DADDY by Danielle Steel

PART I

REFLECT
I am really amazed to every character of the story. Most especially to Oliver who has faced the hardest part of the story. He has responsibilities of their children because his wife, Sarah, left them. Though it’s hard to let his wife go, he accepted it with all his heart because it is the only way to make his wife happy. And for Sarah Who have been married to Oliver for 18 years decided that the time has come when she needs to put her family to one side and to follow her dream to study leaving the children in the care of their father to study for a Master's Degree at Harvard. Though there are lots of trials, but at the end it surprised me because Oliver found a new girl that could make him happier than with Sarah. The story has inspired me a lot.


CONNECT

I am very thankful to have a complete family. So, I really treasure them all. Maybe someday I want to have family different from this story. I want to have complete and happy family. I have classmate who has no father. Actually, she doesn’t know her father. I seen her everyday and I always saw her happy but I know deep inside its very painful. What makes it more painful is that she was very insecure to the children who have their father. Because of this missing one, her life became miserable.  So for me, I don’t want my future children will experienced it because I know it will be very hard for them. I hoping and praying it will never happen.


QUESTION

I wonder why Sarah left her family though her husband spoiled her a lot. What if Sarah continued the abortion?  How could he accept the fact that his wife left him? How hard for him to accept the responsibilities left by his wife. I would find it hard also that because of Sarah's disappearance it worsen   the lives of her children especially to her oldest son Benjamin who became a teenage dad. I wonder why he didn’t left his children.


PREDICT

I concluded that if Sarah didn't leave Oliver it would not trigger their family in trouble. And if Sarah will come back soon they can still keep their family unbroken. And I think if she continues the abortion she is now successful like Oliver. But then, it’s a sin. I do believed that Oliver truly love his children because despite of pain and hurt he still want his children to be happy. I think facing the reality that his wife left him will be a step forward to a new hope. Finding another girl will help him a lot to forget his painful past and face the bright tomorrow. Then at the end Oliver made a right choice of choosing Charlotte to become his wife; who loves Oliver more than her career as an actress.

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Part II 

• What I most wanted to happen was Sarah will be staying with her family and accomplishing her dreams together with her family.
• What I really liked was when each of the three men started a new life in New York and then in Los Angeles with his children. After facing the biggest problem in their life, Oliver met a woman that would change his life.
•  What irritates me most was the most interesting characters within the framework of the story are those that appear from nowhere outside of the main framework of the story. Some of the character in the story is frankly boring. The son, Benjamin showed a little bit of independent character within the book, and the grandfather, George Watson seemed a very sad characterization and probably bore more resemblance to how a reader would see an old man of seventy, though neither really stood off the page more than the main character of the story which is Oliver.
•  What surprised me was when Sarah left Oliver. I never thought she would come up with the decision of leaving her husband and her three children just for her own happiness.
• What I admired about the character was when Oliver took the responsibility of taking care of his children when Sarah left them. I know it was very hard for him.
• What I really don’t like was when Sarah left Oliver and her children. It causes trouble among her family.
• What bizarre me is that you can be happily married to someone for decades and then, after his or her death, be happily married to another person and call it love. The idea is extremely unromantic.
• What I've realized was it is not an assurance that if you were together for the longest time, you will be together forever. Like in this story they've been married for 18 years but in the end they are now in separate ways.
• What I hated about Ben was he made the life of his father even worst because of his anger. At his young age, Ben is now a father.
• What made the main character’s life became miserable was first, his wife lift them. Second, his sons are angry with him and they made troubles. Last, his mother diagnosed to have an ill.

