Sunday, May 31, 2009

Lone Survivor # 2

5-He describes exactly the training it takes to be a SEAL.
-The hard work, and determination one must have to even consider becoming a SEAL.
-His journey he embarks on for his training.
-He describes how Hell week starts, and how scared he was.
-Then he tells you how many though men decided they weren't tough at at, and had to quit.

4.-What are some reasons the other SEALs quit?
-Why would anyone quit if they made it so far?
-What was the toughest exercise they had to perform?
-Were there any other tests Marcus failed before he passed? Like climbing, or field?

3.-Pronounced
-Loftily
-Chastise

2.-"He then said, 'Come on! To slow! Your just like a bunch of snails!!! LETS GO!!!'" -Simile
-"We were all sitting down in the warehouse, then BAM 3 guys burst through with M4's, spraying us with bullets (blanks i hope)." -Onomatopoeia

1.-He enters Hell Week, then completes it, he finishes all of his training to be a sniper, a medic, and a frogger, he is now a Navy SEAL.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Lone Survivor

5- He speaks very highly of himself.
-He has an unbelievable amount of respect for everyone he knows.
-He had a hell of a childhood, growing up with a strict father on a big ranch.
-He described what he went through to train to become a Seal.
-His twin brother follows in his foot steps.

4.-What event caused him to have a desire to become a Navy SEAL?
-Did his parents support his choice to become a SEAL?
-Why does he start the book from the middle of his life, then go back to the beginning?
-Who else besides his brother joined him with the training?

3.-Alliances
-petrochemical
-construe

2.-"It seemed like he bench-pressed and ran every day" -Foreshadow
-""It must have been hotter then hell" -Metaphor

1.- He describes why they are fighting the Iraq war, what they did before he came, and how he decided he wanted to become a Navy SEAL.