David Letterman
David Letterman grew up in a small town in eastern Indiana. He
was born to Joseph and Dorothy Letterman. After reading the novel, "David
Letterman: On Stage and Off" by Rosemarie Lennon, I have learned about all his
struggles and joys. Because of this book, I feel sorry towards one of the
funniest people on Earth, David Letterman. I also admire him for his good acts
and abilities.
To realize why I feel what I feel toward Letterman, you have to look at
some of the main points in his life. First of all, Dave was exactly an A
student. He struggled all of his life through grade school to college. He also
wasn't very popular. He stated, " I remember standing around. . . with the
other losers, watching all the athletes play sports. All we could do is make
fun and ridicule them." He was never good at anything until high school. "All
I ever knew how to do was to make people laugh. In high school I was the class
clown, making fun of everything and everyone." This personality trait was what
gave him his thousands of faithful fans, watching his show every night to see
Dave rip to shreds anyone who dare challenge him. Another thing that was
important to him was his mother and father. His father, Joseph Letterman, and
Dave went fishing quite often when he was young. Dave looked up to his father
tremendously. When Joseph had his first heart attack when he was thirty-six,
Dave and his father started to drift away. Later, Dave's Dad died when he was
fifty-three. One of David's top regrets was never spending a lot of time with
his dad. As for his mother, she is the classical conservative mother of the
fifties. She was always very hard on Dave when he got into mischief in school--
which was quite often. She is still a part of Dave's life, and can be seen
quite often on his show, doing a comedy sketch, or telling audience members what
the temperature was in Lillihammer during the Winter Olympics.
The Reason I feel sorry for Letterman is because of his tragedies of his
past. His Dad's passing was hard enough, but he had other trials to deal with.
Like his mother. She was never really proud of David, constantly reminding him
he was going to fail, and not encouraging him to take his natural ability to
The resolution in the story becomes apparent once Dave realizes that he can communicate with his daughter if he just lets her be
David is the author of this auto-biography. He lived the perfect life up until his mother took up drinking at the age of four. Dave enjoyed school and had a wide imagination. He lived a perfect life and was blessed with perfect parents. Everyday was a new adventure filled with fun. He loved his life and his family.
In the book it tells about him and his relationship with alcoholic mother, who beats him, starves him, refuses to give him new clothes, and doesn’t call him by his name but refers to him as "it" or "the boy". At first Dave and his mother have a perfect relationship. Soon his mother starts to drink and singles out one of her sons as the family "slave". She begins her abuse by sending him to school with the same cloths on for a year and no food at all. So for a while Dave steals food from others student’s lunch bags to fill his stomach. Soon his mother ...
When his parents divorced, his father was the one to move out of the house. When Jeff was 18, Joyce took David and left. Jeffrey was alone in the house with little food and a broken refrigerator until his father and his new wife found out about the situation and moved into the house.
Throughout the rugged and cruel terrain of the Italian race, Dave moves his way up through the crowd of racers to meet up with the Cinzanos. Once Dave meets up with the Cinzanos during the race, his dreams are fulfill making him immensely happy which is seen on his, gigantic crescent shaped smile. The Cinzanos seem as a pleasant and friendly group allowing Dave to go ahead of them, until they catch back up to him only to shift the gears of his bike. Showing that the Cinzanos do not want another member of their group, but Dave just thinks they are giving him a hard time until they force him of the terrain. The look in Dave’s eyes after the forceful and rude act of running him off the terrain shows that he has a clearer view of life. After the horrendous incident during the Italian race, Dave changes. He stops acting Italian and starts acting like a cutter. He does this because he learns that everything isn’t what it appears to be and realizes that he should be proud to be a cutter, and that is why he tells Katie who he actually is even though he knows it will end
In the beginning when Dave interjects and chooses to dive, his trait of determination is the main factor in his choice to dive to impress Ginny. Although he has traces of intelligence and positive influence, he has an immature understanding of courage which overshadows his other traits.
No one knew about David the goldfish except Michael himself. Michael kept her as a secret. David was first kept in a circular fish bowl, a small one. Michael filled it with water and placed it under his bed.
of how he should live and how people should perceive him. His entire adult life rested on
David growing up as a child lived in a house where there was no love shown or caring relationships. He grew up not knowing what good relationships looked like or felt like. David did not think too highly of his dad or aunt and always had
his father and dead mother. David's father has an idealized vision of his son as
Before I begin, I'd like to thank the person who made it possible for me to be here with you all today. President Bill Clinton. By scheduling his trip to Moscow just so, I had enough of a pause between my trips to Japan and Oklahoma city and Russia that it was possible to make it to Hartford today.
made him into someone who felt he had no control upon his destiny, because it
ending where he decides to leave his house when everyone is asleep. Dave is also mad how everyone is treating him, and how all he ever gets do is work all the time and has never been given anything in his life. Dave is even mad at his family, especially his mother for ratting him out. He did not want to sell the gun and give the money to Mr. Hawkins as his father instructed him to do. He wanted to keep the gun because he wanted to ow...
...hly successful child-entertainer, would obviously encounter future problems because of his association to his father and brother. However, as David Friedman is capable of understanding what could result the responsibility lies largely with his choice to participate in the film.
The story begins with Dave telling the reader a little about himself and his old job as a bouncer at a nightclub. He appears to be your average 40-year-old; he talks about providing for his family, playing with his kids, drinking with his buddies, and watching Fraiser. However, throughout the story, the reader gets a more and more in depth look into the mind of Dave.