THE COTTAGE by Danielle Steel

Part I

REFLECT

I Felt it was a bet amazing when someone who is as pretty , rich and intelligent as Dr. Alexandra Madison manages to fell in love with Cooper Winslow who is an impeccable Hollywood star but probably sixty years older than her, but what happened next really made me surprised I never thought she would still accept Cooper Winslow after having a baby from an unknown Bold star. Considering that this girl. Charlene, had an affair with copper less than a week before cooper met Alex and started dated her I guess it is what we called the power of love. Alex was so in love with cooper that’s why he she heard about cooper`s having a baby it never bothers her. Well I must admit that cooper Winslow is a very attractive man despite of his age. He would probably makes every girls fell in love with him easily. But copper Winslow broke Alex’s kind hearted heart because she found out that cooper Winslow was not really in love with her but instead he was just after her money. Cooper has many debts to pay that`s why he needs someone who can save him fron losing the cottage and from paying his gigantic debts. It made Alexandra`s life miserable. But in the end it was amusing because each character had a great ending. Cooper Winslow married Valerie Westerfield, Jimmy`s personal nurse. Alexandra Madison started to go out with Jimmy O`Cannor. Same with them, Mark Friedman also started dating cooper forty years before.

CONNECT

I guess the reason why cooper Winslow never tries to pursue Liz Sullivan is because he just don’t find Liz to be a good lover but instead he finds her to be a good friend, I think Liz was just so in love with cooper Winslow that she would do everything for cooper though it needs a huge sacrifices’. This sacrifice includes waiting and caring for him till she can. I think cooper was really in love with Valerie that he agreed to marry her. Cooper had many affairs and flirts before but he never thinks of marrying them but now he is more than willing to marry Valerie because I think he really do love her. I guess now enjoys his life being the husband of Ms. Valerie Westerfield and I think they are now planning to have babies. Well in the case of Mark and Tyran, I think they enjoys each company so maybe in the near future they would coincide to marry each other. And for Jimmy and Alex , I guess they had have so much knowing each other more so I guess just like Mark and Tyran they would soon be married they will have their children. And live life happily.

QUESTION

I wonder why cooper Winslow didn’t try to pursue Liz Sullivan, cooper`s secretary. Liz was the same age with cooper and she was so in love with cooper since the first day she saw him. Since .then Liz was always there for him until her hair became gray and though she had been married to Mr. James Thomas O` Cannor she always find time to call cooper for such a long time? Why did she let he life be dependent on cooper Winslow? Why did she let himself waiting for Cooper to fall in love with her? I also can`t figured out how many girls did Cooper Winslow had an affair on. Why did he let himself reach the age of ninety eight before marrying? And I wonder what happened after Jimmy and Alex had been dating? What happened to Mark and Tyran? And what is the felling of cooper Winslow being married to Valerie Westerfield.

PREDICT

When I was young I’ve always wanted to find someone who. Would love me the way I love him. I really do believe in the saying. That everyone is destined to have their own partners in life. Just like in the story every character has their partner. Another connection I had with the story is when my cousin fell in love with a man who is forty years older that her. They had two daughters but they are not married. They relationship didn’t last because the boy just found out that he is not in love with my cousin and was in love with someone else the story reminds me of one the celebrities here in the Philippines. He was Mr. Dolphy Quizon. I think they have some similarities like their age and handsomeness and their profession. They also both married. To a girl who are much younger than them. Ages truly don’t matter as long as you both love each other.    

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 Part II.  

                   

To Ms. Danielle Steel,

        Greetings!  I am Michelle Kaye Imbong a student of Mindanao Sate University-General Santos City, Philippines, taking up Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English. I wonder why I choose to read your book. Maybe because you’re a well known author or because I just simply love you book.

        You`ve been hailed as one of the world`s most popular authors with over 470 million copies of your novels sold. You`re one of my favorite author, it is because your stories are unique and sometimes unpredictable. You wouldn’t know what happens next, it make me trilled. “The Cottage” one of your books, is really great. You let your readers imagine how it feels to be a Hollywood star like Cooper Winslow one of the main character of “The Cottage” this book made us realized how people with different characteristics and behaviors interact with each other. How they enjoyed each other in spite of their differences it is also a soryve read your novel.

       I really do hope your will continue to write books because you were really a great author. I just want to ask who your inspiration is. because based on your works he/she really inspires you that much keep on writing book because you books inspires us as a reader I am so thankful and I wish I could write books just as good as you. Thanks a Lot!

Truly Yours,

Michelle Kaye Imbong