Final Post

vocab
admonition (143)- a warning or reproof given by an eccleslastical authority
immerse (126)- to plunge into
ethereal (97)- light, airy, or tenuous
Appeals
Emotional
"I was fifteen, starting my Junior year at Stuyvesant, and I was lost (114)."
This is emotional because Walter is now relating more to my situation in life, and makes me want to learn more of his struggles and how he got through them.
Factual
"On the 17th of May the Supreme Court announced the decision to condemn the 'seperate but equal' philosophy of education (185)."
This is factual because this certain excert can be proven by factual information.
Quote
"As a child I wrote, but I never considered writing as a job or career."
This quote is significant because Walter has always been a book worm, and one day that thought became a reality. All he did was read, write, read, then write some more. He soon realized that writing was his passion, and that he would pursue that passion until it became what he made a living from.
Dear Walter,
Bad Boy was one "bad" book. I'm of course meaning "bad" in the cool hip-hop positive way of "bad". From reading about your childhood growing up hooked on comic books, to your mothers drinking problems, you skipping class, it was extremely entertaining. Our lives sound kind of the same, besides the gang violence, an alcoholic mother, and every other terrible thing that has happened to you. My life is pretty good, but I feel like I am in you shoes that you once were in. I'm at a point in school were I feel "lost," kind of like a zombie going to and fro from class to class. What you did to help yourself escape from that was do the things your passionate for. I put some thought into that and I now enjoy the conditioning at Football practice, or puking in the weight room because, well I love sports. Your book was great. I hope to get my hands on more of your material later on in life.
Peace, Charlie Lavin