Review of The Price of Dreams
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Review of The Price of Dreams
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Price of Dreams" by Jerry A. Greenberg.]
The price of dreams is a fiction book written by Jerry Greenberg. This story tells us about a figure named John Dolan who is obsessed with the art world. John was typical of someone who dedicated his life to what he was passionate about in his life. He spent his entire life concerned about being an artist until forgetting to enjoy his teenage life. In his eyes, nothing was attractive enough to wean him away from painting or drawing. He maintained his obsession with art throughout his childhood, into being a university student majoring in art.
Like most people, John also found obstacles to his dream. These barriers refer to different perspectives in choosing the future by identifying it as something promising or not. His parents try to be supportive of his talent. But they did not have the financial wherewithal to send him to college to study art. They would have preferred him learning something which they understood would more likely provide a living wage. Nevertheless, his perseverance earned him a full scholarship to a university to study art.
When John entered university, he felt like it was such a freeing experience in his life to decide the future. He can explore the world of knowledge, meet diverse people, and contemplate who he thought he was. The College world is the time to question everything related to his life, evaluate who he is, and identify where he should put his efforts. The world of college seemed like a phase for John to recognize himself. During this phase, he met a girl named Amy then fell in love. John likes Amy because of her uniqueness. Even though they are deeply divergent personalities, the differences between them are complementary to one another. John is conservative and realistic, while Amy is a free spirit and too imaginative, which is most of the time unrealistic.
That romantic attachment led John and Amy into a marriage. At this point, the differences in perspective between them became increasingly conspicuous. There was a phase where Amy was under prolonged stress when their children began to grow up and leave them. Amy had a childish point of view about the maturity of their children. She referred to this situation as the phase of depression. John lost control of his wife whose began to adopt lots of cats and treat the cats as a substitute for their children. As this situation became more and more unnatural, John suggested Amy seek help from a psychiatrist. But Amy insisted on not doing it because she thought her life with the cats would make her feel better. Amy was seriously mentally ill. She died in a car crash with her beloved cats.
After the ordeal, John began isolating himself to accept this harsh reality. He moved to an isolated place to continue his new life. John suddenly did not want to repeat the same mistake by committing a new relationship with someone like Amy that will never get in line with his thoughts. In his new place, he met a former philosophy professor named Thornton. His presence has opened the perspective of John. This man taught him that philosophy is what people make of it. Philosophy is really about opening up to differing views of the world around us.
After reading this book, I feel that engaging in an unpleasant event from a new perspective is a more meaningful and growing thing. I think we learn to grow up by opening our minds is to accept alternative viewpoints. This book convinces me that we are all unique because of our experiences interpreted specifically to meet what we consider our realities of being. The book seems professionally edited. Regardless of the positive side, I feel the writer's inconsistent style of language is rather disturbing. He's made the first few parts as charming as possible. But then the other parts are kind of boring. I think John's character development in the story is so fragile that it doesn't reflect the depth of the title of this book. Based on these considerations, I give The Price of Dreams a score of three out of four stars. I recommend this book to those who always want to learn about a new perspective of life.
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The Price of Dreams
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The price of dreams is a fiction book written by Jerry Greenberg. This story tells us about a figure named John Dolan who is obsessed with the art world. John was typical of someone who dedicated his life to what he was passionate about in his life. He spent his entire life concerned about being an artist until forgetting to enjoy his teenage life. In his eyes, nothing was attractive enough to wean him away from painting or drawing. He maintained his obsession with art throughout his childhood, into being a university student majoring in art.
Like most people, John also found obstacles to his dream. These barriers refer to different perspectives in choosing the future by identifying it as something promising or not. His parents try to be supportive of his talent. But they did not have the financial wherewithal to send him to college to study art. They would have preferred him learning something which they understood would more likely provide a living wage. Nevertheless, his perseverance earned him a full scholarship to a university to study art.
When John entered university, he felt like it was such a freeing experience in his life to decide the future. He can explore the world of knowledge, meet diverse people, and contemplate who he thought he was. The College world is the time to question everything related to his life, evaluate who he is, and identify where he should put his efforts. The world of college seemed like a phase for John to recognize himself. During this phase, he met a girl named Amy then fell in love. John likes Amy because of her uniqueness. Even though they are deeply divergent personalities, the differences between them are complementary to one another. John is conservative and realistic, while Amy is a free spirit and too imaginative, which is most of the time unrealistic.
That romantic attachment led John and Amy into a marriage. At this point, the differences in perspective between them became increasingly conspicuous. There was a phase where Amy was under prolonged stress when their children began to grow up and leave them. Amy had a childish point of view about the maturity of their children. She referred to this situation as the phase of depression. John lost control of his wife whose began to adopt lots of cats and treat the cats as a substitute for their children. As this situation became more and more unnatural, John suggested Amy seek help from a psychiatrist. But Amy insisted on not doing it because she thought her life with the cats would make her feel better. Amy was seriously mentally ill. She died in a car crash with her beloved cats.
After the ordeal, John began isolating himself to accept this harsh reality. He moved to an isolated place to continue his new life. John suddenly did not want to repeat the same mistake by committing a new relationship with someone like Amy that will never get in line with his thoughts. In his new place, he met a former philosophy professor named Thornton. His presence has opened the perspective of John. This man taught him that philosophy is what people make of it. Philosophy is really about opening up to differing views of the world around us.
After reading this book, I feel that engaging in an unpleasant event from a new perspective is a more meaningful and growing thing. I think we learn to grow up by opening our minds is to accept alternative viewpoints. This book convinces me that we are all unique because of our experiences interpreted specifically to meet what we consider our realities of being. The book seems professionally edited. Regardless of the positive side, I feel the writer's inconsistent style of language is rather disturbing. He's made the first few parts as charming as possible. But then the other parts are kind of boring. I think John's character development in the story is so fragile that it doesn't reflect the depth of the title of this book. Based on these considerations, I give The Price of Dreams a score of three out of four stars. I recommend this book to those who always want to learn about a new perspective of life.
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The Price of Dreams
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