Prompt:

Your 19-year-old cousin who flunked out of high school has decided to enlist in

the Armed Forces. While you respect his desire to serve his country, his history

of bad decision making worries you. Does he know what it means to fight in a

war? Has he thought this through? You have just read THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SERVICE for this class and you think it might be a good thing for him to read it

before he shows up for his physical. Write the letter you would send to your

cousin describing this book, its impact on you, and an explanation of why he

needs to read it.

The book is called: Thank you for your Service by David Finkel

So this specific book needs to be used in this letter. No thesis statement is required but you need to use quotes from this book in this letter and cite the quotes as (Finkel, p#). This letter is to convince your cousin to not join the army because of all of the experiences the soldiers in the book THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE talks about. Talk about the impact of how this book had on you the reader and explain why your cousin needs to read this book.