shutterisland

Person A-James Otteson Person B- John Pirsos Person C- Frank Marrone III Person D- Ryan Herlihy

Questions: How do you think the patient escaped? The patient escaped by unlocking the door and slipping by everyone. What will Teddy and Chuck do to apprehend the patient? They will question everyone on the island until they find out where she lives and she will be there. Do you think the man that left the island has anything to do with the escaped patient? Yes, he may have aided the escapee. How do you think the patient will do in the jungle without shoes on? She will cut up her feet a lot. If you were a detective, how would you approach this particular case? I would search the island until we found her because there is a small chance she escaped on her own.

Person D- Ryan Herlihy

Today during book club we discussed the book in depth. We went over chapter by chapter about what happened, and what you think is going to happen. We did this first for a long time and then we went on to go over the questions Frank had made. We took a lot of our time going over one question in general. It was “Do you think the man that fled has anything to do with the escaped patient?”. We came to the conclusion that it does have some relation. Then we went over the quotes. Then we went over what we think of each character and how we would picture them. This led us to go on to see how many characters were is the story. This didn’t last very long so we started to talk about what makes the people interesting. We are trying to decide what things are foreshadowing other events that will happen throughout the story. Overall we had a very productive book club and we each got all our questions answered about the book.

Quotes - John Pirsos

1. Duputy Warden McPherson met them at the dock. 2. "Built as the battalion HQ just before the Civil War." 3. In the afternoon, they joined the search party.

--Week 2-- A- Ryan Herlihy B- James Otteson C- John Pirsos D- Frank Marrone III

James Otteson (B)

1. “After a minute, Cawley said, ‘I’m too tired, Marshal. It’s gibberish to me right now. Sorry.’” (98) 2. “Chuck looked up after a while, into Teddy’s eyes. ‘What’re you–f*cking Einstein?’” (100) 3. “Teddy lifted the sheet of paper off the bed. ‘This is a template. A guide for deciphering future codes. I’d bet a month’s salary on it.’” (102) 4. “‘If I didn’t know you better,’ Teddy said after a bit, ‘I’d swear you really love that woman.’” (120) 5.

John Pirsos (C)

1. Do you think Teddy cracked Rachel’s code correctly? 2. Do you think Rachel’s code will lead to wear she went? 3. Do you think Rachel escaped at all? 4. Do you think all the patients are part of her escape and just aren’t telling the detectives where she is or how she escaped? 5. Do you think Rachel will be found?

Person A- Ryan Herlihy 1. On your group's wiki page, discuss the type of language that your book contains. Is it easy to read? Conversational? "Classic"? Does it use a lot of words you don't understand? What grade level do you think the book is written at, and why? (A) In the beginning it was harder to read, but now it is easy to read and get through. It is an easy book to talk about and is a great book. No it has easy word that we can understand. This book is a high-school level book. People in younger grade might not know what is going on.

SUMMERY Person D- Frank Marrone III During the first half of class we discussed the language of the book. We decided that the author, Dennis Lehane, writes in a different style than most other authors. He has a very factual style of writing. Although there is detail, he doesn’t express it as much as other books do. Ideas are written in a very distinct chronological order. We also talked about the different types of illnesses that the patients on Shutter Island have. Lastly, we talked about he relationship that Teddy and Chuck have. During the second half of class we talked about the questions and quotes. We talked about the code Teddy cracked. We are not sure if he broke the code the right way. It is hard to distinguish a connection from the code to Rachael’s whereabouts. We also think that the whole island knows where Rachael is and won’t tell Teddy and Chuck.

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Person A - Frank Marrone III Person B - James Otteson Person C - Ryan Herlihy Person D - John Pirsos

Person A - Frank Marrone III This novel has an overall dark mood or tone. For example, when Teddy and Chuck are trapped in the mausoleum during the storm, they talk about the war they fought in. They talked about the people they killed. This brought a dark tone to an already dark chapter. They also talk about hallucinogens and how they test them on the patients. This brings an even darker mood to the book. Also, clouds constantly cover the island. This brings an eminent darkness to the island.

Person C – Ryan Herlihy

1.Do you think they are very good detectives despite not finding the woman first? Yes, because the institute is holding a lot of information back from them. They are hiding stuff from them. 2.How do you feel Teddy and Chuck’s partnership is? They got much closer than they used to be, but have a lot of arguments. Chuck makes Teddy angry very easily. 3. How do you think the woman who escaped got out of a locked door, escaped from the third floor, and got past all the guards? She had help from the inside so they could bring Teddy to the island 4. Do you think Teddy and Chuck are safe on the island? Chuck is safe on the island. But Teddy seems like they want him on the island. They may have drugged Teddy when they gave him migraine pills. If this happened then Teddy will have to stay on the island. 5. Do you think they might go insane as they stay on the island? Yes, they are probably going to think that they are going insane and eventually go insane. It seems like Teddy is more prone to go insane.

