Painting With Neil

The author opens with an introduction of the main character, Neil Rajdev. Wasting no time, the author quickly describes Neil “already having a frown on his face”. This quick detail sets up what seems will be a depressing observation. Soon after the sad start, Neil is then portrayed as being bossy, short tempered, and pessimistic. Last but not least, Neil observes the score of the soccer game he is attending and the team he is rooting for is losing. This essay of depressing descriptions seems to never end. Finally in the second paragraph, Neil is overcome with joy as his team finally scores a goal. The essay continues to describe Neil’s rollercoaster of emotions which seem to directly correlate with the performance of his soccer team. When his team does well, he is happy. When his team does poorly, he is angry. If I had never met Neil and only knew him from this essay, I don’t think he would be a guy that I would want to be friends with.