Powerful Music
Steve Lopez the author of the book The Soloist describes a long lost musician by the name of Nathaniel who once prior attended Julliard. Coming into Julliard at that time was impressive. You would rarely see a black man there because around those years the school consist of mainly Caucasian's. The author states his mother introduced him into sports, but he did not like sports, but he found his connection in music. In the movie they express Nathaniel's need for music in a way so that anyone can get how much it is important to him. Lopez’s mentioned Nathaniel was in his third year at Julliard when he became ill with schizophrenia he had to abandon his professional career which was and still is apart of his life, but even though this tragedy happened he never gave up his passion for music. In the book they described Nathaniel’s passion for music really thoroughly. The books shows exactly why he loves music and why that's his only focus in life. I agree that the book shows a better understand about Nathaniel than what the movie presents. The movie leaves out very important information that the watchers need to know about to
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truly understand Nathaniel's only need for music. Lopez begins by discovering a musician. Finding Nathaniel was a miracle for Steve Lopez who was a newspaper writer for the LA times. He was searching for a great story to tell and that's when he found Nathaniel. In the book Nathaniel was found by a Beethoven statue playing on his two stringed violin. Lopez approached Nathaniel trying to have a conversation, but Nathaniel kept playing his music. Lopez waited for him to finish playing when Nathaniel stopped Lopez walked over to him and introduced himself and Nathaniel did likewise. Lopez complimented his playing and they began to talk. In their conversation Nathaniel happened to mention him being in the best music school around. Julliard, he went to Julliard years ago as the first black man in Julliard at that time. This is when his mental illness got the best of him. Lopez then begins to touch on Nathaniel's past life about how he started his music journey. Nathaniel started like any other young boy. His mother put him in sports, but he wasn't very fond of sports so he tried music. Once he was in music there was no way out for him. This was now going to be his life and he was happy about this. Music portrayed in the book for Nathaniel is his medicine. He was very talented when it came to instruments. He would try to play any instrument he could get a hold of. For example, “Oh, I didn't play violin he says. I play double bass -- I’ve been trying to teach myself”. Nathaniel applied to Julliard and got in. It was everything he ever hoped and dreamt for. Music was going to be his life forever and that's all he could ever ask for, but some unexpected events happened to him. His schizophrenia had kicked in and he began to be delirious and hear voices. It started with his friends at a Christmas party. Or example, “Boy. he said, doesn't that sound beautiful”. Then Nathaniel snaps and accuses his friend Russo for being a racist for saying “boy”. When similar things like that started to happen more often it began to be hard for him to be around others so he left Julliard. His family tried taking care of him, but he was very hard to handle when taking care of him. Even though he was tough to handle his family never gave up on him, even though they didn't give up on Nathaniel, Nathaniel ended up leaving and he became homeless for many years. This is where Steve Lopez comes in. The man who altered his life for him. Next, in the book Lopez searched everywhere to find Nathaniel again. He knew this story had potential after he found out Nathaniel really did attend Julliard. This was his biggest break yet. At the time the newspaper companies weren't thriving anymore and if they aren't selling then Lopez would be out of a job so he was determined to make a good story. Lopez found Nathaniel in a tunnel and he was playing his instrument again. This time Lopez waited for an opening so he could talk to Nathaniel. Once he got that opening he immediately started talking. Lopez greets Nathaniel and Nathaniel remembers him. They begin to talk and Lopez asks if he can write about Nathaniel in the LA times paper. Nathaniel was hesitant about the offer assuming there was a catch to it. To Nathaniel he has to be suspicious of others. Its how his mind works. To him nothing is without a catch. In the end Nathaniel gave in. Once he said yes Lopez went straight to writing his article in the paper and he got reply's really fast. The replies were from musicians wanting to help Nathaniel. To them he was just a musician who lost his way and if they could help in any possible way there were. The musician’s sent several instruments to Nathaniel. When this happened Lopez realized that he can't just give the instruments to Nathaniel because he lives on the streets. He may get mugged and he couldn't have that on his mind wondering if he would be okay. So Lopez decides to try and help Nathaniel more. Lopez calls LAMP and talks to the director about getting Nathaniel set up in there so he could at least have a roof over his head and not be in potential danger. When Lopez tells Nathaniel about this news Nathaniel is ecstatic about the instruments, but Lopez includes that Nathaniel can't have these instruments out on the streets it could cause problems, but Nathaniel reassures Lopez that he can handle himself, but Lopez isn't taking taking no for an answer. Nathaniel see’s that and considers the proposal he is asking. Lopez gives the instrument to Nathaniel and it's like nothing in the world matters anymore for him, but this instrument. Once Lopez realized how deep he had gotten he knew he had to help Nathaniel in any and every way he could which meant getting help for his mental illness. Lopez knew this so he started to manipulate Nathaniel with music opportunities which in the long run helped Nathaniel. For Nathaniel music is his medicine. Although, In the movie Nathaniel is portrayed as more as hard to handle than I pictured in the book.
In the beginning of the movie it is very similar to the book, but in the movie, there is Nathaniel's face and there is the beautiful sound of his music. The movie allows you to feel Nathaniel's emotions and try to understand him more. Then the way the book portrays his music is beautiful and I feel as if I already knew how his music would sound, but when I actually witnessed his music it was far beyond my expectations. The way he plays his instruments is genuine. He was chasing music at the age twelve maybe older. His music is him and that is his life. For instance, in the movie Lopez attempts to talk to Nathaniel, but he can't because Nathaniel is in his music mode. Which means nothing else matters to Nathaniel, but his
music. Then, the movie showed Nathaniel’s past when he was young. In the movie he was energetic and wanted to learn more and achieve more in the music world and that's what he did. As I stated before Nathaniel went to Julliard. It was a miracle for him, but his illness caught onto him so he had to leave. In a scene it shows Nathaniel at Julliard surrounded by people hearing voices when he hears those voices he shuts them out with his music. He found a way to help his illness die down. I find that incredible. Nathaniel didn't cure his illness, but he got more opportunities to live in the music world and to me that is what truly helped him. With the music he began to live in an apartment again. With each little step Lopez guided Nathaniel it helped him grow as a mentally ill person. It took a while yes, but he got there and is still improving while playing his instruments being the musical genius he is. In conclusion, Lopez brought Nathaniel into the light. Not only did Lopez help himself, but he ended up giving Nathaniel the things he could not give himself. To me in both the book and movie the music is portrayed as Nathaniel's medicine. That's all he needs to live. Which shows how powerful music really is.
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