Independent Reading: Deeper Message (Prompt # 8, Chapter 6)

page 67, " Who are the true homeless anyway but people trying desperately to live alone?"

This quote makes me wonder if the author was trying to portray a deeper message throughout the book. That perhaps was not his recovery story, but another of his own self choices. The reader has learned previously that the main character made a choice to be homeless, and he did not regret that decision. He wanted to be alone, and that was the reason he acted the way he did. His own will inspired his way. He acted in a way that made him happy. Stringer wanted to desperately be free of any obligation, so he choose to be alone. I feel that, with this quote, Stringer was trying to portray a message, that he was not sad, depressed, lonely, or down with self-pity, rather he is trying to be free of what binded him. He wanted to make his own choices, and be responsible for himself only. The deeper message, i believe the author was trying to portray, is one of self being. Whether that was of self: motivation, choice, responsibility, judgment, or whatever; Stringer felt that he was homeless due to his own choice, and state of mind. It was not until he was ready to share his story with others, that he became a writer.