Berne describes Ground Zero beautifully in this story in many ways. The story starts on a very solemn tone, using expressive words such as, "On a cold, damp March morning..." and "the raw wind and spits of rain," to describe the setting of her pilgrimage in a very depressing way. As Berne goes on to describe the site of Ground Zero in away that gives off a sense of mourning, she says, "But once your eyes adjust to what you are looking at, 'nothing' becomes something much more potent, which is absence." In the last paragraphs of this story, Berne gives the scene a new perspective, one that inspires hope and a sense of community by saying, "it occurred to me that a form of repopulation was taking effect." This quote is giving the view that there
Even though she was at her house, she still hurried to get to school for the feeling of satisfaction and safety instead of staying at her house which is filled with fear and discomfort. Barry uses the main character’s actions to convey that the narrator only feels comfort when she is at school and that she always urges to be there. Secondly, in the passage that follows, Lynda Barry writes the narrator’s thoughts to show that just the sighting of someone’s safe haven can relieve panic. “ All I knew was a feeling of panic, like the panic that strikes kids when they realize they are lost. That feeling eased the moment I turned the corner and saw the dark outline of my school at the top of the hill” (Barry 1). The quotes conveys that just when the protagonist sees the outline of her school the feeling of discomfort simply disappears. The narrator’s mind finally went calm, as shown through the thoughts that went through her head. Thirdly, in the next excerpt, the author uses first person narrative to express the thinking of the central figure of narrative. “It’s only thinking about it now, 28 years later, that
The narrator discovers that the vast grey town and its ghostly inhabitants are minuscule to the point of being invisible compared with the immensity of heaven and reality. This is illustrated in the encounter
“Emptiness stretching for miles, the sense of space, the vastness of the sky above, passing no farm or cottage, no kind of dwelling house at all in three miles. All was emptiness.”
Books were marching together to bring the knowledge lost long ago. Rebirth of life can occur with the progress of freedom. They faced the city covered in ash, and full of curiosity. Montag thought of nothing but hope for brighter days; To accept what’s in the past. His mind running rapidly at full capacity, yet there’s still a fog. The aftermath? Montag and his group of once book burners continue into the distance wondering about every little detail of the rebirth. The city looked of nothing but motionless. It was silent. The only thing making noise was the winds from the bomb that went off hours ago. There were pieces of metal from the bomb lodged into the dirt in every direction. Montag slowly pauses af the sounds of foot
“There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. If there was a road, I could not make it out in the faint starlight. There was nothing but land…I had never before looked up at the sky when there was not a familiar mountain ridge against it. But this was the complete dome of heaven, all there was of it. I did not believe that my dead father and mother were watching me from up there; they would still be looking for me at the sheep-fold down by the creek…. I had left even their spirits behind me. The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither. I don't think I was homesick. If we never arrived anywhere, it did not matter. Between that earth and that sky I felt erased, blotted out. I did not say my prayers that night: here, I felt, what would be would be.” This new surrounding is the beginning of an adventure for
emotionally. As mary looks out on the town, all she could see is “more bare horizon.”
In the book The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive after High School, by Alexandra Robbins, the quirk theory is defined as: “Many of the differences that cause a student to be excluded in school are the same traits or real world skills that others will value, love, respect, or find compelling about that person in adulthood and outside of the school setting” (Pg.8). Three characters that the quirk theory applies to are Blue, Noah, and Regan.
She describes this feeling of being in ground zero by the smell of fish the sounds of people in mourning and wonder, as well the touch of people writing their names on the new foundation. She is informing us about the tragedy, and the
In the novel Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, readers are introduced to the 1996 expeditions to Mount Everest, in which men and women from all walks of life and with different motivations seek to climb the world’s highest mountain. However, all of these climbers share the learning experience from their struggles in this expedition that taught them what it is to be human. Before climbing Everest, many of the expedition members thought it would be an easy climb and that humans are invincible, and in years past, mountaineers like Eric Shipton and George Mallory asserted this notion, but the climbers on the 1996 Everest expedition were proven wrong. When talking about one Sherpa who was hit in the back of his head with a rock, Beidleman and Schoening,
The shared vision and journey of two true adventurers, Christopher J. McCandless, and Jon Krakauer, thoughtfully illustrated in Krakauer’s Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air, allow readers across the nation to retrace and relive the triumphs and defeats experienced by both of these inspirational men while facing the forces of nature in search for greater meaning and fulfillment in life. In his Into the Wild, Krakauer makes clear that his wild fixation on the tragic story of Chris McCandless and uncovering the truth regarding the cause of his death, stems from the fact that unlike McCandless, he survived. By carefully weaving Krakauer’s personal experiences into the story surrounding McCandless’s demise, Krakauer seeks to shed some light on the
Historians have often debated whether the Civil Rights movement should be considered a "top-down" or "bottom-up" movement. Top-down means that the movement is driven by leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr., while bottom-up presents the movement being headed by ordinary men and women. Even though both can be justified in terms of historical analysis, Selma demonstrates a top-down perspective throughout the movie.
Jon Krakauer wrote the book Into Thin Air that takes place in 1996 on Mt. Everest. Jon Krakauer not only was the author of this book, he was the main character. He also is the protagonist and, because this book is nonfiction and a memoir there cannot be an antagonist. Jon Krakauer, a journalist for Outside magazine is sent to write about the rise of commercialization of Mt. Everest. Krakauer then asked if he could have one year to fully prepare himself to climb Mt. Everest with Rob Hall’s expedition. As the team climbs the mountain they run into some minor problems. When Krakauer and his team tried to reach the summit, a storm hits and traps many people causing a major conflict. Not only was Krakauer the sole survivor of the group of people he was with when the storm hit, when he got back down to the base camp many more had died. Krakauer’s novel shows that you can never be too careful, and always expect the unexpected.
"This city, believe it or not, becomes almost silent. Silent. Without sound. It's like the snow is natural soundproofing, cushioning everything. And the whole world falls silent. Ssh. Like being wrapped in a ton of blankets. Like slowly, blissfully, going deaf. Like dying."
Into Thin Air tells of the horrific events that occured Mount Everest in 1996. The climbers in the story face a series of problems, much of which are hard to handle. When death is factor, it’s hard to keep in touch with reality. On a mountain so tall, it is easy to feel as if you are alone. It is safe to say that many of the climbers are cut off from reality.
In Nevil Shute’s novel On the Beach, the world is quickly and quietly ending. The novel follows the last months of the lives of the last people on Earth as a cloud of radiation moves closer to their homes in Melbourne. The characters each cope with their inevitable demise in a different way: Moira Davidson resorts to alcoholism, Dwight Towers is in denial, John Osbourne indulges in material goods, and Peter Holmes tries to make the most of the time he has left with his family. Despite their dissimilar coping strategies and the horror of the situation, however, not a single character does a thing to save themselves or their families. No one theorizes a way to beat the radiation, no one devises a last-minute escape plan, and no one tries to keep humanity from going extinct. In his article, Tom Feller asserts that whether it is truly a realistic portrayal of humanity’s reaction to the apocalypse isn’t the point; instead, Shute’s portrayal of the end times as calm and docile is what gives the novel such forcefulness and emotion. Feller’s claim that the novel’s potency comes from Shute’s detached voice and unimaginative characters is proven by the characters’ reluctance to react to their fates, the sparse description, and the reserved tone of the book overall.