Written Assignment

RATIONALE
About a boy is a novel written by Nick Homby that portrays the Will´s life, who, as a result
of this action he meets Marcus, a 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually,
Will and Marcus become friends. Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid and Marcus
helps Will to finally grow up.
In this written assignment I decided to write a letter in the name of Marcus after the
suicide attempt of his mother, since Marcus doesn´t express nothing about his feelings.
And as he doesn´t feel good next to his mother maybe he decided to talk about what he
thinks to his father. For that reason, I think that a letter from Marcus to his father is the
best way to express Marcus thoughts and feelings.
The letter will be supported by the thoughts and feelings of Marcus after Fiona, his
mother, tried to kill herself. Exactly when he went out to Suzie´s home and came to his
home where he fined the suicide letter of his mother. All of his feelings will be until that
moment at the night where he in a letter write how he fell and what he thing about the
actions of his mother. Also, Marcus will express that he wants to go to his father´s home
because he doesn´t like his school and nobody there.
It will use a normal language because Marcus is not a clever boy either a stupid boy. In
addition to that in that moment Marcus is talking to his father and he does not need to
use a formal language.
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 13th May 2002
Dear Dad,
I know that you are so busy with your work and other things, but in these moments the
situation in the school, with my mother and in general whit myself is not the best. I feel
that everything in my is going down. I do not find a good reason to be calmed. Since you
and my other decided to finish our relation, I start to think that all the things I try to do or
all my attitudes are going to anywhere. I grasp everything you, but, since now I do not
grasp why you leave here with my mother. Why did you not take me with you? Why did
you think that it can be a good decision? Why did you not think about the consequences?
I do not want you to explain me everything, either I am asking you to came back here
with me and my mother. Now I just want to explain you about what is happening here
and how I feel whit all these things.
First, my school is not the best place to relax myself, since, everyone treated me like an
stupid boy. Also, my teachers do not help me never; once a girl, who is in my class made
a joke when I was singing in the class and the teacher do not defend me. My only friends
Nicky and Mark try to keep me away from all the old guys who always harass me.
Furthermore, my mother does not anything to help me, since you go out form the home,
there are many days I found her crying or with a lot of depression. I know she love me I
she, as you, want me to be relax. Nevertheless, in these moments my mom is not in the
best conditions to take care of me, she needs to go to therapy. Dad, I not saying that
because I just see it, I tell you about it, since a few days ago I went to the yearly SPAT
in Regent Park, there a meet Will, and after a time, me Will and Suzie came back home
where we found that mom had tried to commit suicide. And that is not the end because
I found a farewell form mom. I so worry about it, what happened if mom died or if she
leaves alone. I do not want it; I love her but she needs help I do not feel able to put up
with this. I want to stop crying all nights. Please dad listen what I am going to ask you.
Maybe if I go where you are living the bad things that are happenings in this moment will
improve. There are many schools and as nobody know about, I can star again and feel
better in the class. Here I do not have any friend, since and there can met many people.
Please dad take me with you, I am totally sure that I can improve myself. I do not care if
there is your new girlfriend, I can get used to her and besides I can stay all day with her
fathers. I know that I do not be the best son or the bets child, however, despite all my
bad attitudes I promise you behave. I just wat to leave this city, my school and specially
the people who only want to see me sad and fearful in front of them. I afraid everyone, I
am afraid of my mother. If I go with you, I can be more relax a leave my problems. I prefer
o stay now with you, instead of one day found the death moms body or that one day the
kids in the school hit me. I know that it does not depend on me, but I just ask you to
regard it.
With love, your son Marcus.

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