Discuss The Soloist Compared to the movie‚ I think the book tells the story in a much more powerful way. The movie seems constrained by its shorter length‚ and its inability to delve into how the characters are feeling except through what the characters say. The book‚ The Soloist‚ portrays the different characters in a vivid and complete way. The book‚ by including more events‚ tells the story in a way that allows readers to see how the relationship between Lopez and Nathanial develops.
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Often times we choose not to read a book or an article because we are not intrigued by the cover‚ or the title. We choose not to acknowledge others because they are unkempt‚ and we choose not to enter places because they are uninviting. The Soloist is a book that relates to the issue of not judging a book by its cover‚ or profiling people wrongly because of the way they present. Nathaniel Ayers is the main character in the Soloist‚ a book that is based on a true story about a reporter who befriends
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The Soloist The Soloist is a story about Nathaniel Anthony Ayers‚ Jr. a homeless man; Nathaniel is a highly talented musician but suffers from a psychological disorder. His mental disorder causes him to be dysfunctional to play music in a social setting; consequently‚ he ends up playing his violin wandering along the streets of LA. He was disregarded to the public like most homeless‚ psychiatric patients around us‚ until he met Steve Lopez‚ a columnist in the LA Times. Lopez was drawn to Nathaniel
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be a soloist for the piece we had prepared. On the day of the competition‚ I was sick from all of the anxiety. I managed to play the entire piece without having a panic attack‚ though I was shaking for an hour after the competition. My ensemble received a perfect score with notes on our scorecard about how confident each soloist seemed in their ability to play. I recognize that I am talented at playing the cello‚ however‚ thinking of the possible outcomes scares me away from being a soloist. Even
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“The Soloist” is a movie about the real-life relationship between a journalist and a homeless schizophrenic street musician. The journalist– Steve Lopez a columnist for the LA Times‚ comes across Nathaniel Ayers on the street and decides to write about him. Between playing bursts of music on a violin with only two working strings‚ Nathaniel gives a mostly incoherent discourse on the benefits of being homeless and on his efforts to bring music to the city. Steve‚ in need of a subject for his column
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The Soloist The story of the Soloist is a true-life story base on the life of Nathaniel Jonathan Ayers‚ a former cello prodigy whose bouts with schizophrenia landed him on the streets after two years of schooling at Juilliard. The character‚ which is played by Academy Award winner Jamie Fox‚ lives on the streets of Los Angles by day and sleep in the park at the foot of the statue of Beethoven by night. While attending Julliard‚ the school of music‚ he discovered that sometimes he felt
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The Soloist: Psychological Movie Review The Motion picture “The Soloist” is about L.A. Times writer Steve Lopez discovering a musically gifted homeless man named Nathaniel Ayers. Desperately needing to catch a deadline Mr. Lopez considers writing a story about Nathaniel. While researching Mr. Lopez begins to discover interesting things about the talented musician. Nathanial Ayers was accepted to The Julliard’s School of music‚ the most prestige school for music in North America. After one year
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The Soloist‚ with its root in a real life story‚ offers a remarkable opportunity to observe a number of very essential disputes in the long-term management of schizophrenia. The film gives us a good example of how the effect of the illness can have on the words‚ thoughts‚ perceptions and behavior of sufferers and highlights the fluctuations that occur naturally in the disorder. It also elevates the topic of treatment and the individual’s right to choose whether or not he or she wants to take medication
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The Paranoid Schizophrenic Soloist In this movie clip of “The Soloist”‚ one sees Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers‚ a musician‚ playing the violin and cello in Julliard Art School‚ where his symptoms of schizophrenia started with just voices calling his name. He then discusses these frightening symptoms with his mother and realizes that she is indifferent to it and does not care. Ayers is portraying paranoid schizophrenia‚ because he has these hallucinations where he thinks and believes that people are
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Running Head: Strengths Based Assessment 1 Strengths Based Assessment: The Soloist By Colleen Austin SOWK 587a University of Southern California Professor Brittani Morris Strengths Based Assessment 2 Character Identification Describe the character you choose as your focus. Include race‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ religion‚ sex‚ marital status‚ living situation‚ educational level‚ internal strengths (coping mechanisms‚ skills‚ experience‚ ability
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