Last Lecture Opening Chapter Response

Use full sentences and as many details as possible. Answer the first 3 questions on your blog after you have read the opening chapter of the novel:

1. What is the author's purpose for writing? For whom is he writing?
The author's purpose for writing is a way that he can continue what he began on stage. And than during his last few months of life, he took 53 bike rides while on a headset with his friend Jeff and than the book began..
The author has chosen to write this book for the peers around him and the people that read the book. He states that, ' but engineering isn't about perfect solutions; its about doing the best you can with limited resources'.

2. Consider the way the book has been put together (particularly the way it is divided). How does the way it has been put together (its structure) help the writer's purpose for writing?
The way the book is put together is very clever. It is divided many times into small 6-10 pages of life cycles. Each chapter illistrates a point or day in this mans' life. The way this helps is because it describes exactly what went on in his life, during these last 53 bike rides.

3. Describe Pausch. Explain which of his character traits makes you want to listen to him more or less.
Randy Pausch is the author. The reason why his writing style makes me want to read more on throughout the story is because it isn't too hard to read literally; the words aren't the hardest and it flows smoothly with very descriptive wording. This grabs my attention in the book and furthers my interests into reading it.