What are some of your favorite lines from the first section?
(PLEASE respond as a COMMENT -- Let's save posts for my prompts and your own original thoughts about the novel.)
Some of mine are:
"And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be" (2).
"'Do you always think this much, Charlie?'
'Is that bad?' I just wanted someone to tell me the truth.
'Not necessarily. It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.'
'Is that bad?'
'Yes'" (24).
"'Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve'" (24).
"And finally he found this really amazing song about this boy, and we all got quiet.
Sam tapped her hand on the steering wheel. Patrick held his hand outside the car and made air waves. And I just sat between them. After the song finished, I said something.
'I feel infinite.'
And Sam and Patrick looked at me like I said the greatest thing they ever heard. Because the song was that great and because we all really paid attention to it. Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. I have since bought the record, and I would tell you what it was, but truthfully, it's not the same unless you're driving to your first real party, and you're sitting in the middle seat of a pickup with two nice people when it starts to rain" (33).
"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite" (39).
Sunday, August 23, 1992
Monday, June 22, 1992
FIRST LETTER (Assignment)
Requirements for all letters:
- Put the date at the top of your letter.
- Begin “Dear friend,” and end with “Love always,” (or a similar salutation that you
use consistently) + your pseudonym.
- At least 100 words (though try to write more).
- Posted by 8 a.m. on date specified.
Keep these features in mind about Charlie’s writing and emulate them when appropriate: He is literal and regularly “reports” on his life; he writes how he talks and is very conversational (using a lot of second person – “you”); he jumps around a lot and goes on (connected) tangents; he almost always describes things in terms of how he feels (his emotions); he is randomly deep/philosophical.
FIRST LETTER
Due: 9/18
First, mirror Charlie’s first letter by writing these exact lines with your own content:
- “I am writing to you because ___________________. “
- “I just need to know that ________________.”
- “I think you of all people would understand that because _______________.”
- “So, this is my life. And I want you to know _________________.”
Then tell either a recent or past story that reveals something about your character.
End with “The reason I wrote this letter is because ________________.”
Your goal here (as in every post) is to use Charlie (what he says as well as how he says it) as inspiration for your own letters. As much as possible, make these letters sound natural. So, don’t just string those 4 statements above next to each other if it sounds awkward – work them into as real of a letter as possible.
You will all do so great. I just know it. Good luck figuring things out.
REMEMBER TO POST YOUR LETTERS ON YOUR OWN BLOGS!
- Put the date at the top of your letter.
- Begin “Dear friend,” and end with “Love always,” (or a similar salutation that you
use consistently) + your pseudonym.
- At least 100 words (though try to write more).
- Posted by 8 a.m. on date specified.
Keep these features in mind about Charlie’s writing and emulate them when appropriate: He is literal and regularly “reports” on his life; he writes how he talks and is very conversational (using a lot of second person – “you”); he jumps around a lot and goes on (connected) tangents; he almost always describes things in terms of how he feels (his emotions); he is randomly deep/philosophical.
FIRST LETTER
Due: 9/18
First, mirror Charlie’s first letter by writing these exact lines with your own content:
- “I am writing to you because ___________________. “
- “I just need to know that ________________.”
- “I think you of all people would understand that because _______________.”
- “So, this is my life. And I want you to know _________________.”
Then tell either a recent or past story that reveals something about your character.
End with “The reason I wrote this letter is because ________________.”
Your goal here (as in every post) is to use Charlie (what he says as well as how he says it) as inspiration for your own letters. As much as possible, make these letters sound natural. So, don’t just string those 4 statements above next to each other if it sounds awkward – work them into as real of a letter as possible.
You will all do so great. I just know it. Good luck figuring things out.
REMEMBER TO POST YOUR LETTERS ON YOUR OWN BLOGS!
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