How to rewrite the following paragraph from formal to informal?

Question

this is my first year learning English and I want to learn about the differences between formal and informal if someone can please answer my question.

the paragraph:

"At the beginning of his quest, Gansey receives help while Ender is left isolated. Gansey thinks about all the help he got on his adventurer, so far by thinking, "A museum curator in New Mexico had once told [me], Son, you have an uncanny knack for discovering oddities. An astonished Roman historian commented You look under rocks no one else thinks to pick up, slick. And a very old British professor had said, The world turns its pockets out for you, boys,” (Stiefvater 24). Gansey has well-connected relationships around the world and each one tries to help him in some shape or form. Gansey has many close friends like Ronan Lynch, Noah Czerny and Adam Parrish. "Adam Parrish had been Gansey's friend for eighteen months, and he knew that certain things came along with that friendship," (Stiefvater 38). Gansey has never been alone or without aid ever since he started his epic quest four years ago. He has only been gaining help throughout it due to continuously gaining friends who each have special talents. Ender, however, has the unfortunate luck of being a third child. "Well, no one wants a Third anymore," (Card 22) so his entire existence has been loathed from the beginning since he is a Third. It causes him to be desolated as a young child. Ender’s own brother, Peter, despises him and instantly begins tormenting when his monitor is removed, "Now they aren't checking to see if you feel pain, listening to hear what I'm saying, seeing what I'm doing to you," (Card 10). Peter is an enemy of Ender from the start of the novel, causing Ender to feel abandoned without his monitor or family to protect him. The lack of aid makes Ender isolated while Gansey forges ahead with the help of his friends.

Answer 1

Appropriately, this sample of formal writing uses content-specific language, direct quotations, and more advanced vocabulary than is generally utilized in informal discourse. To re-phrase these ideas in a less formal presentation, a writer would, in a way, reverse engineer those very characteristics. That is, rather than mentioning specifically a ‘museum curator,’ an ‘astonished Roman historian,’ and a ‘British professor,’ the writer would use much less academic terms such as ‘person at the museum,’ ‘history buff,’ and ‘Brit.’ The direct quotations could be replaced with casual paraphrases, such as “said I have an ‘uncanny knack’ for finding weird things”; “said I ‘look under rocks’ others ignore”; and “said people I met would be open to helping me.” More common vocabulary should be substituted for the more advanced words: perhaps ‘surprised’ instead of ‘astonished’; ‘lots of friends in many places’ rather than ‘well-connected relationships around the world’; ‘always making new friends’ in place of ‘continuously gaining friends.’ Finally, the conclusion could reach out to touch the readers’ emotions and not simply appeal to their intellectual understanding. That is, instead of writing, “The lack of aid makes Ender isolated while Gansey forges ahead with the help of his friends,” one could write more along the lines of “While Gansey followed his quest with the help of his friends, Ender – without any help at all – and, actually, with constant hindrance – was left all alone.”

Answer 2

Formal writing is usually professional and business like. However, informal writing is more friendly, casual and comfortable. So you can change a paragraph to informal using phrases such as " how're you", "what's going on" etc.

I hope my explanation helps.