At the bottom of page 34, Norman Bowker confides in O'Brien. He states, "I'll tell you something, O'Brien. If I could have one wish, anything, I'd wish for my dad to write me a letter and say it's okay if I don't win any medals." What does this imply?

implying that he is under a lot of pressure from his father

Explanation:

The statement made by Norman seems to be implying that he is under a lot of pressure from his father to be a winner and bring home some medals to prove it, but all that Norman wants is for his father to be proud of him without the need of some medals. It seems that he cannot or does not want to face his father and feels like a failure which is why he wants his father to write him a letter telling him its ok.

do you have more to the question?

the purpose of a nonfiction text is to give the text a rap up. for example, when i say : frogs are interesting animals is an ending. then when i say: frogs are unique in different ways. that is an intro.