Lauren’s story was very captivating to me. She made clear through her talk of extra chocolate, her dad’s new job, and them having a new car, that times were looking up for the Europeans. Her incorporation of drifting into nature was well thought out. It was a nice connection to the works we read in class last week. I thought she portrayed very well the task at hand, to make a work putting yourself in that time and setting. At the end, the air raid practices were a nice way to bring the attention to the time frame. Although the French were in a great economic boom, it was a good addition so that we would remember that there is still a war going on out there and they are practicing just incase the Europeans are forced into it again. By reading this, I got a clear picture of the life that she was living, and how it was good; but she made sure to link it to the war.
