54 pages • 1 hour read
Christopher McDougallBorn to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
Describe and explain the three running booms that took place in America. What do these booms imply about the sport of running?
2.
Explain how McDougall offended Arnulfo Quimare the first time the two met.
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Discuss the importance of the rarajipari to Tarahumara culture. Does the ultrarunning events in the Copper Canyon honor the importance to the Tarahumara or exploit it? Support your answers with quotes from the text and outside sources.
