Sunday, January 2, 2011
A Million Little Pieces #1
As I began reading this book, It became apparent to me that it was not going to be a happy book to read. The first page of the book really stood out to me throughout the entire first section of the reading. It says, "'The Young Man came to the Old man seeking counsel.' 'I broke something, Old Man.' 'How badly is it broken?' 'It's in a million little pieces.' 'I'm afraid I can't help you.' 'Why?' 'There is nothing you can do.' 'Why?' 'It can't be fixed.' 'Why?' 'It's broken beyond repair. It's in a million little pieces.'" If something is broken into a million little pieces, it would be extremely hard to fix, but would it be impossible? Can all of the pieces be picked up? Can something so broken survive if a few pieces were not put back together? After the first section of the reading, the main character, James Frey, seemed as if he would not be able to be fixed. He did a lot of drugs, and he abused alcohol heavily. It was a release for him. Drugs and alcohol made Frey feel good: he was an addict. The book then continued with Frey being on a plane not knowing where he was going, all beat up, bleeding, and confused. He gets off the plane to his parents telling him that it was time that Frey should go to rehab. When Frey first gets to the rehabilitation center, he was apprehensive about everything. Drugs made Frey feel good and even though he knew that he was just hurting himself by doing the drugs, that didn't stop him from wanting and using them. After settling in the facility Frey begins to believe that things would start getting better. He learns that if used drugs one more time that he would die, and used this as a motive to keep him strong. This however didn't last very long. Eventually Frey's addiction and withdraw from not using the drugs became so intense that he felt content with suicide as long as he got to drink and use in doing so. The main issue in this section is of addiction. Addiction took over the mind and body of James Frey so much that it controlled his life. It seemed that he couldn't beat his addiction. He was shattered into a million little pieces and was broken beyond repair.
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I think the quote you decided to post is very interesting. It like the quote because from what you said about the book it seems like he does not have many aspirations or goals because his life is falling apart. It seems fitting that they would use this analogy because it seems like Frey's life is in a million little pieces and he needs someone to support him and help him through what will be a long journey ahead. This book seems really depressing. I was wondering if after getting this far in the book if you wanted to continue reading to find out what happened with him or if you felt like the story was too depressing to read and that you felt like you might want to put it down?
ReplyDeleteJames Frey survived. He wrote this book to prove it. While reading about all of the depressing things he had to suffer through, my attention tended to falter. It isn't enjoyable to read about someone with a lack of motivation and a bunch of problems on top of it. It surely didn't make me in a better mood to read this book to say the least.
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