The Perfect and Miserable Life

by AxelDO

This is the story I made up about the outlook of a teenage boy's life. It includes themes from various tv shows, is inspired by Salinger, and is mainly true. No people mentioned in this book are real, nor are many of the places mentioned. This is my first time publishing, though I have spent quite some time on this already. I'm open to criticism, constructive or otherwise. 3

1. A Letter from the Author

A Letter from the Author

This is the story of me, a miserable sixteen year-old boy in one of the nicest suburban homes on his street, in the happy little state of Rhode Island, in what is regarded as the best school known to his state, Tolkein High School. It may come as a surprise that a boy with almost everything he could want, a happy family, intelligence, and a summer home on the lake surrounded by beautiful nature, could be unhappy, but everyone has their quarrel with their state of life. My name is Alex Lawson, and this is my life. This semi-true autobiography will begin in the second semester of my sophomore year of high school.

I am a boy of average height for his grade, my doctors always said he was right where he should be, regarding height and weight, compared to other boys of his age. I always had excelled in his studies, especially those that required more creative thinking, and received some of the highest marks in my class. I left the eighth grade with a GPA over 4.0, a fully working self-built steam turbine, and aspirations for greatness as I entered the doors of the boys-only Tolkein High School.