analyze the author’s tone (pg 37)

Scott's tone in this page is very happy because his platoon is on reserve. So, he can sit back and relax but his told by his captain not to get to frisky. But, he ends up taking his first two showers in Normandy and gets 9 hours of sleep. This is the first time since the invasion to actually rest without worrying about combat.

List and number ten significant events that occur in the story chronologically plus explanation

1. Scott looks at his living room wall with the pictures of his dad and grandfather.
 Scott wants his picture to be up next to theirs but doesnt feel that he has earned it because he hasnt fought in a war yet.

2. His company is on the, The Jefferson, gets a letter from Gen. Einsenhower explaining the situation.
  Scott knows now that the invasion is about to begin and prays for god that he makes it through.

3.Scott lands on Omaha beach.
While, going through the beach, he is seeing all of his friends getting chopped up by the machine guns with no chance in surviving.

4. Third day in Normandy and Scott decided to write his mom a letter.
It s letting his family know that he is alive even though he cant give his location.

5.His company moves into the city of Couvains,France.
While, in the city, his company gets zeroed by mortars and must get cover in buildings.

6. His unit got lectured by a chaplain.
The chaplain pretty much gave information about why they were fighting in the war and also some information about how hitler came to power.

7.Went on his first patrol to check out a house.
It always had a candle by one of its windows so scott and a few others went and checked it out so who ever was living in it wouldnt give their position away.

8.Scott receives a lettter from his mom.
She tells him everything that is going on back home but nothing relating to what he wrote her so he is suspicious about if any family is receiving any letters from them.

9. Got orders to move 500 yards from where they where at.
It was a false order because they found out later that the command post never gave that order. So, a few germans can speak perfect english.This scared Scott because him and his company may be going to a trap one of these times.

10. A doctor notices something wrong with Scott's left leg.
It was actually a shot wound but it was too cold to actually feel any pain from it and he was sent back to england and then home because by the time he was healed the war was over.

two places that are mentioned in the book

One of the places mentioned in the book was Omaha beach. It was one of the beaches that was assualted on D-Day. The weather had been rainy and cloudy all throughout the day and it had choppy waters. It was fortified with mines,walls, barbed wire, etc. To keep the allies from advancing into Normady and into to taking France. Their were also bunkers built after the beaches so they could set up machine guns inside and just destroy anyone trying to take the beach. Another place described in the book was St Lo, France, where one of the bloodiest battles were fought. Most of it was rumble by the time Scott reached it because of the bombings of the city and continous fighting. Their were also fortifications all over the city and some streets were blocked with debry from the buildings and the vehicles.

most important people or entities in the book

I think that the most important people in this book is, Scott Pendleton Collins and Bobby Joe, because scott always include's him in his entries. They go through everything together and keep each other from breaking with all the death and destruction around them. Over all, Scott is rather quite and doesnt have much confidence in making it through everything and being able to see his family again and the girl back home that he likes. He follows all the orders that he is given but he never wants to get too close with comrades because if they do get killed so he wont get haunted by their faces when he sleeps. Scott mostly keeps to himself and always has negative thoughts towards the statements that his friends say but never actually says what actually thinks. But, on the hand, Bobby Joe was always the star in everything back home but after a few weeks in combat, he forgets about what he has accomplished and just wants to kill as many germans. So, they can get closer to hitler and end the war. Bobby Joe is also like Scott at some points but sometimes he can be a hot head. But, they have each others back when it comes down to it.

Explaination of the title and how it relates to the book.

The name of this book is called, The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, and it s over all self explanatory because that s what it is a journal of his adventures throught his campaign through Europe during world war 2.

Walter Dean Myers Bio

Walter Dean Myers is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times.One of his novels, Fallen Angels, has made the American Library Association's list of frequently challanged books due to adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. But, theirs some banned books that he has written like, Fallen Angels, Fast Sam and Hoops. Myers was born in August 12, Martinsburg, West Virginia.

MLA documentation

Myers,Walter.The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins.Scholastic;New York,NY;2007.