Alive Book Report
The book ALIVE, by Piers Paul Read identified many possible themes, although I
do think there are two that stand out. These two themes are survival and cooperation.
Survival plays a major throughout the entire story. The most gruesome part in the story
occurred when the remaining 28 passengers of the Fairchild were forced to cut up and eat
there deceased friends and family members so that they would be able to survive. This
drastic action was long disputed. This group of people went on for two weeks eating
nothing but small portions of chocolate before they thought about their alternative food
source. Secondly, throughout the ten weeks the survivors were in the Andes Mountains,
which in the end was only 16 people, cooperation was a necessity. The one instance that
stands out was on the last expedition when Roberto Canessa and Nando Parrado set off
for civilization. For ten days the two boys walked the endless chain of snow covered
mountains until they finally found a Chilean peasant. During these crucial days it was
only their minds of steel and endless cooperation that got them through. Parrado and
Canessa were the one’s who saved their friends in the Andes.
The setting in ALIVE gave you a real sense of how terrible it was for the Andes
survivors. First of all, the Andes setting was basically what kept the survivors from being found by an airplane. The snow covered mountains blended to the roof of the ...
...teenth century in South America. His articulation of the disastrous and catastrophic event was detailed, strong, and emotionally invoking. It compelled me to think about how things could have been. What if the viceroy had fully succeeded? What if he had never tried to change Lima’s political, social, or architectural structure? And how might that have affected such a cultural epicenter of that time period? He gives the audience an opportunity to nearly relive the event, but also experience a part of the event aside from the natural disasters that were just as effective to the people of Lima, their future, and the future of their city.
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... make anything, because their partner would begin to defect as well. They were coaxed to cooperate by the prisoner’s dilemma, collective security and democratic peace theories, which is proven by the end results of the game where everybody’s amounts were fairly similar if not equal to one another. Instead of fighting to be more powerful, counties joined together to be equal.
“Earth people will beat out any other intelligent life-form in any and all competitions” is a theme, but “good always beats evil” is one too. “Once upon a time . . . ” stories have themes too, except they are more one-dimensional. For example,... ...
The diversity of the group members was a strength for their success on the mountain. The members ranged from doctors, journalists, Sherpas, to professional climbers. They came from different backgrounds and past experiences in high altitude climbing and possessed a variety of mental capacities while on the mountain. This is apparent in some members’ decision to return to Base Camp as their health deteriorated. Other members also questioned proceeding to the Summit when the weather turned for the worse. The diversity in decision making of the members was an asset to the groups’ overall experience on the mountain. Their diversity also led to com...
Survival, something we hear almost daily in TV, movies and shows but we never realize what survival truly implies, what it truly requires of someone. Survival is a feat humans have been accomplishing for many hundreds of thousands of years but in this age we are starting to forget what survival truly means and what it requires from a person. Most of us may not put much thought on exactly survival is we just know that it means to try to stay alive but that is far from the full definition. There are many hundreds of books in which discuss the requirements of survival such as Is Survival Selfish? or in a book which the main character has to survive challenging obstacles such as The Hunger Games, and Night. Throughout these books we get to see the main characters survive several horrifying concentration camps or battle arenas thanks to the strength they had to get back up, determination to keep them fighting even when it seemed that they lost and the resilience to survive the
Commercial Truck Driving is a very important career it transport goods to companies to keep them going. Trucking has been a part of my family now I’m trying to make it a part of yours the world will forever need truckers. If you like to travel go to one of your local colleges and enroll today. Without truckers no stores will operate they will have no goods. Truck driving is a well needed career to help transport goods across the United States and our local area.
In today’s world, everyone has a sense of security that is born from the technological developments that science has given to society. While they may feel safe, there are much larger threats of disaster that people are not prepared for. These include natural disaster and human error. Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales aims to educate the people on how to better protect themselves and prevent death. The novel accomplishes this through sharing personal stories and stories of others who have survived near death experiences. This is an important subject in our culture and its importance is verified by professional reviews. To further express this importance, there are a plethora of popular television shows in pop culture that seek to entertain as well as educate its audience. Although modern technology makes it feel relatively easy to avoid and escape life threatening situations, basic survival skills, like those taught in Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales, are a useful tool to have in any situation. These thoughts are reflected in qualified book reviews that further show the significance of the subject in today’s society.
through the actions of their characters. One of the most common themes is the idea of nature versus
The unidentified man in the short story has a lot perseverance and determination to reach his final destination, which are two qualities found in heroes. In the exposition of the story, it is known that he steps away from the main trail and wanders off in the Yukon to meet the other miners on a fork of Henderson creek. On his nine-hour walk in the brutal weather, he hopes to find logs in the springs from the islands. The man is a chechaquo, which means that he is a new-comer to the land and does not know what to expect because it is his first winter. During his trip, he is well aware that it is cold out, but he underestimates the weather and does not think much of it. In the short story, the narrator states, “But all of this – the mysterious, far-reaching hair-line trail, the absence of the sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, the strangeness and the weirdness of it all – made no impression on the man” (Kass, et al. 68). No matter what the conditions were, the man did not let it distract him and he decided to persist through it all. A hero will take any situation and work with it, all of t...
Shakespeare uses a variety of love In Romeo and Juliet to show the difference between them, sexual love, romantic love, true love, mother-daughter love, unrequited love and love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet being romantic love, true love, sexual love and love at first site, the mother-daughter love between the Nurse and Juliet, and the unrequited love between Romeo and Rosaline. There is also sexual love, romantic love, true love, spiritual love, unrequited love and love at first sight. In Romeo and Juliet their love was very visual. Romeo never would have fallen in love with Juliet at the start if it wasn't for her looks.
In hiking, as in life, there are choices between success and pain, pride and safety; this is the story of one such choice. Last summer I participated in the Rayado program at Philmont Scout Ranch. The eighth day of the trek was my crew’s greatest challenge: Super Black Death, a hike of seven peaks in one day.
Juliet fell in love with romeo really quickly. After meeting him, talking to him, and kissing him she was so in love with him that she wanted to get married to him and would be willing to do some crazy things for him. Juliet barely knew Romeo and Friar Lawrence married the two secretly hoping that it would end the feud between the two families. After Romeo got banished, Juliet was willing to do some very crazy things to be with Romeo and in the end she agreed to do the friar’s plan.
The hike was definitely the best part of the day. Kelsey and I started up the mountain, thinking how simple the adventure was going to be. We soon found out that the mountain had some harsh surprises such as swift wind, jagged rocks, a steep slope, and a false summit. To get to Mount Chiquita, we first had to conquer Mount Chaplin, a smaller, more forgiving mountain. Shortly after leaving the tree line we met the first challenge, the wind, it was blowing so hard in some places that we could barely walk forward. The wind persisted throughout the entire hike. The second challenge
...orn Brahmin—India’s highest Hindu caste. At the University of Madras, Markandaya studied history and worked as a journalist. In 1948, Markandaya moved to London, —where she wrote her novels—but made frequent trips to India (Glassman). The most popular literature work she created was her first novel Nectar in a Sieve (Glassman). American views of India aspired from her work (Glassman). In the 1980s Markandaya struggled to get her books published because “traditional realistic” type novels were not in demand anymore (Glassman). Both authors directly or indirectly have a connection with the oppression of Indians in India. Throughout the twentieth century, European imperialists took advantage of the Indian people. The novel of Kamala Markandaya and the poetry of Sarojini Naidu depict how the Indian people accepted their lives, even though they endured many hardships.