David LettermanDavid 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 learned about all her struggles and joys. Because of this book, I feel sorry for one of the funniest people on Earth, David Letterman. I also admire him for his good deeds and abilities. To understand why I feel the way I do about Letterman, you have to consider some of the main points of his life. First of all, Dave was exactly a student. He has struggled his whole life, from elementary school to college. He also wasn't very popular. He said: "I remember hanging out... with the other losers, watching all the athletes play sports. All we could do was make fun of them and ridicule them." He was never good at anything until high school. "All I ever knew how to do was make people laugh. In high school I was the class clown, making fun of everything and everyone." This personality trait was what gave him thousands of loyal fans, who watched his show every night to see Dave tear apart anyone who dared challenge him. Another important thing for 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 with extraordinary admiration. When Joseph had his first heart attack at age thirty-six, Dave and his father began to drift apart. Later, Dave's father died when he was fifty-three. One of David's biggest regrets was not spending much time with his father. As for her mother, she's your classic 1950s conservative mother. She was always very hard on Dave when he got into trouble at school, which happened quite often. She is still part of Dave's life and can be seen very often on his show, doing a comedy sketch or telling the audience what the temperature was in Lillihammer during the Winter Olympics. The reason I feel sorry for Letterman is because of his tragedies in his past. His father's passing was hard enough, but he had more trials to face. Like his mother. She was never truly proud of David, constantly reminding him that he would fail and not encouraging him to exploit his natural ability to