Question

What do you make of Westerberg’s assessment of Chris from this quote: "'You could tell right away that Alex was intelligent,' Westerberg reflects, draining his third drink. 'He read a lot. Used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often'"?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Westerberg's assessment tries to show Chris's transcendental nature, aiming to express what happened to him.

Explanation:

Westerberg, in his assessment shown above, tries to explain Chris, introducing him as a thoughtful, intelligent person with a transcendental nature that caused him to be lost. Westerberg shows that Chris tried to use his brilliant and active mind to find a way to understand the society around him. When he failed in that goal, he tried to transcend himself, to seek improvement on his own, which led him to abandon society altogether and look for something inaccessible.