I guess we were suppose to write a creative essay about our thoughts on the ultimate fate of Con, the main character who is sadly manic depressive (HA!!!), after the book ended. What you see below was my interesting (by "interesting" I mean "smart-ass") take on it.
He stayed in cheap apartments and to make money, he sold drugs and even prostituted his body. Life was going nowhere fast and at night he would wander the streets and play lonely tunes on his guitar.
Then, it struck him. He was destined to make it for his musical talents. For months he circled the country looking for fame. He tried rap, but his group "Bel Jarret Devo" just didn't seem to make it. Lost to depression after the break up, he took to great consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Then one day, waking up from a drunken stupor, he found he had joined a heavy metal group called Deathspit. Their first album, "I killed your Mother" had some success. Even through their song "DemonSlobber" was a cult classic, the group disbanded because of musical differences.
About two months later, Calvin Jarret received a letter from Conrad stating the following:I have finally made it. Yes, Silver Eagle Records stated that my new record "Con Sings the Blues" has topped the charts. It is even over Slim Whitman and Englebert Humperdink. I have written all the songs myself. I have enclosed my tape. My favorite songs are: "Life Sucks", "The Psyche Ward Blues", "Ouch, there's a razor blade stuck in my wrist", "Mom is an uncaring wench blues", "Life Sucks Part II", and "Hello, I'm Con, I'm Manic Depressive". They all hit number one on the charts. I even wrote about you, "My Father grew up an unloved social outcast in an orphanage." And believe it or not, but we got Zamfir and his magical pan flute to record with me. Life is so good (but it still sucks). I'll write you again soon.
With Love
Conrad Jarrett
P.S. Listen to my #1 hit song called "The Life is only a deep pitless abyss that society tries to rule us using its darkness as its hands to tear out our meek lost souls apart Blues". It is a cute children's song.
Sad to say as it is, but con's search for fame came to a tragic end when he was found dead on the toilet because of an accidental overdose on Flintstones Vitamins.
Conrad Jarrett is at the center of Ordinary People, which begins on the day he makes an appointment with his therapist. Con's suicide attempt in the wake of his brother Buck's death after a boating accident lands him in a mental hospital, where he is given electric shock treatment for severe depression. When he is finally released from the hospital, he feels alienated from family, friends, and teachers, as well as from his former self. He resents his obligations to the swim team and to his former friendships, and he feels at peace only when singing with the choir. (http://www.enotes.com/ordinary-people/16598)
