Jared+Short+Purpose+Statement

· An open letter to Jon Lester about how inspirational his fight against lymphoma has been.

· Audience

o The audience if this piece will be baseball fans as well as those who have struggle with various types of cancer. Since almost everybody has been effected in some way by cancer, this letter will have a very broad audience.

· Purpose o The purpose is to show the audience how perseverance (in even the worst of conditions) can be a profound thing in the lives of others.

· Response o Hopefully it will inspire others with cancer keep up their fight.

MSH: Are you switching from this topic to the one we discussed in class on Monday? If so, why don't you revise this for that topic?