The Expedition of Shackleton and his men on the Endurance was a very treacherous one, but even though the hardships that they faced; the men stayed sane, relatively happy, and sometimes even a little too comfortable. We are going to see some of the ways how being jolly helped them through their journey. It helped them not face reality, keeper them from being insane, and remember their purpose. The men used happiness to avoid facing reality, through having fun on the Endurance. They refused to accept fact; the truth that the ship, most likely would be crushed. We see that on August 4, 1915, the men on the Endurance had a lot of confidence in their little ship, they began to believe that she could stand firm against any pressure that the Antarctic flows could bring against her. (pg. 62 Para.1) Shackleton told them a parable about a mouse that was not afraid of a cat because he was drunk. (pg.62 Para. 2) The interpretation was that the The men got a strange melancholy that made them insane. One of the men had a heart attack that was caused by being afraid of the dark. Proverbs 17:22 (NKJV) A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. The crew on the Endurance, on the other hand, were very sane, laughing, joking, and having a great time, but on the Belgica, the medicine was not used; their broken spirit’s warped their minds with a strange insanity. The men on the Endurance did use the merry medicine that Proverbs Proverbs 17:22 talks about; The men played pranks to make other happy. Some of these included: Icing a piece of wood with frosting for one of the crew member's birthday, putting a string of spaghetti in one of Clarks tubes of formaldehyde, and telling one of the crew that they were having a dressing up party; after he dressed up they took him down to the party; He was the only one dressed in
The contrast between the chaos and calm of the boat and McMurphy shows how he helps the men to stay calm and believe in themselves in tough situations. He didn’t doubt himself, so neither did they. The positive tone of the passage reveals McMurphy’s effect on the patients by making them see a brighter side of life, and by doing this gave them confidence. Also, the metaphor of being big vs. being small shows how McMurphy turns the patients from weaker, scared individuals into strong, self-assured men who had control over their lives. All they needed was someone to pull them out the fog and show them what they could be. Maybe all people need to create change in their lives is a little push to start a chain reaction of
Imagine that you were Douglas Mawson, along with two other explorers exploring unknown Antarctica, when everything goes wrong. Douglas Mawson suffered more adversity than Henrietta Lacks and Phineas Gage. Henrietta Lacks is about a woman who died from cervical cancer and her cells were extracted; later to find that her cells were immortal. Phineas Gage was a normal man when an extraordinary thing happened—he had a iron rod go through his skull. Phineas gage didn’t go through as much hardship, but he did go through more than Lacks. Half way through Mawson’s journey, both of his partners died, and it was just him, all alone in Antarctica. So, as anyone could see, Mawson experiences the most adversity among the three figures for many reasons.
Jolly flourishes from the person who she was at the start of the book to the person she is now. Before, Jolly did not have her life in order and she couldn’t raise her family with her low-income. In page 7 of the novel, Jolly repetitively states,“I can’t do it all alone”, because she had nobody that supported her or at least gave her advice on parenting, life, etc. Jolly left school three years ago because she was pregnant with Jeremy. According to LaVaughn, she can barely spell and she depends on everyone to help her. For example, when she was filling out the Department of Human Resources application, Jolly states, “Nobody ever tells me. Do you know there ain’t a single person in the whole world I can count on?” (Pg 113). Her apartment is very disorderly and smells and she does not receive any medical benefits. However, things get worse for Jolly when she loses her job at a factory after she got sexually harassed by her bos...
Lewis and Hazel’s journeys were not effortless, but because of their determination they were able to keep the morale high within their groups.
Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking and column writer for The Guardian, explores the human need to seek for happiness and its connection to the Museum of Failures in his article Happiness is a Glass Half Empty. Burkeman’s purpose to writing this essay is to give readers a new view on how to seek happiness – embrace negativity and expect the worst. Burkeman’s use of a friendly, almost informal tone to help relate to his readers is a brilliant attempt to catch his reader’s attention and hold it, therefore enabling the delivery of logic seem almost effortless.
Suddenly, they noticed something was passing by them in a distance of a half a mile. ?We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north.? It was very strange to see another human/carriage on ice. It was a shock to the crew to see a single man on sled drag by dogs through Northern Sea. Comparing to a well equipped ship, the sled looked like a deadly ride. As mentioned earlier you could only see the endless ice surrounding them and they couldn?t believe that a single man would travel far from the Big Land. However, the man on a sled was a gigantic stature and most likely he was a strong and a brave man.
