Review: A City That Never Sleeps

A City That Never Sleeps New York is one of the most fascinating places to live in. There are around 26,000 people living in each square mile, it is also an city that contain huge amount of diversity, with much cultural influences spreading every single day. In the novel "The colossus of New York" by Colson Whitehead, he describes his experience while living in Manhattan. Now, we will discuss what it's like to live in New York and be a New Yorker through the eyes of Colson Whitehead. Whitehead explains in details about how it's not a good idea to listen to what history books and television talks about New York. "Never listen to what people tell you about old New York, because if you didn’t witness it, it is not a part of your New York and might as well be Jersey" (7). He also states that it is all hokum with the facts that you have heard from anywhere else, the only real fact that you will get is to be there to experience it. This is Colson Whitehead's though on what real facts to consider whenever he listens to anybody else talk about New York.

Colson discusses that the apartments that he lived in has been filled with memories of his wardrobe, musical tastes, relationships and who he is after midnight. He goes on to state ,"Cherish your old apartments and pause for a moment when you pass them. Pay tribute, for they are the caretakers of your reinventions" (9). Always remember the place where you live. Your character, your personality, memories, the apartment will always be the place for the good and bad days, and caretaker for your improvement throughout