My Letter to an Author

Dear Catherine Gilbert Murdock,

Your book Dairy Queen really showed me another part of the world I never would have thought of. Your character D.J. Schwenk was very likeable and gave me a different perspective of looking at things. She proved that a girl is strong and can do anything that a guy can do, if not better. She was tough and a great role model to look up to.
I always thought that football was a guy’s sport, and that no girl could compete against a 250 pound guy chasing you around trying to shatter you to the ground, but D.J. defiantly proved me wrong. She showed me that if you want to do something bad enough, no matter what it is, you can do if you work hard enough for it. She proved to me that a girl can thrive in what’s considered to be a man’s sport if she really puts her mind to it. She showed me how to be strong and never give up.
Reading about all the time she spent training and working on her skills, I realized that I could do the exact same thing that she did. I figured out that I shouldn’t listen to people who tell me I can’t, but that I should only listen to myself saying that I can. D.J. faced many obstacles with trying out to be on the football team and she could have given up at any of them, but she didn’t and that’s what I inspire to be. Now, when I face grueling obstacles in my life I try to get through them, by thinking about how D.J. got through hers. I straight on attack them instead of trying move around them.
D.J. also gave me a new perspective on how people act. When she first related cows to people, I thought that she was ridiculous and that there’s absolutely no comparison there what so ever. However, after I thought about it, I realized how true this really is. People spend their whole lives taking order from their parent, bosses, teachers, siblings, and even strangers and it comes to the point where they always do what they are told. I never would have though of it, but cows are the exact same way. They follow every thing that they are told to do, without trying to run away or attack someone. I never would have though that humans and cows acted so much alike, but your book really showed me that they do.
After looking at my life I could see that what she was saying is true. I took orders from everyone around me, without even thinking about and it just became a part of my life without me even noticing it. I was just like a cow doing what I was told, but after I read your book that all changed. I decided that I didn’t want to be like a cow stuck on a farm, but like a bird free to go where ever I want. There are still certain orders that I have to follow, but with everything else I make my own decisions, and it’s because of your book that I do.
Reading your book has changed the way I look at my life, and the way I look at life in general. It has taught me that I can do anything that I set my mind to no matter what the odds are, and that I shouldn’t listen to the people who say that I can’t. It has also taught me that I’m the only person in control of my life, and that I shouldn’t take orders from everyone I meet. Your book impacted me in ways that I can’t explain, and I’m very grateful that you wrote Dairy Queen.