Character Analysis: Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

At some point in everyone’s life they come across a life changing obstacle, also known as their everest. In the book, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, the climbers Jon Krakauer, Rob Hall, sherpas, and many other people, climb Mount Everest with hopes of summiting. For them this is their everest. When the word everest is said the automatic thought is Mount Everest, but in this case everest holds the definition of a tough obstacle that is overcome because of the work and effort that was put into it to get through it. This was most likely the toughest obstacle the climbers have ever faced, and is obviously a life changing event. My everest on the other hand is much different than climbing Mount Everest. My everest is more centered around my life when I was about eight years old. When I was eight years old I went through a pretty tough time. My parents were in the middle of their divorce, my little brother was on the way into the world, and I was getting
I stopped acting out and I started to mellow out instead. My everest was having to adjust to so much change. I realized that I needed to get over myself and get on with my life because it’s not like I’m able to go back in time and change the past. Like the climbers in Into Thin Air I had to overcome changes. To some people it’s easy to accept change, but accepting change is something that I struggle with more than anything. I was able to overcome these obstacles, mainly by letting myself give into the change. The climbers in the book had to overcome their obstacles by giving into their situations and thinking their way through them. The climbers worked together to do this though. I on the other hand got through my everest by myself. I realized that I had to push through and get on with my life and leave everything in the past. I know some people won’t agree with leaving everything in the past, but doing that really helped