Alive By Piers Paul Read: Review
By: fred
The book ALIVE, by Piers Paul Read identified many possible themes, although I do think there are two that stand out. These two themes are survival and cooperation. Survival plays a major throughout the entire story. The most gruesome part in the story occurred when the remaining 28 passengers of the Fairchild were forced to cut up and eat there deceased friends and family members so that they would be able to survive. This drastic action was long disputed. This group of people went on for two weeks eating nothing but small portions of chocolate before they thought about their alternative food source. Secondly, throughout the ten weeks the survivors were in the Andes Mountains, which in the end was only 16 people, cooperation was …show more content…
One day later the remaining 14 passengers still in the Fairchild were rescued. The Fairchild had crashed on October 13, 1972 and the remaining passengers were rescued on December 20th of that same year. The end of this book was described in such an excellent manner that it seems as if you were right there with the survivors doing, seeing, and unfortunately eating what they were. I also believe that God played a part in the survival of these men. I don't know how it would be possible for 16 men, barely clothed could survive arctic temperatures for ten weeks without the help of some supernatural force. This may sound crazy to some, but to others it sounds absolutely valid. Many of the men on the plane, especially Roberto Canessa felt the irony of being out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to eat but a small piece of chocolate and sip of liqueur. Roberto's irony came from his life back home. He thought of all of the times he threw out a bowl of soup because it didn't taste right or it was too cold. Then he thought of how he was now forced to eat human flesh, certain organs, and even brains so that he didn't starve to death. Just think of what he would do for that soup now. Many others also felt a spot of irony from their past during the final weeks on
The book ALIVE, by Piers Paul Read identified many possible themes, although I do think there are two that stand out. These two themes are survival and cooperation. Survival plays a major throughout the entire story. The most gruesome part in the story occurred when the remaining 28 passengers of the Fairchild were forced to cut up and eat there deceased friends and family members so that they would be able to survive. This drastic action was long disputed. This group of people went on for two weeks eating nothing but small portions of chocolate before they thought about their alternative food source. Secondly, throughout the ten weeks the survivors were in the Andes Mountains, which in the end was only 16 people, cooperation was …show more content…
One day later the remaining 14 passengers still in the Fairchild were rescued. The Fairchild had crashed on October 13, 1972 and the remaining passengers were rescued on December 20th of that same year. The end of this book was described in such an excellent manner that it seems as if you were right there with the survivors doing, seeing, and unfortunately eating what they were. I also believe that God played a part in the survival of these men. I don't know how it would be possible for 16 men, barely clothed could survive arctic temperatures for ten weeks without the help of some supernatural force. This may sound crazy to some, but to others it sounds absolutely valid. Many of the men on the plane, especially Roberto Canessa felt the irony of being out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to eat but a small piece of chocolate and sip of liqueur. Roberto's irony came from his life back home. He thought of all of the times he threw out a bowl of soup because it didn't taste right or it was too cold. Then he thought of how he was now forced to eat human flesh, certain organs, and even brains so that he didn't starve to death. Just think of what he would do for that soup now. Many others also felt a spot of irony from their past during the final weeks on