Proposal

//Shutter Island// by Dennis Lehane seems profoundly interesting. Not only does this novel ascend into complete excitement, but it will keep us on the edges of our seats as we are reading it. The New York Times described it as "Startlingly original... instantly cinematic... This is a deft, suspenseful thriller that unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments". In an era of mundane, reading-class type novels, a suspenseful novel such as //Shutter Island// will provide brief appeasement to us.

The ending of //Shutter Island//, as mentioned above, seems to be something worth waiting for. Of course, the ending of every book is worth waiting for, but this novel's ending seems to shine with resplendence in comparison to that of other novels. The Washington Post has also said that the novel was "Brilliantly conceived and executed". The many appraisals that this book has received has earned it the right to appeal to even us students.

Obviously, this novel appeals to us students because it was also made into a movie. You may be thinking this is a negative aspect, since you might suspect that we watch the movie instead of reading the novel, but on the contrary, the movie can be used to our advantage. The book and the movie obviously differ, in some aspects. These differences can be exploited and analyzed in our project, comparing and contrasting certain scenes from the novel and certain scenes from the book. This is probably going to be our strongest point made in our presentation, so to prohibit the reading of the novel will also prohibit a vital part of our project from existing.

Source: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Shutter-Island-Dennis-Lehane/?isbn=9780380731862