LOG # 3. If you could change the setting in this story to another setting, what setting would you choose? Would you change just the time period? Or would you change the place, the season, the actual environment-one of poverty, riches, or middle class America? Why would you make those changes?

I might not change the "setting" in the story because it is a story about war and the soldier’s preparation for it mentally and physically. However, perhaps a change in time period would make it easier to relate to what the main character, Henry, is going through. It is difficult to relate to the character even though he is a young man not much older than me. Part of the difficulty of relating is in the way they spoke during the late 1800s, and therefore in the way it is written by the author.

Other than that, I don’t believe there are any other changes I would make to the story in terms of season, environment, poverty, or riches. With this book, I can’t see how those changes would work with the story itself.