Movie Stones of Summer-Part Two

In part two of the movie we are watching in class, we see the narrator/main character of the movie continue his search for the infamous author of the book Stones of Summer. The narrator is still practically in love with this author and still is confused how such a great writer can only write one book. I also wonder why somebody who writes a great book basically falls off the side of the earth. But the narrator finds out more and more about this author, when he goes on his final search for him in Iowa. On his search he first goes to the Iowa University Library and searches for the authors old manuscripts, and old thesis he may have written during college. I think once the narrator does find the author's old things he is amazed at what he is looking at. He finds old rough drafts from the Stones of Summer, and the narrator cannot believe how much editing really went into the book. The narrator also finds older pictures of one of the authors professors, who he seeks out to find next for more clues. I think at this point of the movie, we as viewers see somewhat of a climax or an epiphany from the narrator. The narrator searched and searched online, traveling to different parts of the country for the first part of the movie, which I don't know how long the time span is of part one, but doesn't seem like he made these trips in one week. But the narrator had nothing at first, went to talk to editors, critics, authors, professor, all whom had never heard of the book nor the author. I'm sure the narrator had a blast talking to all these people, but they never lead him to where he wanted to go. This being said, part two shows an even more determined person and viewers really get a sense of how much this book means to him. For example, when he lands at the professors house who taught the author of the book, he asks him a couple of questions, and then asks the professor what was the most memorable person/novel he had taught and helped with. The professor then mentions he ended up making this guy go to a mental hospital from all the work he made him do for this novel. He mentions the name of both the author and the book, and when the narrator finally explains to the professor why he is there, I think they both are surprised but almost relieved. The emotions and feeling are expressed from both the professor and the narrator in how much this book means to them. But the next step in the movie is yet to be unveiled and I hope they find the author, I anticipate something quite special.

This movie is good, and is somewhat heart-warming for the fact that something has so much meaning to a person. This guy is doing everything out of his own pockets, his own determination, and when he finally gets leads he loves it and enjoys every minute of it, without getting down on the failure he had searching for this guy in the first place. Overall this movie is great and I can't wait to watch the rest of the movie.