So far chapters 1-6 in the Soloist were pretty good. I feel like Lopez is talking to me! It is definitely easy to understand he tells you the story exactly how it is. What does bother me about it so far is how they use a lot of musical terms, some people probably have no idea what he is talking about when reading it. I understood it, but if I didn’t know it already I would have had no clue what some of the terms meant.

This Soloist is basically about a man named Nathaniel who used to have a good life going for him, he went to Julliard and was planning to have a future in music. He found out he had schizophrenia and his life went down hill from there. Nathaniel became a bum living on the streets, playing his violin with two strings for people. Lopez always was curious about Nathaniel and one day decided to approach him. He wanted to write an article about him he found him to be so interesting. It was true Nathaniel’s life story was quite interesting. The fact that he went to Julliard and is now living on the streets tells you there has to be a good story behind it. Lopez started looking into Nathaniel’s life and the first column he wrote a lot of people decided to donate instruments that Nathaniel can use to not feel so alone. Music meant everything to him. He seemed so appreciative of everything , but was afraid to give in to everything Lopez wanted him to do. Lopez seems like he is just trying to help Nathaniel get his life back on track. Which is a good thing, Nathaniel needs someone to guide him and help him out because the situation he is in right now isn't too good.