Focus+Assignment

Write a short plot summary of your novel. This should be about 250 words(1 page). Include information such as: What the title has to do with the book, where and when the story happens, who is telling the story, what the central conflict is in the story, what the climax is, how the climax is resolved – or if it isn’t, and whether or not you enjoyed the plot and your reasons.
 * 1) 1—PLOT

In the novel "Someday this pain will be useful to you" by Peter Cameron an 18 year old male, whose name is James, faces a problem whether he would like to attend a well respected university, Brown. The protagonist, James, isn't a very happy person overall and when anyone ever tried to help him throughout the novel he just pushes them away with his knowledge of the English language. Not by simply saying "Go away" or something along those lines but by being ignorant, oblivious, and annoying to try to communicate with. Once James has told his parents about his decision, they try to spend their attention convincing him to go to college and get a degree. Since James had done extremely well on one of his papers the school decided to send him to the American classroom, in Washington. Which he said that he wouldn't want to go to, but unfortunately for him it was mandatory. He didn't quite enjoy his time there so he decided that he could have a much better time on his own and ran away from the whole American Classroom altogether. He managed to rent a hotel and get away with it for two days! James spent his days going to art gallery's and enjoying downtown Washington. However, he had been reported to the police as missing, and soon was found. Once he had gotten back to New York ,his parents started being truly concerned about him always being unsatisfied and upset, and they send him to a psychiatrist for a few sessions every week. James's first impression on the psychiatrist was that it was a waste of time and that they would never get anywhere, but he didn't realize that she was making him think through all his decisions and doubt himself.James toggles between his job at his mother's art gallery and the therapy sessions, and he went to visit his grandma to ask for her opinion on his situation. James's grandmother didn't really say exactly what he should do, but she gave him a thoughtful opinion. James manages to alienate one of his only friends that works at the art gallery with him, John, by creating a fake profile on Gents4Gents and pretending to be his "perfect" match. John invites him to an art gallery exhibition and John finds out what James has done, and was very upset with him. The next day, John didn't show up to work, and his mother had called him into his office to "talk". James's mother has found out what he had done and explained that John didn't feel comfortable enough to come to work today. She said that John played a very important part in her art gallery's success depended very much on John so she decided to fire her only son, James. James obviously was quite upset and stormed out of the building, he decided it was better to go to sleep at his grandma's that night, to avoid the awkward confrontation with his mother. When he arrived at his grandma's he found her lying in bed asleep, taking a nap, which is very unusual because he knew that her grandma's parents were very strict and looked on naps as a sign of weakness. They talked about what has happened, ate, played scrabble and then went to bed. When James woke up his grandmother convinced him to head back into the city. Once he arrived at home Gillian wasn't in a pleasant mood and they got into a little argument. A few moments later his mother had woken up, and James apologized, but his mother thought that he said he was sorry for offending John. James later explained that he hadn't shown up last night, and that he didn't call, but his mother didn't seem to notice. The phone rings, and Gillian picks it up. Its James's roommate from Brown, and he asks to speak to James.He said that he was in town for a little while visiting the vineyards, and asked James if he would like to meet up. ~2 Months later~ James is at college, and his grandmother had passed. His parents told him to throw away or sell his grandma's stuff because he won't ever need it, but he decided that he doesn't really know what he needs because after all he is only 18. There isn't really a climax involved with this novel. However, there is a part where James's train of thought and opinion changed course. After James received the phone call from his new roommate his thought about college had changed, the book skips a few months in the story and James is now suddenly in college.