Christian Solino Literature Circle Mr. Hathaway Summary Of Into Thin Air: In the book Into Thin Air Jon tells the events leading up to the big storm. Mostly given up mountain climbing years before. The season expedition recorded many deaths. Everest in a single day could kill anyone. Earthquakes caused the most deaths. John is a journalist. In the book, John alleges that essential safety methods adopted over the years by experienced guides on Everest are sometimes compromised by the competition between rival guiding agencies to get their clients to the summit. John realized that safety was the most important to all the climbers. John was scared to go back he wanted to get to the top and it ended up as a catastrophe. My Reaction To This Book: The reaction I had was not very surprising. I had an idea that John was already going to make it up because most books start with characters that are challenging. Once the character overcomes the challenge the character will get a successful journey after. And this is what mostly happens in all books. It in this book this does not happen the character is not challenged with …show more content…
The main conflicts really set up the rest of the book. I think the symbol is the Base camps that John visits. I think this because John makes more of an interest of the people around them. When John makes the interest in the people around him he makes more trust with them. Motif is maybe solitude. During the storm he shows a huge space for the people around him. A storm hits Everest, and John catches only the end before he successfully reaches the Camp. Krakauer is well ahead of most of his teammates and has no idea what lies ahead.Throughout the climb, John tells details about him and his teammates. He tries to piece together a continuous timeline of the events that take place in the weeks they are on the mountain. This timelines notify john of a storm similar to what he has