You may wonder why i was so hard on you. i was hard on you because i was you.
y parents died when i was in high school and i was sent to live with my aunt. i
ipped school, and spent time with a shady crowd. i dropped out of school, so i
could earn money to support myself.
rears later, i realized i never expected much out of myself. if you're reading this
letter, then you figured out what i did, just much sooner.
- roger
in this letter to paul, the author tries to complete the theme: "life is what you make it." however, the
relationship between paul's experiences and mr. valentine's experiences is weak because the letter lacks
details connecting the two. rewrite mr. valentine's letter to better build this theme. (15 points)