Kate Dicamillo's 'Your Question For Author Here'

In the story “Your Question For Author Here” by Kate DiCamillo and Jon Sciezka, Joe Jones is forced to write a letter to the author of his choice and ask questions about their writing. But he doesn’t care about the project he ends up being very rude and demanding which sparks the conflict between Maureen O’Toople and him. This conflict is a person vs. person which leads to conflicts between these two people. In the beginning of the story, Joe Jones sends a very rude letter to the author of his choice for a literacy project. When she tells him that she will not answer his questions because he is being very rude he becomes bossy and tells her what to do. In the story it states “What kind of author letter was that? I am supposed to ask the questions.

At the turning point in the story, Joe Jones and Maureen O’Toople have had a bit more conversations and they start to get closer. Joe tells her that he has to write a haiku for literacy class and that he doesn’t know what to do. She decides to help him. In the story it states “Your writer friend, Maureen...I am going to show you how simple it is to write a poem” (113 + 114). In this quote it is showing that they have gotten closer because Maureen called him a friend and she also teaches him how to write a haiku. At the end of the story they have gotten so close that they are practically best friends now. She helped him do well in literacy and they talk back and forth for a long time. When Joe gets a C- on his project and his parents ground him, Maureen talks to his parents and they unground him which makes Joe very happy. It shows how happy he is in the story when he tells her what happened. In the story it states “My mom says to give you a hug and a kiss. My dad says you are a real character. I think you turned out to be a pretty good author even if I did do it to bug Jennifer (123). I think this shows that they are now very good