Lopez’s articles seemed to be about different social issues that he strives to gain the cities input. I feel that he would not write about something where he could not gain people’s opinions. For example in the article “Money For Stadiums but not for Schools”, Lopez has many different opinions and he made sure they were from a broad range of people. He made sure that the people he interviewed about the topic were from different social and age groups. The purpose of writing this story “The Soloist” in my opinion was to show how sometimes one of the most remarkable stories are overlooked. Who would think that a homeless man would have such an extraordinary story? Most of us, even writers would overlook a topic like this thinking there would be no impact.

            Lopez seems to write about issues of people less fortunate. In his book, Nathanial has an illness that can ruin a life. Even with this illness, Lopez found the extraordinary skill in this man. His writings are mainly for awareness, from writing about a person’s life to writing about funding money for schools. They are all about letting people know what social issues are going on and try to make people step out of their bubble. I feel as if he writes to influence people to do what they believe in and to show that no matter what obstacles will be in the way, it is how you act when faced with them that matters.  The story itself is definitely an autobiography and biography. It falls into these two categories because he talks about his life and his experiences along with the life of Nathanial Ayers. He chooses to write these stories in first person point of view. This in my opinion is so that his readers can understand his reasoning’s and thoughts as they go along.

            The Soloist is definitely a story like no other. Sometimes we are faced with biographies that are not that as interesting as a fiction book would be. With this book it is not the case. Lopez introduced this story in such a way that it attracted more than readers. It has become a major motion picture. While writing this I honestly do not think that Lopez believed it would ever become this big of a success as it did. From his past stories I feel as if his dream finally came true. People all over are exposed to a story different from any other.