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Well the pros were that all of our group was asking each other questions and we all knew we all were reading, and a con was well at least for me, I think 5 weeks is not a lot of time and I feel like reading for 5 weeks is not enough of time.

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I feel like the Pros was that we could easily discuss with each other about and cons was that the we had to read a lot of chapters sometimes in a week.

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At the end of the book, I guess the theme could be forgive and forget, but in louis case I felt like he should have not of forgave "the bird". But he did at the end.

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Name one scene in the book that you could relate to? -Joshua

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Name one scene in the book that you could relate to? -Joshua

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One thing I did well was that I was the one in the way that asked the most questions, and I tried to make everyone talk in our group. But next time I should have not been procrastinating a lot and not leaving everything to do last minute.

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I think that it was helpful to split the book up into what we would read each week, although I think we could have used more time to read since some sections were longer than others.

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One scene I could relate to in the book was when louie was in one of the japanese torture camps and he got a sickness called "dengue". And I could relate to that because I actually got that before when I was in Guatemala and I guess since we were both in foreign lands, our bodies aren't used to the new diseases.

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What did you think/what surprised you about Louie's actions? - Andres

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What did you think/what surprised you about Louie's actions? - Andres

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During independently reading and preparing for discussions, I did well answering questions not really preparing discussions. I could definitely improve my analyzation skill and my time management skills.

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One scene I could relate to in the story was when Louie felt like Cynthia might have been been taken away from him. I can relate to  this during my childhood when I thought that my mother was being taken away from me by my sister.

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I need to work on not procrastinating and also thinking of and answering discussion questions. I struggle somewhat when trying to think of questions.

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I was surprised that Louie was so violent as he had choked his wife while she was pregnant in his sleep.

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Do you think that believing in a religion would help someone recover from PTSD? Explain why or why not.- Bryan

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Do you think that believing in a religion would help someone recover from PTSD? Explain why or why not.- Bryan

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I think that depends on their circumstances and how severe the PTSD is. For instance if you had PTSD from dogs it wouldn't too harsh compared to someone with PTSD from the war. I feel like you would be able to recover from that PTSD easier than the war PTSD. Also if you have gotten some "miracle" from whatever religion you believe in maybe you would recover from your PTSD.

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I was surprised by how quickly Louie was able to forgive all the guards who had caused him to struggle in Japan.

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I think it would vary from person to person because some people might believe in a religion while others don't. I also think even if you believe in a religion it won't always help you overcome such things as PTSD.

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One theme in the end of the book was

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I learned that forgiving others is an important step to overcoming problems you may have. Without forgiving others you might be holding onto something that is hurting you, and you need to get rid of that.

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I think that the biggest con is that the novel was started a little late and we had work very close to the end of the year. The pro was that we got to read a second book this year.

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One thing I could improve for next year was make sure I read the whole section. Sometimes I didnt get to finish the section, but I had read enough to be able to do the discussion. I think one thing I did strongly was take good notes and took my time reading to make sure I fully understood the book.

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I think that it depends how religious you are. Some people may claim that their god healed them when in reality they just got over it and some people may never recover from PTSD. The serverity of their PTSD could also play a factor in this because although all prisoners had a similar experience, they all went through things individually.

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Why do you think the Bird chose to commit suicide? If you were in his shoes what would you have done?

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The theme that I think was most important in this book is forguveness. We saw that Louie forgave all the guards for the things they did and still showed kindness towards them. This shows that if Louie can forgive them, we all can do the same even if it isnt easy.

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The cons were that it took me a bit to actually get interested in the book. The pros was that by the end of the book I really enjoyed it.

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I always finished the assignments on time! I would definitely stick to my schedule a little more.

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I guess it was good to always forgive but in my personal opinion I don't think that I could just forgive like that.

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I was surprised that Louie forgave the Bird. I know for a fact that I wouldn't

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It definitely depends on the person. I think that therapy might help too but, if that is what works for some people than so be it.

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I think it was because he knew he was going to be killed. I honestly don't think he really regrets anything.

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Which character did you ultimately relate to the most?

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Which character did you ultimately relate to the most?

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I feel like reading it in a short time made it easier to remember details and to not forget about the story, but it made it difficult to read this fast as I wasn't that interested in the book sometimes.

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I can improve by writing more discussion questions or thinking about more discussion questions for the future, I think that I should have concentrated more in while preparing myself to discuss the different parts.