Kacie’s Comments (group member since Mar 22, 2016)

Kacie’s comments from the English 4/3rd Hour group.

Parker wrote: "I have just started to reread the Eragon series. I am on page 156 and plan on completing the entire series this time. It has been a while since I have read this book, sop I am rereading it and then..."

I agree that re-reading a book gives you a much better understanding of the context and makes you notice things you didn't before.

I have read the Lord of the Flies at my old school, Beaver Island Lighthouse School. However, I did not get to finish the book but came close; so I thought I'd pick it back up and finish because it is a wonderful read. This is a nonfiction story about a plane crashing on some deserted island. A group of young boys survive and now must do what they can to survive. I am not that far into the book yet, but the boys have all just found one another and have chosen a leader. The tension is getting stronger at this point and you can already see some alliances forming.

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Tuesday's With Morrie is based on a true story written by the famous sports reporter, Mitch Albom. I will never tire of this book, as a matter of fact, I have read it three times. The story takes place in flashbacks and inside of Morrie's comfortable home. Morrie was a professor at Brandeis University and meets with his long-time student, Mitch Albom, every Tuesday inside of his home. Morrie Schwartz contracted a terminal disease called Lou Gehrig's Disease, or, ALS. This story is about taking a different approach on the inevitable, death. Rather than mourning and wallowing, Morrie teaches Mitch the importance and differences of life; his last class. As the disease takes over Morrie's body, Mitch finds himself falling in love with who Morrie is and what he stands for because he stays a positive, energetic, wise man even with death beside his bed. Never once does Morrie ask for pity; but rather he asked for the company of his loved ones. The book is inspirational and makes you re-think the way you have been living. However, it is a tear-jerker for those who have a sensitive spot.