An Analysis Of Elizabeth Weil's 'The Woman Who Walked 10, 000 Miles'

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The general argument made by Elizabeth Weil in her work “The woman who walked 10,000 miles” is that travelers explore seeking experience. More specifically, that people such as Robert Falcon Scott and Sarah Marquis have a purpose through their journey; to feel alive. She writes “at night there was nothing to do. But near the end of the trip, she had a sort-of epiphany something happened… chasing the inexplicable sensation is why she walks”. In this passage Weil suggest there more to explorers than is sought to be. Furthermore, the word explorer itself has a depth in its meaning. Weil writes “the word explorer suggest morally superior... a man or women who braves the nettle against nature to discover a new terrain, expanding our species.. Implies

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