This book discusses the life of Glenn Gould who was a profound pianist known for his classical music, Peter Ostwald a deceased violinist who wrote "The Ecstasy and Tragedy of the Genius of Glenn Gould" believed that Gould was extraordinarily talented and that his music gained much appreciation among people in the community. He saw Gould not only as a genius, but also as a comrade who struggled to find peace in his life through the sound of music. Gould did not behave like a normal child: he isolated himself from others because he felt that others around him did not share the same passion for music. His father noticed when he was born that instead of crying, "Glenn was always humming" (Ostwald, 1997). This proved that Glenn was born with a passion for music from a very early stage of life. Gould developed ambivalent attachment behaviors towards his mother and secure attachment behaviors towards his father, which affected his ability to form lasting relationships with people throughout his childhood into adulthood. (My thesis) During childhood Gould had an intricate relationship with his mother Flora, that's why I believe Gould formed an ambivalent attachment towards his mother because his mother was very controlling and demanding at times and always discouraged him from getting too close to crowds because he was afraid he would pick up germs and form entangled relationships with his peers (Ostwald, 1997). Because of this type of attitude, Glenn isolated himself from his peers. Therefore, Levy & Ellison state that Bowlby's attachment theory “refers to a person's characteristic ways of relating to intimate, nurturing, and receiving attachment figures” (quote). According to Hrr...... middle of paper ......ionship because he was afraid of losing them in the process. However, I believe he did this to protect himself as he felt that he would lose his mother's support due to the ambivalent attachment behaviors he had developed as a child. However, when Glenn reached adulthood at the age of nineteen, he dropped out of college and isolated himself from his parents and the rest of the world. I believe this was the moment he realized that separation from his parents did not mean death but finding his place in the world. However, this left him with an increased amount of anxiety, which led him to make his own mistakes and learn that life isn't always as easy as it seems. Due to his anxiety he soon began to develop "hypochondriac" symptoms as he associated even a "small pain with a medical emergency" (Ostwald, 1997).