Buried In The Sky By Peter Zuckerman

In the book “Buried in the sky” plenty of things happen. The story jump around a lot giving you all kinds of mini story within that eventually connect to one another. There are many parts in the story showing you how people act in real life and how the act up on the mountain. The author shows people changing for better and for worse to help people understand and in a way visualize the dangers of the mountain. In “Buried in the Sky” by Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, the authors’ shows how the different effects from being on the mountain can change a person’s morals or actions compared to how the normally act off the mountain. Some people go crazy, they don’t know right from wrong, others stay the same.
The Authors gives multiple examples
Wilco was originally a selfish man to begin with; for example when Hoselito lost his tent and tried going to Wilco. ”Wilco got straight to the point: Get out.” (141) so being on this mountain with the different climates only made that worse. “Jumik told him that help was on the way, and, after ten minutes, Wico decided to leave.” (189) instead of actually staying with them to help the three Koreans and wait for help he continued his way down the mountain only to stop and ask where to go. When “He saw that Ger and Marco were far above him, kneeling beside Jumik.” (189). There was a time when he started to hallucinate. “At one point, he saw more survivors and climbed toward them. The survivors ignored him, and, when Wilco finally reaches them, they all turned out to be rocks. (191) and again after calling his wife “I think I see people ahead” “Again disappointed, he encountered more freestanding rocks” (191). The authors include Wilco and his accouters on his journey because again it shows the dangers of the mountain. Wilco became snow blind and couldn’t continue up so went down by himself not knowing where he was. Shortly afterwards started hallucinating. It shows that being in that different environment and climate makes you worry about one thing only. That being yourself and
They show how a person changes or even stays the same. They include this in the story because it shows the dangers of the mountain and what it does to a person or can make a person do. It shows that the mountain can change and mess with you superego. Allowing you to know the difference between good and bad. In most cases people were selfish and only cared for themselves and their own survival. In others cases they were crazy and hallucinated imagined things and didn’t realize what was happening or what they thought was happening wasn’t real. Rarely there are cases where the person is selfless they care more for other than themselves and will risk it all to help those in need. These are included to show you that climbing the mountain can be dangerous not only because of the mountain but also because of the