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Title: //Shutter Island// Author: Dennis Lehane Genre: Thriller/ Suspense Pages: 380

Proposal

1. what is the underlying motive for going to the island? To find Andrew Ladeus. 2. what traits in chuck does teddy find unsettling? He doesn't say a lot about his personal life, and is very secretive. 3. what significance might andrew have in the future? He might try to cause harm to the investigation. 4. what other unexpected problems could be on the island? Other insane patients might try to harm them. 5. are there any suspicions to why the sheriff took teddys gun? Yes, because he is a U.S Marshal, and they took his weapon.

Meeting one went a lot better then expected. There really aren't many characters in this story up to this point, but we discussed all of them and why they made some of the decisions that they made. We talked about the main and underlying motive for the main character, Marshal Teddy Daniels, to go to Shutter Island. We learn that Teddy Daniels' wife is dead shortly into the story, and that she was killed by a man named Andrew. Andrew is supposedly at Shutter Island so Daniels goes there to find a patient and to look for Andrew. The group for the most part pretty much understood everything going on in the story however we are going into section two of the reading with a few questions. We want to learn more about Andrew and hope to find out if he plays a significant role in the future. We also are suspicious as to why the sheriff took away Teddy's gun. As a group we are really looking forward to the second meeting and would like to explore how some of these character relationships unfold.
 * Meeting 1 Summary**

Meeting 2 Questions:

1) How is the relationship between Teddy and Chuck effecting the investigation? A) There in some tension between them which is throwing them off their goal.

2) In what ways does the head doctor make the investigation more difficult? A) He takes there guns away and stops them from doing a lot of things to investigate. It seems like he is hiding something.

3) What does the fort the find in the woods mean? A) It is where they kept the deadliest prisoners, they thought Ladeais was there.

4) How does Rachael"s crimes relate to Teddy's life? A) They both murdered their children.

5) Why do you think the guards were mad when they found Teddy and Chuck looking for ladaeis in the fort? A) We do not know, we think they are trying to hide something.

Meeting 2 Summary Meeting two went okay. At this point in the book, we got through a majority of the actual novel. We covered a decent majority of the 2nd third of our book that we read so far through our questions, and we can see the tension building up in the actual novel itself. Teddy and Chuck are both working together to find Ladaeis, and we find out that there is something going on with the guards. It seems as though they're trying to hide something, and not only the guards, but everyone who's working at the place. They make it pretty obvious that there is some sort of scheme going on here, but as of yet, we do not know what.

Meeting 3 Questions:

1) Do you think that Teddy was always a U.S. Marshall or do you think it was just his imagination and just as patient there? A) I don't think that he was ever a US Marshall I think that it was just a big thing to see if he was really mentally insane or if he was good to let go form the insane asylum.

2) What do you think they did to Teddy in the lighthouse? A) I think that they preformed experiments on him, especially concerning his brain like the head doctor was saying. I also think that they eventually put him down.

3) Do you think that the asylum and the doctors were trying to get people better or were they just trying to do experiments with people's brains? A) I think that it is a bad place. From the accounts from the inmates that Teddy was talking to it seems that way. On the other hand they are insane and you don't know what they are saying. After all i think that it was a bad place, not meant to be good.

4) What do you think about the ending? A) I have mixed feelings about the ending. I am not very clear aobut what happened the entire time, especially the ending and what Teddy said to the doctor before they brought him into the lighthouse. Over all it was a pretty good book that I will like to read again to clarify some of the questions that I have.

5) What was the purpose of the entire "experiment" that the doctors were doing on the patients? A) Is was to try and trick them back into reality and if they were not tricked back into reality than they would be victims of the experiments that the doctors were doing. It was a form of reverse psychology.

Meeting 3 Summery

The meeting today went well, we talked mostly about the intriguing ending of the book. Most of our questions carried the discussion for the entire time. We spoke about the institution and whether they were trying to help the patients get better, or just experiment on them. We came to the conclusion that they were experimenting on Teddy. Another question that arose was what happened at the end of the book. Teddy was taken to a light house, we are confused if he was being operated on or if he was normal. We all decided that we would rather read a book with an exact ending, rather than a book that leaves the ending a debate and up for discussion. We would rather have a book with a particular ending than a book that leaves our imaginations take over.