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The Epilogue Of Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer

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The famous novel Into Thin Air narrates the true story of the Mount Everest disaster in 1996. Jon Krakauer, the author of Into Thin Air and a member of the expedition, describes his experience during the climb. Eight people died on the climb, including the expedition guides. Throughout the chapters, readers visual the harsh reality of what the climbers had to live through. Krakauer seals his novel with a powerful epilogue, written six months since, describing the aftermath of the expedition. Krakauer’s purpose in writing the epilogue was to express how traumatic the expedition was, the criticism he received, and so readers can learn from his mistakes. It is very evident in his epilogue that Krakauer wants everyone to learn from his experience to choose their risks wisely and know the consequences. …show more content…

Six months since the tragedy, most climbers have moved past the grieving. On the contrary, Krakauer states, “Perhaps after more time has passed I, too, will be able to recognize some greater good that’s resulted from so much suffering, but right now I can’t” (296). Although Krakauer was considered one of the “lucky ones” as he did not suffer severe injuries, he still felt survivor’s guilt. Witnessing so many hardships tampered his mind. In addition, he states, “...no more than two or three hours have gone by in which Everest hasn’t monopolized my thought” (296). Krakauer replays the events in his mind and dwells on “what ifs.” Although he was not physically affected, he is very much so mentally. The descriptions of his mental state after the Everest tragedy illustrate to readers how traumatic the expedition was. Also to explain to readers how this one event negatively affected the rest of his

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Krakauer ends Into Thin Air by appealing to logos in order to develop an argument which explains the deaths of Scott Fischer, the leader of an expedition ascending Everest at the same times as the Adventure Consultant’s expedition, and Yasuko Namba, a client of Adventure Consultants. In the final chapters of the book, many of the survivors are faced with the decision. of whether or not to save their nearly dead team mates. Krakauer argues that attempting to rescue the injured survivors like Fischer and Namba, would needlessly jeopardize the lives of the other climbers. Including this argument helps Krakauer establish the motives of the surviving climbers.

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, it is important to note that the characters portrayed in this book are real people. The unique conditions and the weather of the setting forced the climbers to make choices that they could not have made in a different situation. The tough choices made by the climbers and the setting influenced the result of the story. Krakauer’s tone for the most part is respectful toward the guides and climbers, and he narrates as objectively as possible, while including his own concerns and doubts. His tone in the beginning expresses excitement and nervousness, but later turns into

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