without baseball. His first love was helping people, but he always wondered if he could have made it as a baseball player. Becoming a doctor was a way for him to ease other people's pain, which in turn eased part of his. He had helped others for a long time, and all that was left for him to accomplish was to fulfill his childhood dream. Playing on Rays field with major league players finally allowed him to go up to bat and stare down the pitcher. He was complete. The easing of Shoeless Joe's pain was simple. He just wanted to play

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