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Informal letter

You have recently read a story about Kaspar Hauser. Write a letter (ca. 100 words)
to your friend, in which you:

State why you are writing this letter (purpose statement).


Briefly summarise the content of the story (summarise the main points).
Describe how you felt about the story having read it (explain what feelings it evoked
and why).

Dear ...,
I have recently read a story about Kaspar Hauser and I’d like to share it with you. 
The story begins with a mysterious teenage boy who was wandering alone through the
streets. The people who came across him claimed that he had no possessions except
for two old letters. Because of his strange behaviour, he was taken into the police
station and spent the next two months in prison. Kaspar spent his childhood in an
almost empty cell, living on bread and water and without any other people around
him. Hauser then became well-known throughout Germany. After Friedrich Daumer,
a schoolteacher, met Kasper - Friedrich looked after him, who taught him various
subjects and encouraged his talent for drawing. While being in Nuremberg, Kasper
was attacked two times. The first time, he was found with a knife wound to his head
but the injury wasn’t serious. The second time, Kasper came home with a deep knife
wound in his chest and before it caused him to pass away, he told the police that the
attacker had given him a bag. After searching, police found it with a note written in
mirror writing. Most have concluded that the stories from books made about Kasper
Hauser were untrue and that he was a liar. Meanwhile, for some people Hauser’s story
remains mysterious.
I personally recommend for you to read this story because I think you would like it
and find it mysterious too. I’d like to hear your opinion and look forward to hearing
from you.
Best wishes, ...

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