Life Changes All the Time

Life Changes All the Time

In the end of this book, Lorenzo and Olivia left each other. Lorenzo haven’t contact with Olivia for many years, and the last time Lorenzo saw Olivia was her died body. From my opinion, this ending really shocked me. I thought after that torture of withdrawing, Olivia would never take drug again and have her own life. I thought Olivia would live a happy life with her boy friend, have some children… Just like normal women. However to my surprise Olivia died because of overdoes which means she started to take drug again and took a lot.

When I was reading this book, I thought this book would have a happy ending, but it doesn’t. Just like the book’s cover, blue shows sadness. In a normal story, Lorenzo would become more normal. Olivia would change into a unique women who has a strong thought. Usually people who can recover from withdraw can stand anything. They would contact with each other very often and help each other when they are having trouble. Just like close friend. They really had a memorial time in the basement together. They ought to contact each other. However this is not a normal story, we don’t know what happened to Lorenzo in this past 10 years, but we do know that Olivia took drug again.

There is an interesting point that I found in the last part which is Olivia kept Lorenzo’s information with her. From my point of view, I believe Olivia appreciates what Lorenzo did for her and she trusts him. When she is in danger, the only person she could find when she needs help was Lorenzo. This also shows Olivia is very lonely, no matter how she trust him, they haven’t contact for 10 years, and they are also not the closest family member. So this means Olivia doesn’t has any close friend that she could trust. She also didn’t write her parents contact information which means she still doesn’t has a good relationship with her family. After Olivia left Lorenzo, there must be something happened on her otherwise she won’t not contact with Lorenzo. Maybe the thing that happened on her is the reason she took drug again.

This book is different then the Gathering of Pearls. I am so much more interested in this book because none of my friend is like Lorenzo. I am also curious about what people like Lorenzo are thinking all day. The only difference of Lorenzo with others is he doesn’t like to care about other people’s matters. No matter how weird people think he is, people like Lorenzo still have love and emotional feelings. This book shows the importance of family relationship. Never block yourself out, just like the ants he has. Family members can give you necessary help when you are in trouble. Some time to be too smart as Lorenzo is not a good thing. Lorenzo understand what his parents want him to do, so he doesn’t live a happy life. Sometime pretending little bit stupid is right