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This letter is intended
to serve as a college
recommendation for Ezra
Edlarruti. I have been
acquainted with Ezra for
four years but came to
know him well last year,
as he was in the one
class that I taught, a
thirteen-student junior
English class.
Last spring, while he
was singing the lead in
"The Marriage of Figaro,
" Ezra became especially
interested in a short
story that we read as a
class, Albert Camus's
"The Guest." It is a
challenging story for
any reader, and Ezra
became interested in the
subtleties of
interpreting it,
especially in the
difficulties inherent in
the translation of such
a story. What did Camus
really mean to say and
how might his intentions
have been compromised by
its English translation?
Ezra read the original,
French, version of the
story and then wrote a
superb analysis of the
compromises inherent in
its English translation.
His essay was flawless
-- his wording apt, and
his analysis insightful,
logical and
comprehensive. Some of
our English faculty
can't write so well.
Students and faculty
often remark that Ezra
is blessed with
considerable talent.
What many of them
overlook is how hard
Ezra works to cultivate
his talent, whether it
be the development of
his beautiful voice for
an operatic performance
or of his writing skills
as he works through an
essay. I know of the
effort that he put into
book reviews of _1984_
and _Animal Farm_
because he shared early
drafts with me. I also
appreciate the time that
he put into his analysis
of "The Guest" because
he stopped by
periodically to share
his enthusiasm for the
project and his progress
with it.
In over twenty-five
years of teaching, I
have known other
students with talent
equivalent to Ezra's.
Many of them lacked his
good nature and
humility, and few
demonstrated the genuine
intellectual curiosity
that Ezra has exhibited
over and over -- a
curiosity that is often
accompanied by his
excitement or enthusiasm
for an idea, an author,
a literary work or the
lead role in a
challenging operatic
performance.
When I decided to set up
a debate on Henry David
Thoreau's "Civil
Disobedience, "
regarding the role of
government in our lives
today, in an effort to
have the class
appreciate more fully
the contemporary
implications of
Thoreau's sophisticated
essay, it was Ezra who
was most helpful in
creating a resolution
that would lead to that
appreciation. Ezra, to
no one's surprise, then
agreed to argue on any
side of the debate.
Ezra is a motivated
young man of numerous
talents and considerable
self-discipline. He is
fun-loving, likable,
enthusiastic, trusting
and trustworthy.
Gary Youstis
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