Throught these chapters i began to notice a little bit of the writing style of Lopez through his Skid Row series. His story of Nathaniel Ayers is beginning to become noticed by many people. I do not think that lopez writing about what he noticed on skid row is a very professional thing to do. I do not think it is right for the lives of the unfortunate to be put out there just because of one person, Ayers, who spends most of his time there. The mayor begins to take interest also and finds out a few things about Skid Row that he supposeably did not know about.
Also throughout these chapters, many people keep trying to move Ayers into an appartment that they had reserved for him but Ayers still will not leave his somewhat of a home on Skid Row. I feel that there are two problems wrong with what they are trying to do. Just because Ayers has been in the L.A. times because of Lopez does not mean that he should get special treatment from people and have a reserved appartment for him when there are many other people out there just like him and do not receive anything. Also, trying to persuade someone like Ayers with the illness of schizophrenia to move somewhere he is not comfortable with can make him feel very uncomfortable with the people that are trying to persuade him to take the open spot in the appartment. Lopez should have a put a stop to his Nathaniel Ayers story when many people began taking interest because problems are sure to come.
Focus: I'm curious to see if my recent posts have had good details and if i get a good viewpoint across to the readers that have been reading my recent blogs.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Soloist 7-12
Chapters 7-12 of the soloist are somewhat different than the first six chapters. Lopez is more into getting to know Nathaniel Ayers and his way of life. Lopez tells Ayers that he is willing to spend the night with him over at Skid Row. As Lopez starts walking down Skid Row he begins to feel a sense of discomfort as he watches all the prostitutes,alcoholics, and drug dealers proceed in doing there nightly routine. He thinks to himself how a man like Ayers could survive here every night with any harm being done to him. Also, Lopez tells how Skid Row is such a horrible area in Los Angeles but right down the street is the Disney Hall.
Throughout the night Lopez asks Ayers questions pertaining to his little sleep spot here on Skid Row and many times tries to persuade him to live in a more safe place. Ayers had an answer for everything Lopez was saying and he eventually just dropped it and let Ayers go on with whatever he was doing at the time. I agree with Lopez when he tries to persuade Nathaniel to move away from his home and Skid Row. Ayers is nothing like the people that reside there because he is not involved in the drug and alcohol abuse that is taking place over there. I feel he deserves a better spot where he can sleep comfortably and play his violin in a quiet space where he can really get some work done. Unfortunately, Ayers illness stops him from doing anything out of the ordinary to him. But on the other hand Ayers feels like he is at home each day and is happy living under the conditions he is in.
Chapters 7-12 took another step in the book and gave me more detail about Ayers and the way Lopez feels about him and the situations he is in. Im still looking forward to find out more and how the true story of Nathaniel Ayers unfolds.
Focus: sentence structure and how i can make some sentences better.
Throughout the night Lopez asks Ayers questions pertaining to his little sleep spot here on Skid Row and many times tries to persuade him to live in a more safe place. Ayers had an answer for everything Lopez was saying and he eventually just dropped it and let Ayers go on with whatever he was doing at the time. I agree with Lopez when he tries to persuade Nathaniel to move away from his home and Skid Row. Ayers is nothing like the people that reside there because he is not involved in the drug and alcohol abuse that is taking place over there. I feel he deserves a better spot where he can sleep comfortably and play his violin in a quiet space where he can really get some work done. Unfortunately, Ayers illness stops him from doing anything out of the ordinary to him. But on the other hand Ayers feels like he is at home each day and is happy living under the conditions he is in.
Chapters 7-12 took another step in the book and gave me more detail about Ayers and the way Lopez feels about him and the situations he is in. Im still looking forward to find out more and how the true story of Nathaniel Ayers unfolds.
Focus: sentence structure and how i can make some sentences better.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Soloist
The first six chapters of "The Soloist" have been pretty good so far. I feel Steve Lopez has a different type of writing style then the past couple authors of books we have read. As Mr. Fiorini said, he writes his books kind of like a newspaper article, but i think this is a good change compared to the past couple books we have read. Its a little bit of an easy read and its easier to pick out the main points and main events throughout the chapters.
This book is based on true events which makes it a little bit more interseting for me. The story is based on Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man who has a fetish of playing the violin on busy street corners. Not to mention that he is playing a violin with only two strings on it. Steve Lopez, a journalist for a local newspaper comes across Ayers one day while searching for his next story to write about in an upcoming newspaper. Lopez notices how well Ayers is playing a violin with only two strings and thinks to himself that this maybe could be in his next newspaper article.
Lopez becomes quite fond of Ayers and his violin with two strings that he often goes searching for him to ask him questions. He keeps trying to find out Ayers' story of why he is on the streets and how did he get that good at playing the violin. After visiting Ayers a few times he discovers that he attended Julliard and is diagnosed with the illness schizophrenia. He also discovers that Ayers illness led him to drop out of Julliard. These first six chapters have been interesting and i am looking forward to find out the rest of the true story about Nathaniel Ayers.
Focus: Paragraph structure
This book is based on true events which makes it a little bit more interseting for me. The story is based on Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man who has a fetish of playing the violin on busy street corners. Not to mention that he is playing a violin with only two strings on it. Steve Lopez, a journalist for a local newspaper comes across Ayers one day while searching for his next story to write about in an upcoming newspaper. Lopez notices how well Ayers is playing a violin with only two strings and thinks to himself that this maybe could be in his next newspaper article.
Lopez becomes quite fond of Ayers and his violin with two strings that he often goes searching for him to ask him questions. He keeps trying to find out Ayers' story of why he is on the streets and how did he get that good at playing the violin. After visiting Ayers a few times he discovers that he attended Julliard and is diagnosed with the illness schizophrenia. He also discovers that Ayers illness led him to drop out of Julliard. These first six chapters have been interesting and i am looking forward to find out the rest of the true story about Nathaniel Ayers.
Focus: Paragraph structure
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