In 1914, a great leader began a great expedition, unbeknownst to him that instead of being known as great explorers, they would be known as some of the greatest survivors. This man was Sir Ernest Shackelton and he was determined to be the first to cross the Antarctic. Little did he know, his biggest challenge would end up being his ability to lead his team to survival. He also had no idea that their tale of strength, determination, and courage to survive would influence people well into the 21st century, and the book detailing their stories would be used as a model of leadership. As our group read this book, it was evident that Shackleton was a truly motivated and successful leader as we have come to understand him to be.
In this case, knowing the ocean can be unpredictable these mean still chose to go through with their journey. Even though the probability of dying is low, taking a risk that could mean losing a life is not worth it. Therefore, people need to be knowledgeable about the activities that they are going partake in. For example, In “To build a Fire,” a man went on an expedition to map out a pathway and he went all alone, along with his dog. This man did not learn enough about his expedition until he got himself involved in the life or death situation. “That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at the time!” Consequently, the man had died on this journey, for making decisions that were risky. Another example of getting involved in a life-or-death situation is volunteering to go to war. Although these people want to protect their country, they need to know that there is a risk involved in going to war. For example, In the story “Moral Logic of Survival guilt,” it talks about soldiers who choose to go to war, and either come out dead or
Quite possibly one of the most important purchases in the history of The United States was the one in which Thomas Jefferson enabled the size of the country to double. The territory was the Louisiana Territory, the 820,000 square mile piece of land was bought for 15 million dollars which equaled out to about three cents an acre. The United States originally only wanted to buy the port of New Orleans. Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy this because there was a risk that the half million Americans living west of the Appalachian would secede from the Union. Purchasing the port would keep them from seceding because they would then have a port that they could easily use to get to the ocean.
On the fishing trip that McMurphy planned twelve patients went. Those patients were Martini, McMurphy, Bibbit, Bromden, Harding, Frederickson, Scanlon, Tadem, Sefelt, George, Gregory, and Dr. Spivey. By sitting back and allowing the others to handle the storm on their own, McMurphy helps them prove they are worth something to themselves. Just the way Jesus taught his disciples to be self-sufficient in preparation for his own death.
When we look at the experiences of the men one can start to notice some key points of notice that are pointed out. One of these experiences is that the men were
Using powerful diction and verbose imagery, Hardy furthermore instills his attitude of the sinking up employing references to God indirectly. When he states that “The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything Prepared a sinister mate”, he is referring to God and how fate made the iceberg. He also refers to the power of God again when he says, “Till the Spinner of the Years Said, ‘Now!’.” In this phrase, he conveys that God said it was time for the people onboard the Titanic to go down under. Hardy’s references to God supported his own claim that fate claimed the Titanic.
When Louie was stranded on the raft, he never let circumstance get the better of him. The three survivors, Louie, Phil, and Mac, all had completely differing perspectives of their trouble. Louie and Phil stayed optimistic, while Maxc slowly deteriorated along with his hope. Hillenbrand wrote that "It remains a mystery why these three young men, veterans of the same training and same crash, differed so radically in their perceptions of their plight. Maybe the difference was biological; some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt... Perhaps the men's histories had given them opposing convictions about their capacity to overcome adversity... Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's ...
When discussing this, Herzler says, “The discomfiting thing about nature is that though we can address it, our messages can only come back stamped ‘return to sender’” (251). No matter how much the men in the boat try to make sense of what is happening to them, they cannot find the being or force behind it. Fortunately for the men in the boat, they find another way to cope with the traumatic and difficult situation that they are in, which is by developing a strong bond of friendship.
First Acceptance of Reality, Second the ability to find meaning, and last the ability to improvise. Resiliency is another trait that Shackleton demonstrated throughout his exploration career. On their journey to Antarctica, Shackleton was repeatedly forced to accept reality. After initially finding themselves frozen in a giant floating island they attempted to cut their way to freedom. Realizing this wasn't possible he quickly changed goals and moved on to trying to solve the problem in a different way. Another example of this can be seen after they reached Elephant Island. There was really no chance that anyone would find them on this Island. This ability to accept reality allowed them to not only survive but to adjust their goals and shift their focus to the next goal. The second trait Contu mentions is the ability to find meaning. Referenced above I'd like to highlight again Shackleton's ad "honor and recognition in case of success." This group of men didn't set out on this journey simply because they enjoyed each other's company, they did so because they felt strongly that there was meaning to their journey. Lastly the ability to improvise was what kept them all alive. The first sign of capability to improvise can be seen in the shift of focus from getting to Antarctica to getting everyone home. Later evidence can be seen from abandoning ship to setting sail for South Georgia. Shackleton was constantly forced to improvise and devise a new plan to get them all back to