#4

Daniel Cuevas-

He is the classic overachiever, ambitious, driven to please. As a child Barry is bone-thin, sickly and pale from lack of sun and exercise. Fun, or play as other children know it, is not an important part of his life. (Brown, 25)

Brown included this quote to provide the reader with a description of his bigger brother Barry(the overachiever). From this quote I can see that Brown likes to have fun and exercise unlike his brother.  Because of these differences, I believe that Brown and Barry did not get along with each other very well because Brown did not paint a very positive picture of his brother through his descriptions of him. Thus, I predict that the rest of Browns memoir will include many arguments and possibly confrontations between Brown and Barry. In addition, Browns brother Barry, reminds me of one of my friends. This friend is an overachiever but is restricted by his parents. Although he does want to be active and exercise, he is not allowed by his parents to join any clubs or sports. Why? I do not know why. Probably because they are scared he can get hurt or they care to much about his grades and academics. His parents are actually doing him a disservice because when he applies for colleges they will look at his extracurricular activities and see that he has none, and may move on and choose the person that has some activities on their record.