Hum, What Would it Be Like?

All of the soldiers in Restropo say that the most difficult and scary mission was Rock Avalanche, which Junger describes in book two "Killing," chapters one through five. Junger describes these events from his own view of what he saw. For this blog, select one of the characters who took part in Rock Avalanche and describe what happens over the course of those three days from that character's viewpoint. You will need to work very closely with your book. See how much detail and description you can include. Don't write a summary or retell what happened. Instead, put yourself in the character's shoes and write about his experience during Rock Avalanche. Have fun with this one.

WAR! What is it Good For?

Well, it has been quite a while since we have bloged together. By now, you should be pretty much finished with the book (have read through book three, "Loving," chap. 5). Why do you think he calls the first book "Fear," the second book "Killing," and the third book "Loving"? Talk about each book and what the connection is between the events in the book and the book's title. In other words, what happens in "Fear" that you think he called that part of the book "Fear." Why does he call the second book "Killing," and the third book "Loving."

Be very specific and refer to the book and what is happening in the book to support your answers.

WAR

What did you find the most surprising while reading WAR, and why did you find this surprising? Please be complete in your answer

Blogs

OK, so we are off and running and it seems as though everyone has at least set up a blog. Remember, the first post is supposed to be an intro to yourself and your blog (due 2/9 -- Thursday). What do you want the people who read your blog to know about you and the blog you will start writing? That's what you should include in this post.

Try to have fun with it.

Final Note

OK, so we had a total of five blogs this semester. Four of them I posted on this blog. There was one that I emailed you that was due on Novemeber 9th. It was an open topic -- so you could write about anything you wanted.

Please be sure that you have written all your blogs for the semester.

These blogs will remain active, so you can continue to add new posts whenever you want.

Happy blogging!

Prof. Simon

Would you want to work for Anthony Bourdain?

Would you want to work for Anthony Bourdain in one of his restaurants? Why or why not? Think about how he is at the end of the book -- not as a drug addict/alcoholic. What do you think? Is his restaurant the kind of environment you would want to work in? Is it the type of place you could succeed? Remember be specific and detailed in your blog. Due Wednesday, October 26th before class begins.

Kitchen Confidential is ______________ Part II

For this week’s blog, build on what you started last week. Last week, you wrote one body paragraph describing the book _Kitchen Confidential_ by Anthony Bourdain. This week, write the second body paragraph. Think of another way to describe the book. Write a topic sentence and then develop your topic sentence with evidence from the book. Be sure to print out your paragraph and proofread it carefully. When you are satisfied with both the content (use the grading rubric for this) and grammar (have done your very best to write grammatically correct sentences), use the two topic sentences to write a blue print thesis. Up load this new paragraph and thesis statement to your blog for this week’s assignment. Add the thesis to the end of your blog. These must be posted BEFORE Friday’s class.