I am currently reading Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. I am really enjoying this book because of the adventure that these men encounter while climbing Mt. Everest, even though they loose some men along the way.
The book begins with Jon Krakauer at the summit of Mt. Everest, while he's on top of the world he foreshadows about the struggles he his team faced while climbing. He foreshadows about the storm and how neither of the guides or the climbers knew what was headed their way. They thought they were just regular clouds like the ones you see everyday but little did they know they would loose six men to the storm. It then jumps back to his descent down the mountain. Just as he reached one of the deadliest parts of the mountain Jon asks one of the climbers to turn off the valve on the oxygen tank to conserve some air before they reach the summit and by mistake he turns it the other way. In close to 20 minutes he runs out of air. So I would say there is a lot of foreshadowing in the first few chapters.
What I admire most about they characters in this book is how courageous and brave all the men are. Even though they had lost a lot of men to the storm and they knew another one was coming soon they kept going until they reached the summit. I am not that far into the book yet where I can say what characters despise me the most. Although the guy who turned Jon's valve the wrong way does make me angry though.
If I was one of the characters in this book I would be just one of the climbers. I am not very courageous so if I was in the book I'd be the whimpy one that everyone would be annoyed by. I wouldn't be one of the main characters I would probably be the one in the back that is only mentioned in the story once or twice. If someone in my group was dying then I'd be the one the stay behind and help them and not just leave them to die. I would mainly be the character who is just there but when I came down to it I would be the person to help others.
Although I am not far into the book I must say that I really enjoy reading it and seeing what comes next!
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