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7/21/2019 Boundless Friendship http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/boundless-friendship 1/2 Joe Fields Mrs. Hatfield English II Pre-AP 10/21/15 Boundless Friendship Bess portrays Totsie as any typical best friend, a person who knows her most intimate secrets, trustworthy, energetic, child-hearted, and contingent on others. Bess portrays her as trustworthy by telling her things such as: “yesterday I wrote a letter to my daughter that may hae lost me her loe foreer! "#$%&, or “your wedding will proide me and the children with 'ust the e(cuse we needed for crossing the country! ")*$&. Bess does not discuss these with anyone else so she must only trust Totsie. +hen wight leaes Totsie, it takes less than a year for Totsie to remarry. Bess is shocked “I still cannot uite beliee that I am writing one letter to the two of you! ")*$&. This leads the reader to beliee that Totsie may not be able to function, or make money, on her own. That shows Totsies dependency on others. The diction Bess uses is ery simple, as if she was writing them ten years younger, to Totsie. /y annotations portray Totsie ery similarly the way Bess portrays her. 0nlike Bess, Totsie neer seems to be as social as Bess. 1ot once is there mention of Totsie being too busy, my annotations indicate Totsie prefers the company of one. 2tarting with Bess, they were ery tight best friends, then wight, then 3rthur. Totsie is that one friend you hae who is shy in public but a heap of energy when youre alone with them. Totsie also sounds like a bit of a gossip, as well as ery, ery similar to Bess. 3pril #)st, )%#) Boston /y ear Bess, I am, or was, indeed e(uberant to be a young bachelorette in this city saturated with fine young men. /y trip to 1eada was uite nice, albeit dry, and I am most thankful for your initation, I had a wonderful time. 3rthurs presence is more than a blessing, not only is his business profitable, but so is his company. In fact, he proposed, and, of course, I said yes. 4ow could I say no5 4is personality is eually as attractie as his money. wight is great, at least little wight. 4e neer stops nowadays and I could neer wonder how you did it with three of them. wight6s first word was dad and I was uite upset, who really is his father5 4is ocabulary is now e(panding and its great to hae a little mind to mold. Indeed, it seems the roles of the 7ied 7iper were reersed as 3rthur heard wight speak8 he was hypnoti9ed to say the least. oure right though, there6s an air of uneasiness when theyre together, like they hae met before and are too embarrassed to tell me. It is too bad you cannot isit, wed all be thrilled. Tennis is such a fine sport with een finer men. +ho is this 2am ;arner5 I would be delighted to hear more about him as it sounds like he fancies you. 2pring neer seems to arrie here. The fluster of the city you think would warm up eerything, but it is uite the opposite8 the skyscrapers sere as huge mountains, trapping the already cold Bostonian air in this desolate, steel alley. 4opefully, soon warmth will come as bright colors spring up around the city like grass through fresh
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7/21/2019 Boundless Friendship
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/boundless-friendship 1/2
Joe Fields
Mrs. HatfieldEnglish II Pre-AP
10/21/15Boundless Friendship
Bess portrays Totsie as any typical best friend, a person who knows her mostintimate secrets, trustworthy, energetic, child-hearted, and contingent on others. Bessportrays her as trustworthy by telling her things such as: “yesterday I wrote a letter to
my daughter that may hae lost me her loe foreer! "#$%&, or “your wedding willproide me and the children with 'ust the e(cuse we needed for crossing the country!")*$&. Bess does not discuss these with anyone else so she must only trust Totsie.+hen wight leaes Totsie, it takes less than a year for Totsie to remarry. Bess isshocked “I still cannot uite beliee that I am writing one letter to the two of you! ")*$&.This leads the reader to beliee that Totsie may not be able to function, or make money,on her own. That shows Totsies dependency on others. The diction Bess uses is erysimple, as if she was writing them ten years younger, to Totsie.
/y annotations portray Totsie ery similarly the way Bess portrays her. 0nlikeBess, Totsie neer seems to be as social as Bess. 1ot once is there mention of Totsiebeing too busy, my annotations indicate Totsie prefers the company of one. 2tarting with
Bess, they were ery tight best friends, then wight, then 3rthur. Totsie is that one friendyou hae who is shy in public but a heap of energy when youre alone with them.Totsie also sounds like a bit of a gossip, as well as ery, ery similar to Bess.
3pril #)st, )%#) Boston
/y ear Bess,I am, or was, indeed e(uberant to be a young bachelorette in this city saturated
with fine young men. /y trip to 1eada was uite nice, albeit dry, and I am most
thankful for your initation, I had a wonderful time. 3rthurs presence is more than ablessing, not only is his business profitable, but so is his company. In fact, he proposed,and, of course, I said yes. 4ow could I say no5 4is personality is eually as attractie ashis money.
wight is great, at least little wight. 4e neer stops nowadays and I could neer wonder how you did it with three of them. wight6s first word was dad and I was uiteupset, who really is his father5 4is ocabulary is now e(panding and its great to hae alittle mind to mold. Indeed, it seems the roles of the 7ied 7iper were reersed as 3rthurheard wight speak8 he was hypnoti9ed to say the least. oure right though, there6s anair of uneasiness when theyre together, like they hae met before and are tooembarrassed to tell me.
It is too bad you cannot isit, wed all be thrilled. Tennis is such a fine sport witheen finer men. +ho is this 2am ;arner5 I would be delighted to hear more about himas it sounds like he fancies you.
2pring neer seems to arrie here. The fluster of the city you think would warmup eerything, but it is uite the opposite8 the skyscrapers sere as huge mountains,trapping the already cold Bostonian air in this desolate, steel alley. 4opefully, soonwarmth will come as bright colors spring up around the city like grass through fresh
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Joe Fields
Mrs. HatfieldEnglish II Pre-AP
10/21/15snowmelt. It is impossible to plant anything here right now with the deathly cold, it is
3pril youd figure itd be warm by now.our party does sound wondrous and I would be ecstatic to attend, maybe I
should moe to allas with 3rthur5
2end eeryone my loe./oi aussi,Totsie