Person D - John Pirsos

In book club this week, we first discussed the questions. The questions were very good. A tough question we thought about is how we think Rachel escaped from all the guards and from the third floor. We discussed this topic for at least five minutes. none of us had no idea how she did it. We also discussed if Teddy and Chuck are doing a good job. we thought they are doing a good job because it seems to us that the institution is hiding vital information from Chuck and Teddy. We also discussed what might happen in the future. We expressed out thoughts about if Chuck and Teddy are safe on the island and if Chuck and Teddy will go insane if they stay on the island for too long. We think that they will eventually go insane and they are not safe on the island. But so far, all of us think the book is very is very good.

Week 4 Person A- John Pirsos Person B- Frank Marrone III Person C- James Otteson Person D- Ryan Herlihy

Person A - John Pirsos Some of the images used in the book are the dreams Teddy has throughout the book. The dreams probably represent what might happen in the end of the book. The author uses these images so the reader can see what Teddy is dreaming about and so the reader knows what he is thinking.

Person (B)-James Otteson


 * 1) What do you think happened to chuck?
 * 2) He got kidnapped and then brain-washed.
 * 3) Do you think that the dreams that teddy was having mean something?
 * 4) Yes, we think they are visions.
 * 5) Do you think that teddy will ever get of the island?
 * 6) Yes, we think that he will eventually escape and inform the world about the asylum.
 * 7) Why do you think that teddy is having visions of Rachel Solanto?
 * 8) Because the narcotics that he was fed are envisioning her. We think she represents his common sense.
 * 9) Why are the doctors listening to Crawley and doing these horrible things?
 * 10) Because they know if they don’t they will be killed or imprisoned.

Person C- Frank Marrone III Quotes:
 * 1) “We’ve been wondering when you’d show up” pg. 278
 * 2) “She’d grown more and more agitated as she spoke, stabbing the fire with her stick, talking more to her knees than to Teddy.” Pg. 270
 * 3) “How helpless he’d been, like a baby, needing to be lifted from a chair.” Pg. 195
 * 4) “He stood in the center of the room, waiting to hear it again. Nothing.” Pg. 233
 * 5) “Chuck sat down wearily on the dark rockface, pulled a cigarette from his jacket. ‘Fine but I'm sitting this one out.’”

Person D- Ryan Herlihy First we started with the summary of the chapters we read. We basically summarized the whole book from beginning to where we are. The part when they were in the lighthouse really stuck and was hard to understand but was the most interesting part of the story so far. Then we moved onto the quotes Frank got. They were very interesting quotes and it killed a lot of time by talking about them. After all the quotes James asked the questions he made. That conversation didn’t last as long, but we had many different answers for each question. We kept talking about the scene I the lighthouse, mostly because it’s such a big part of the book, and also because of how interesting it was. We still wondered how every character fit in the story and the importance of each person. Also how each person is so different in different ways. The story is going great and we can all tell that something great is coming. I cant wait to read more.

Week 5 A- Ryan B- John C- Frank D- James

Person- A Would you recommend it to peers? Why or why not? Has this topic been discussed more/less effectively in another book or books? Should this book be considered for the school's curriculum?

Yes, this book was very interesting and it blew my mind. People love suspenseful books and that exactly what this is. It always keeps you on your toes. This has been discussed more effectively with this book than any other book I’ve read. This should be considered for the school curriculum.

B (Quotes) John Pirsos

1. "Why you all wet, baby?" Page 317 2. "Not Boston," Cawley said quietly. "Here" Page 350 3. "Your name is Andrew Laeddis," Cawley said. "The sixty-seventh patient at Ashecliffe Hospital? He's you Andrew." Page 329. 4. You are him. Page 349. 5. "Stop calling me Andrew." Page 350.

C (Questions) Frank Marrone Questions: D James Otteson III
 * 1) Could you have guessed that Teddy/Andrew was a patient at the institution?
 * 2) No, he seemed like a legitimate U.S. Marshall. Also, since everyone acted like he was a Marshall, it was harder to predict that he was a patient.
 * 3) Do you agree with the lobotomy practices of the institution?
 * 4) Yes, if it helps the patients. It should only be used on the more threatening patients. Also, research should done so it is safer for the patients.
 * 5) Could you have guessed that Chuck was really Dr. Sheehan?
 * 6) No, he portrayed himself as a Marshall. Although there were a few distinct characteristics that pointed to it, such as not being able to handle a gun and being able to read people during a poker game, it was still hard to determine that he was Dr. Sheehan.
 * 7) If you were in Teddy/Andrew’s shoes, would you have killed your wife?
 * 8) Yes, I would have been so angry with her. My anger would have destroyed my love for her.
 * 9) If you were an orderly during this incident would you fear for your life?
 * 10) No, there were so many orderlies around at all times. If Teddy/Andrew snapped, he could have easily been detained.

The ending of the book surprised us all and we liked the book. It was extremely well written and it left a vivid image in my head. Today in class we all did our parts respectively and well. It was interesting to listen and answer all of the questions. The quotes were kind of lacking.