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.
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Nick, I don't have much to say about your sentence structure. Other than a few minor grammatical errors, your prose flows nicely. I would like to know more about what you see Lopez learning about Ayers in these chapters (since you assert that these chapters revealed more about their relationship to you, as a reader). How does Lopez feel about Ayers? What do these men learn about each other as their relationship deepens?
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