The Soloist Main Point ·Steve Lopez is a journalist‚ he works in Los Angeles Times ·Nathaniel lives near by Skid Row. ·Lopez and Nathaniel meet at park. ·Lopez decides to write Nathaniel’ story. ·Nathaniel play a violin with two chords. ·Lopez found out Nathaniel was Julliard’s student. ·Nathaniel is a schizophrenia. ·Lopez call Nathaniel’s sister. ·Lopez get a violin and a cello from his reader. ·Lopez want Nathaniel play it in Lamp. Summary Steve Lopez is a journalist. He works
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David Tufts English 11 5.08.11 The Soloist by Steve Lopez On the inner city streets of Los Angeles‚ you wouldn’t expect to find much inside of the homeless community besides dirty‚ begging people asking for change and any help they can get. But this wasn’t the case for one encounter that author Steven Lopez had. Steven has stumbled upon a man named Nathaniel Ayers. He for sure was homeless‚ but he offered a gift that many people anywhere in the world didn’t have. This homeless
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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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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 a homeless street musician. Through further investigation Steve Lopez discovers that Nathaniel was a gifted student at Julian – a school of the performing
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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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“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: 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 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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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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Meicie Bennett Period 5 3/4/13 Steve Lopez: Humorous Columnist of the L.A. Times Steve Lopez and his exemplary column writing‚ which is recognized by a Pulitzer prize‚ makes readers of all ages ask how and why as they devour his richly written columns. In his columns for the Los Angeles Times‚ Lopez skillfully employs use of metaphors and juxtaposition among other devices to provoke his readers’ thoughts and exaggerate his often humorous or light hearted interpretations of the city that he lives
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