Dear Friend (Fall 2008)

Our Thoughts on The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Other Stuff

Monday, December 1, 2008

Final Letter (Assignment)

Final Letter
Due: MONDAY 12/8 @ 8:30 a.m.


For this final letter, you can either:

-On your own blog, write a letter to your anonymous friend telling them about The Perks of Being a Wallflower. (You can tell them that you were required to read it for a class, but you don't have to.) Tell them what you liked, didn't like, etc., and be specific. Point out specific scenes and/or sentences that you liked or didn't (AT LEAST 2); Explain significant moments in the book and what you learned as a result (AT LEAST 1); And comment on the ending (either what happened to Charlie or who he was writing to all along or some other aspect of the final 20 or so pages). So, I'm expecting some sort of comment on the book as a whole (would you recommend it or not? Why?), explanation of at least 2 specific scenes or sentences that were memorable to you and why, explanation of at least 1 significant moment in the book and what you learned, and some sort of comment about the ending. If you're recommending the book to a friend, you probably won't want to be too explicit/revealing about the end, though that's up to you.

-On this main blog, talk to me or to your classmates about your thoughts/feelings about the book now that you've finished it. Follow the guidelines above. This option might be more attractive to some of you because you a) don't have to bother with the whole letter format, and because b) you can be more open about the ending.

I've asked you to do 4 different things for this response, so I'm expecting 4 paragraphs of appropriate length. At least 300 words.

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