In the first paragraph she explains what he likes, dreams, and wants in life. The second paragraph gives a very detailed description of Colin, you can basically see him in your mind with the way she detailed him to life on the page. The third paragraph gives a background on Colin's family and were he is from.
After that it goes into more detail. The fourth paragraph tells about Colin's school, future, friends, popularity, sports, about how his life is now and were it might possibly go. The fifth paragraph gets deeper and tells us that he is in between having a child's mind and growing more mature. After it gives examples on how he is maturing the essay goes in a different direction.
It starts to show Colin's every day life. How he goes to Danny's Pizzeria and the older teenagers push him and his friend around. How girls are still in the "they have cooties phase", but yet there is one girl that isn't as "gross" as the others. Colin and his friend ignore the younger kids than them, just like the older teenagers did to them.
Then the writer takes a spin and puts more informational substance in the essay. How being a ten year old boy is a very important age, and how it is very necessary to be sex educated, then it goes to when the boys were in the locker rooms being "silly about their pants".
Then it goes back to Colin's everyday life and starts off in his bedroom, and tells you what it looks like. Then it turns into a question and answer kinda deal. Then it mentions money and how he likes it and knows it is an important part of life.
Then it again changes back into what Colin does in his backyard, how he makes spider webs. He started making a web when he was mad at a kid from school. I think this was a way to let Colin deal with his anger and stress and helps his ten year old mind escape in a way.
Even though Susan Orlean jumps around A LOT in the essay it makes sense and flows very nicely. This essay was very interesting and very easy to just pick up and read.
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