Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Soloist 2

We live in such an un predictable world. We do not have control over some of the things that happen in life and for Nathaniel Ayers, this holds true on a higher level. Nathaniel seemed to be a promising musician. But that career wasput on hold by a diagnosis of schizopherenia. Thats it!!!, is what went off in my head when this was revealed in Lopez's story. Now I realized what made him stick out to the point of writing a story about him. This disease is what ultimately landed Ayers in the position that he is in. In a way, I could almost feel his pain. As a musician, anything that threatens your career, brings great pain and distress. This left me with the question, " What could have been"? What could have been the outcome of Ayers' life had this sickness have remained dormant.

At first I was skeptical of Lopez. Lopez's job by nature is to find out information. It seemed as though Lopez was using Ayer. It slightly came across as Lopez taking of advantage of a sickness by trying to write a good story. As the book unfolds Lopez's kindness and genorsity begans to break through. I also noticed that Lopez gravitates to the stories which provide an inspiation for others. Lopez appears to be one who seeks to help others.

You can pick one or both, consider that they are 2 seperate thoughts

1 comment:

  1. Your style of writing is very interesting, the statements made before getting to the topic stimulates the mind and allows your readers to have something to think about while reading your piece in its entirety. Good work Bishop

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