Chapters 23-31 were in a way the most climatic parts of the entire book. At first it appears to be just another happy fairy tale ending. Nathaniel Ayers's life had a complete turn around. He went from being a poor homeless man on the dirty streets of Skid Row to living in an apartment with his own studio. He was all alone with no one by his side and know he had many people looking after him, for instance his new great friend Steve Lopez. Steve helped Nathaniel make it thorough tough times to get to a better place.
I thought that these few chapters would be all happy and gushy but then something totally unexpected happened. In chapters 25 and 27 Nathaniel had one of his episodes and verbally attacked Steve Lopez. At one point he even threatened to kill Steve if he ever came close to his apartment again. I would imagine that this would truly break Steve's heart. Even though he was well aware of the kind of symptoms Nathaniel had Steve had never seen one so close. I think this situation showed Steve that no matter how much help, love, and support he gives Nathaniel that he will never get better because he cannot be changed.
The ending section of the Soloist was were a lot of problems and issues were resolved. Nathaniel Ayers has his own apartment and a studio where he can produce all the music he wants. He has inspiration from old friends and even a few new ones. Although this is the end of the book it is just the beginning for Nathaniel. These last few chapters were the happily ever after that every feel god story needs.
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I liked how you talked about when Nathaniel "verbally attacked" Lopez. I feel like that was important and was a turning point in the story. At that moment he realized he cant change Nathaniel with the snap of his finger. Also, I found a few spelling mistakes but you probably just read over them. Good job!
ReplyDeleteYour post was a very good summary of the last few chapters of the book. I can tell just be reading your post that you really liked the book. I agree with you when you said that Lopez cant change Ayers. It is a very sad part of the book. Great post!
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