The book “Old School” by Tobias Wolff, is a story about a young man attending an affluent boarding school in New England. The school decides to hold three writing contests, each of which the winner will be able to meet with a famous writer. These writers include, Robert Frost, Ayn Rand, and Ernest Hemingway. The Narrator thinks of himself as a great writer, and is very confident when sending in his writing pieces, however the first two competitions go by and he still hasn’t won. This means nothing to the Narrator because he thinks to himself that there is always the next one, and Hemingway was the one he wanted to win anyway. Then as the submission deadline draws to a close, and the Narrator still has not written anything, he finds a story
