SECOND LETTER (Assignment)

Second Letter
Due: 10/7 @ 8:30 a.m.

In this, your second, letter, tell your friend some stories about your family and your friends that helped you learn something(s) about life, love, and/or yourselves. Use as inspiration Charlie’s description of his family members on page 5 and what he learns about his Aunt Helen (which is still technically a mystery); the sister-boyfriend incident on page 11 where he learns about standing up to bullies; the heartwarming M*A*S*H* final-episode scene between pages 16-19 where he learns that his family has it better than most and that his dad cries; his conversation with Sam and Patrick on pages 21-23 where he learns about girls; his first real party on pages 34-38 where he learns what it means to be high and that others think of him as a wallflower (and what that means); and his car rides with Sam and Patrick on pages 33 and 38-39 where he learns what it means to feel infinite.

You are not required to emulate any of Charlie’s language specifically, though you are free to model his sentence structure if it helps you find your voice. Specifically, then, your assignment is to:

-Tell a family-related story/anecdote or give a family description that somehow leads to you understanding something you didn’t before. Tell the story; explain its significance.
-Tell a friend-related story/anecdote or give a description of your friend(s) (or you with your friend(s)) that somehow leads to you understanding something you didn’t before. Tell the story; explain its significance.
-Find the best way for you to work in your definition of what it means to feel infinite (the one we wrote in class). You could tack this onto the end of one of the above stories (if it’s relevant); you could tell a new story that relates; or you could simply admit to your friend that you’re reading a book for class that mentions it, and you wanted to share your definition and what it meant to you.

Unlike the first letter, this one needs to be a bit longer. No less than 150 words, probably more.

Review the requirements for all letters in the first prompt if you need to.