THE VINCENT

Hearing this piece made me think of and remember back to when I was in middle school when they school had mentally handicapped children. I don't know what all of them had but I am guessing some of them had down syndrome. I remember sharing and trying to help some of them with their work. Some of them even i was friends with. In fact my brother has small trace amounts of mentally disability in his body. I didn't even notice it until my mom told me only a year ago, and I am just fine with it. He is my brother, and I don't care if he is a genius or a complete idiot. I think that this is sort of a big issue in the world and people need to accept that and just try not to care if someone has it or not.
When the piece was talking about how Vincent locks himself up in his room, it sort of reminded me of me. I like going up into my room and playing my guitar or watching a movie by myself without any distraction. But Vincent did that almost all the time, and I definitely couldn't do that for days at a time. I can only last like 3 to 5 hours or so.
I really think that the music in the piece really fit into the story, it really set the tone. The beginning music seemed a little heavy and dark, which set the tone into a darker, more serious subject. But as it continued, it seemed to get lighter, like a lofty acoustic guitarwhich helps brings some "hope" or makes it seems as if it will have a happier ending, which I think it did.
I think that Vincent (Vinnie) should do what he wants to do, if that means not working, working, if you don't feel like you belong somewhere, you probably don't belong there. Mentally handicapped people also have natural tendencies, and Vinnie didn't feel right when he was in his work, so decided to change it. Do what you love, you know?
I also couldn't help but think of Morgan Freeman when I heard the voice over for the piece. Morgan Freeman does voice overs for so many movies and excerpts. It is sort of the running joke that me and my brother have with voice overs. I wish that he had did the voice over for this piece because he just has the perfect voice for it.
I think that Vincent was bold taking the risk to stop work and he was very brave going back to where he worked. I know some non-handicapped people wouldn't even do that. Vincent is a guy who took a bold risk and just happened to be handicapped. Now, he might of have secretive of why but I think that is understandable to an extent. I wouldn't do that for an extreme amount of time, maybe a few days or weeks. The good news is that now he is working his own little chicken farm and is happy, which is important, especially for someone like him. But we CANNOT have everyone do this. We need people to work to get roadways fixed, heal people, we all have duties to perform, we just need to know when to cross the line.
But what can I say? I think you should follow your dreams (if you can) and just go for broke. Who knows? Maybe you could be working your own chicken farm like Vincent.