The conventions of a sports genre

> contains sporting event

> contains sporting narrative

> disruption

> equilibrium

> resolution

> failure

> relationships between characters grow stronger.

most of these apply to Million Dolla Baby

> the sporting event is Boxing

>the main Narrative is about training and competing

> the disruption is clint eastwoods actions

> the Equilibrium is in the end when she cant box anymore and dies

> the resolution to the problems are Clint Eastwood teaching her how to Box

> her failure is when she breaks her neck and cant compete anymore

> Hillery Swank and Clint Eastwoods characters become closer, almost like farther an daughter.