She was also too young. He needed somebody who could hold him with strong love. Manhattan can be such a fabulous place for some people, like tourists and millionaires. However, it is a very scary place to lose yourself when you do not have a strong identity built up. There are so many temptations that catch weak-minded people.
Drugs are a good example of the temptations.
Sometimes people resort to doing drugs because they can possibly alleviate their problems and provide a false sense of belonging. Kwon s way of coping with his loneliness was by using drugs even his friends were made through drugs. I wished so badly that I could always be with him, to listen to him, because when I was back in Maryland, he would not talk about his problems over the phone. The strong wind running through the buildings was like the wind that blows in the desert, drying wherever there is moisture. My dry and rough heart was stressed, so alone in this huge world.