Final Blog

What is said in the commercial: James Patterson has once again written a fantastic book. “Sail” is a fantastic book that grabs your attention and keeps you reading. Catherine Dunne is a 45 year old heart surgeon with three kids. Her cheating first husband died while sailing, and she's goes on an extended sailing trip to reunite with her kids, each of whom has their own problems. The oldest boy smokes pot, the daughter is bulimic and the younger boy is insecure and unconfident. Catherine believes a two-month sailing trip will reunite her family. She's lost the relationship with her kids since the death of their father. She was consumed with grief and the responsibilities of the funeral. Almost immediately, the boat starts having problems. Thankfully, her brother-in-law Jake is there to help them. Peter Carlyle, Catherine's new husband is a rich defense attorney. He urged Catherine to take this trip and was very supportive. But, as soon as she leaves, you find out he isn't all he claims to be. This story would be a great beach read for summertime mothers lying in the sun. The mixture of suspense and corruption keeps the reader dying to find out what’s next.
Actions in the commercial: The setting of this commercial would start out in a high scale docking station with yachts in the background. The family would board the boat and settle in. The audience would then get a quick look at each character, The too skinny daughter, the high son, the chubby younger boy carrying a laptop and walkie-talkie, a ragged but pretty Catherine, and a very handsome but rough looking Jake. The journey would then begin. After the boat pulled out we would shoot a scene with the husband in a room with his girlfriend. The girl is a dumb airhead but that is an act as well. After getting a brief on him and his conniving ways we would return to the boat to see the elder son getting high and the daughter jumping from the boat. Jake of course will rescue the girl and bring her back to the boat. I would end the commercial with Jake and Catherine standing on the deck looking out to sea with terror on their faces.

5/16

Something in this Sail by James Patterson I would change is the relationship between Dr. Catharine and Jake Dunn. In the beginning of the story we learn that the two had an affair but that they felt bad an ended it. The reason that they had it in the first place was that the two were together after her late husband was caught cheating on her and realized that they enjoyed each other more than they knew. They didn’t pick up where they left off due to the fact that Jake ran off to do business on boats to try and stay away from Catharine so he wouldn’t accidently do something he was not allowed to do.
During the boating accident the two try to suppress the feelings because this trip was about the Dr. and her children bonding and getting to know each other once again. They also don’t act on their feelings because of the fact that Dr. Catharine is now remarried and even though things are tough, so wants to work it out. Things might have been different if she would have known her new husband was at home plotting her and her family’s death and enjoying the services of a well paid whore.
I believe that the two should have been together not only because of the attraction they felt for each other but for the sake of the family as well. Though it may have caused some confusion at first I think it would have been for the best in the end. While on board the five learned to function as a family, the younger boy begins to lean on Jake as a father. He helps both the older children through difficult battles and makes the gap between Catharine and the children lessen.
Overall the two being together would have been a plus on the whole family had Jake not died in the end. So the second thing I would change is to keep Jake alive. Not only keep him alive but change the whole ending of the book and make the ending a happy ending instead.