Blog #3

1. Reactions to the latest pages you have read. What have you found interesting so far? What do you agree/disagree with?
When Billy finds the note he takes it to his friend Lanny who happens t0 be a cop. They decide that the note is just a prank and decide not to do anything about it. This bugs me a little because they don't know for sure if its a prank or not but it still involves killing someone so i still would have taken it more seriously. Even after Billy gets a call from the person who left the note, he still doesn't take it seriously which really bothered me. Now that a women has died he gets another note saying, "if you dont go to the police and get them involved, i will kill an unmarried man who won't much be missed by the world. If you do go to the police, i will kill a young mother of two. You have 5 hours to decide. The choice is yours." He now has less time an a harder decision to make because he should take the note to the police, but then he will kill a mother of two.

2. What leadership traits has the subject of your book shown? Or what leadership traits has your author talked about being important? Use specific examples from the book including page number.

This book shows making critical decictions can have a very large impact on people. You have to stand up for what you think is right. After Billy finds the second note, he wants to take both notes to the police, but his friend Lanny doesnt want to because he could lose his job or get into alot of trouble for not taking action when Billy brought the first note to him. Billy still thinks he should take the notes to the police because someones life is more important than someones job, even if its a good friend thats losing their job.

3. Talk about a specific quote or passage that has stood out to you so far. What is it? Why do you feel it is important?

Theres a part in the book that talkes about this bar and the bar owner that says, " The tavern had no name. Or, rather, its function was its name. The sign at the top of the pole, as you turned from thestate highway into the elmencircled parking lot, said only TAVERN. Jakie O'Hara owned the place. He has no desire to see his name on the sign. As a boy Jackie wanted to be a priest. He wanted to help people. He wanted to lead them to God." It continues to talk about how Jakie realized that being a priest wasnt really for him, but by having a bar he learned he can guide people in a different way. I like this passage becasue he likes to help people and doesnt need his name to be known or doesnt need it on his bar because he's happy with being descrete and calm.

4. Give me an example of a time that you had to make an ethical decision. What was the situation? Who (no names necessary) was involved? What was the ethical dilemma? Ultimately what did you decide to do and why?

One decision i had to make was when a girl i work with asked me to work for her last minute one night but i already had plans. I decided to work for her anyway because she was working for me later in the week so it made sense to be fair.