Up In The Air Quotes

Character Essay Up In The Air by Walter Kirn is a book I don’t care for. It is super fast paced and most of the characters are pretty one dimensional because the book doesn’t take a break. It doesn’t take the time to explain them in detail. They have one or two main traits such as greedy businessman or typical main character love interest. Nevertheless I will try to do what the book didn’t and give you an insight to the lackluster main character that is Ryan Bingham. Ryan is a “Career Transition Counselor” which implies traveling the country and helping people find the career they would enjoy more. Sound uneventful? It is. Ryan is the typical businessman. He wears sophisticated, formal wear most of the time with steel toed boots (I don’t know why, the book said he picked them up randomly). He’s a little taller than normal, about 6 ft. I think. The book doesn’t do a robust job of explaining him. Ryan’s “personality”, if you could call it that, is lackluster at best. Sure, it tells a lot about his past, so much in fact I could write a whole biography about him, but his personality is boring. Sure, he’s a venerable person, but he is quite flat, serious and, sometimes, caring. Only to his family though. I also should add that he doesn’t keep in touch with pretty much anyone. He is disconnected from his family, Only knowing

It had its moments, but too few. I give Up In The Air, a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal out of ten. Lucky Charms have some gross oats in them that no one likes, but there are some marshmallows. The same principle applies to Up In The Air. The book is filled with disgusting oats that I don’t care to read, and a hint of marshmallow, which come in the morals. He needs to stay in touch which encourages me to keep in touch with friends and family. He also shows that free time is important, because he has zero of it and it debilitates him. I know I like a lot of free