Q Welcome to Adolescent Literature 2221 003 Dear Class, Sorry for the lateness of this letter. In these first weeks, I will be sharing a focus for discussion in your letters. The topic, or theme, for this “voice.” In this week’s letter, in no less than three paragraphs, I would like for you to discuss the writer’s voice and chose ONE of the following: ? The writer’s voice in this context is tricky: how would you describe Charlie’s voice as the writer and how does he achieve that voice. What verbal choices does he make? This question also includes some writer’s craft: How does Chbosky make Charlie sound like Charlie? A complicated question. ? Why do you think that Stephen Chbosky wrote Charlie’s story through a series of letters? ? Does the letter writer’s voice change over time? Use evidence from the start of the novel to where you have read to provide evidence for your interpretation. ? Is Charlie a reliable narrator? Is he as “innocent” as he projects or does he really know how to manipulate his friends? Here is our procedure: ? The path of the letters: o Person 1 will launch and write to Person 2. o Person 2 must include a summary of what Person 1 said and add their own ideas and forward the letter to Person 3. o Person 3 must include ideas summarized from Person 2 and so on and forward letter back to Person 1. o You will have to correspond with your partners to schedule your letters. For instance, Person 1 agrees to forward letter to Person 2 on Sunday and Person 2 agrees to forward letter to Person 3 on Tuesday. o If you need emails for your fellow students you have a way to look them up but if you can’t find it, please contact me and I will help you. ? Please upload your individual letters to BB for a grade. There will be a letter assignment (Letter #1) ? Don’t hesitate to ask me questions. Contact me at robinsm@oldwestbury.edu. I look forward to this semester and to read your writing and share in your thinking. More suggested direct guidelines and your writing/thinking partners will be shared below. Best, Prof Robins Please note there are some changes. Here is the list of partners: Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Sterline Giovanni Edina Vanessa Azarai Amritjot Javont Alexa Dulce Johanna Jonathan Christopher Daniel Shadab Colin Jaylen Sohab Ryan Sajid David Victor