BOY ALONE INTRODUCTION Karl Taro Greenfeld, a prominent journalist, in the book, Boy Alone: A Brother’s Memoir, tells the story of how he grew up with his little brother who was autistic. In the book, Karl tries to draw to the readers how it was like for him, his parents and his brother to cope with the sad realities of his brother’s sickness. He brings to reality, to the reader, the hard decisions they had to make as a family and even as an individual so as to accommodate the inevitable conditions of his brother. Though the society was not that understanding, he stands strong for him and he tries to negotiate his work schedule and looking after him. Autism, being a serious condition, was nothing of acceptance by the society in the days when …show more content…
Even at school, his concentration is much divided and distracted. He is not sure whether his parents regard him highly as one of their sons and this makes it hard for him to school. He feels a sense of anger and guilt at the same time for his brother. His school work and rate is affected by his brother. He tries to focus at the same time thinking about him and how he could be helped. Although he finally makes it in school, there are many challenges he goes through. His brother’s autism condition weighs hard on him. The condition, though not directly impacting him personally, it affects his day to day …show more content…
His condition, despised by the society, means that even the school system won’t work for him. The same views he gets from the society are the same ones he will find in school. As such, he is confined to staying at home with his family. In a society where such points of view are well embedded, it is hard for a child to school. Unless the communities adjust and accept the individual’s conditions, there will never be any chance for such and individual to be integrated into it. Noah has to pay the hard price, though not concisely, of such a