A Summer's Reading

George is a twenty year old drop-out, who dropped out of school four years ago. That is because everything in his surrounding gets easily on his nerves. He got into fights with his teachers and didn't like the way they taught. He seems to be a lonely person, and I feel pitty for him, because it is very difficult to get along with his life alone, especially at his age.

George looks similar to his sister. He is a bony young man that prefers to stay at home in New York. He lives in a poor immigrants' neiborhood. He has a small family, but the communication between them is not doing well. That is because his father and sister work very hard to finance the family, and when they have spare time, they don't talk a lot with George. It seems that everyone in the house lives in a different world, and the connection between them is based on criticism. His mother died, when he was young, and that is another reason for his lonely personality.

George has a hobby, to go on night walks. One time, during his night walk he meets Mr. C. , who is a man that lives in his neighborhood. The two start to talk and George falls into a lie. He tells Mr. C. he plans to read one hundred books during the summer, and he is about to finish, but in fact, George hates books. According to this lie and thanks to Mr. C. that told about George's plans to the neiborhood, all the people become more kind to him and appriciate and supporte him. As a result of their behavior, George runs out to the library and starts to read.

I didn't like George's character at the begining, because he made an impression of a disrespectful person and acted like a child. However, in the end of the story, when he ran out to the library, I started to apriciate him and my opinion about him has changed. I am happy he decided to change his life and I hope he will continue in his changing process.

This is much better.
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Daphna