George Stoyonovich is a 20 year old man who quit high school at the age of 16 and never came back. As a result, George became a neighborhood boy who was too lazy to change anything in his life, or do anything with it. George's mother died when he was younger and he was left with his father and his older sister, who weren’t very involved with his life.
George lived in a small apartment in the Bronx, New York that he shared it with his father and sister. During the day George wasn’t doing anything special, but every night he used to make long walks around the neighborhood, to sit in a small park and think about his life. George didn't want to go to a summer school because he thought that the other students would be too young. He also didn't want to go to a night school because he didn't want the teachers to tell him what to do, so he end up doing nothing.
One of the major figures in George's life is Mr. Cattanzara. The relationship between George and Mr. Cattanzara was like a father and son relationship, Mr. Cattanzara loved George very much and he wanted him to do the right thing. When George lied to Mr. Cattanzara he was so worried that Mr. Cattanzara would be disappointed of him, that it made him do the big change and to take responsibility over his life.
To sum up, I really loved the story " A Summer's Reading" I loved to see the progress of George's character. At the beginning of the story, I thought that his character wasn't interesting and disappointing. But, as the story continued and I saw that George started to realize his mistakes and to take responsibility over his life, I changed my mind and I was proud of him.
Very good!
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Daphna
