Saturday, March 6, 2010
I feel that his recount of Chris's story is more credible in light of Krakauer's self expression. He shows us that he too had similar motives in escaping society and finding oneself. I find it even more interesting how Krakauer claims that after he had climbed the devils thumb that he felt no more closer to discovering what he was looking for. I feel this is key, because Krakauer is sure that Chris would have made that discovery if he had lived. Thus, Krakauer is more credible with his similar train of thought, making it easier to understand the drastic actions Chris took
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We agree! I also felt that Chris's story became drastically more credible after having known what life experiences Krakauer went through. However, I hated the fact that once Krakauer got to the top he didn't find what he was looking for. If you're going to put yourself through that much risk and danger doesn't it seem pointless to not come out of it without a feeling of something? To me all the work that was put into it was for nothing and after reading it I was on Krakauers side, I wanted him to find some sort of peace or reassurance. It just is irritating to me that he went to those extremes and didn't really get anything out of it!
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