Website Link

Here is the link to my website. My midterm portfolio including Essays 1 (profile), essay 2 (talk of the  town/campus) and audio recording, my introduction piece, and two blog entries. The folder containing drafts and in class writing was handed in in class on Wednesday October 29, 2014.

www.rebeccaleegagne.weebly.com

Book Club Meeting 10/29

At this point in the story I am losing interest. The story started out strong but now as facts are starting to develop it is less interesting to read. I think with writing facts it is really difficult to make them interesting because they are concrete. History and wars are not books that interest me. I am still questioning the validity of some of the events that are occurring. It is hard to tell what is true and what could have been exaggerated, especial because the only survivor is Louis. I am hoping the story will pick back up and bring my attention back in towards the end of the book.

Book club discorveries

After reading about the interviews the author has written about to tell the story, it was interesting to see how she had conducted the interviews. She had conducted her interviews by phone. It was interesting to learn that she had dropped out of college due to an illness and had written the book after that. Since the only survivor of the story is The main character, it makes you wonder how much of the story is based upon truth and what is a lie. The authors writing is believable, but when you think about the situations, it is almost impossible to think that they were battling a battle with a shark at the same time as trying to avoid the bombs. While continuing to read, I will be thinking about the situations and thinking about how true could they be.

Book club- beginning

For the first meeting we have began to read the book. So far I am enjoying the writing style. I believe the book is written in an easy to follow way and it is interesting thus far. I am not interested in World War II, but so far I am interested in this book! The book has interviews from characters within the story and what is surprising is she had interviewed 20-30 people for the book. For our next meeting the group is going to look into how the interviews were conducted. We have assigned and determined more reading sections as well.