obvious in the story that Victor wants to be able to do something for his father and get the ashes because he had not seen him in a long time. For instance he has no money or job but still is willing to do anything to get the money. “My father just died. I need some money to get
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You are putting yourself in high risk when you are participating in extreme sports. There are several reasons for why an athlete put themselves through those risk just for a sport. In Touching the Void‚ Joe Simpson and Simon are climbing a 21‚000-foot mountain that no one has accomplished. “Looming over‚ with my stomach clenched‚ and a sharp sense of danger‚ I enjoyed the feeling” (Simpson 31). When Joe was almost at the top of the mountain he expresses his emotions that he feels being up there and
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The Comparisons of the Boys Two popular novels that are read in English literature today are Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Both these books share three valuable comparisons. One being that both protagonists go on a self-evolving and physical journey‚ another that both the fathers in the novel share demanding relationships with their sons‚ and the lessons that both boys learned. A journey does not have to be simply walking through the woods. It can actually
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on his self esteem‚ just accepting the fact that he cant take responsibility for his own life. If Chris had been taken to a phycologist all of his problems could have been easily avoided when this concept was addressed head on‚ but he wasn’t so he died by himself on a bus in Alaska. When Chris planned on leaving the wild in late July he came to the realization that he was the stem of all of his problems. When he says “…henceforth will learn to accept my errors‚ however great they be…”. "I have lived
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need in the structured world that he lived in‚ he goes off into the wild to find happiness within himself. Krakauer organizes the story in an unusual fashion. The book begins to describe Chris’s death and where he was found. The fact that Chris died isn’t the point of his story. It’s simply about him going off by himself and all the speed bumps he encounters‚ along with the different types of people he meets. His motive to this journey was to find genuine enlightenment. Starting with Chris’s death
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The first blessing the protagonist ignored was the old-timer. When the old timer told the protagonist to not go out alone in the bitter cold‚ the protagonist did not listen (London 85). If he had listened‚ he would not have died. That is not the only blessing he ignored though‚ Another blessing he ignored‚ the first fire‚ might have been his most fatal mishap. The protagonist had a fire with warmth and food. He could have survived comfortably there for a long time‚ but he
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Henry Hudson was an explorer that had a river‚strait and bay named after him. He went on 3 different expeditions seeking for the NorthWest Passage. In one of his expeditions he almost died of mutiny. While on his fourth Expedition Henry’s crew abandoned him‚ his son‚ and other crew‚ members‚ they left them there to die which they did. Henry Hudson was brave and courageous. He put his life at risk for the sake of the country. On his first expedition he sailed under The Muscovy Company
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main steps in Laurence Gonzales’ nonfiction trade book‚ “Deep Survival.” The main character failed to stay calm‚ to think‚ analyze‚ and plan‚ and to never give up during his trek through the pure‚ untrampled white snow. One reason the main character died is because he did not follow the step of staying calm (Gonzales 96). In his crisis‚ remaining placid‚ a detrimental key while in a critical situation‚ was unachievable by the protagonist of the story. For example‚ when the man built the
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There are many ways how the men died. But there are even more reasons why they died. Knowing how the men died is not the same as knowing why they died. First knowing how they died is easy to see.Like how if the ship had better ventilation‚ it wouldn’t have sunk so fast. It would have given them a little more time to see what they needed to do to get help. When the ship went under they were in shark infested water and some men died from getting eaten by the sharks. Most of the men got thirsty after
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Christopher McCandless The terrible reality Many people experience life like an ongoing routine for example you get up‚ shower‚ get dressed‚ eat ‚go to work‚come home and do other activities throughout your day.Some people find that their life is just fine the way it is because they don’t mind it‚ while others get tired of their lives being the same and want to do something different and that is what Christopher McCandless did. Christopher McCandless was an adventurous person who was never fearful
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