Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sir. Hillary wrote “View from the Summit” in which he depicts his perspective of the climb and the challenges he and Tenzing Norgay faced during the trek up Everest. Tenzing Norgay wrote “The Dream Comes True”. The titles of their essay foreshadow the tone of their writing and how each climber will interpret the events that happened during the climb. Each climber has their own perspective of what took place on the mountain. They each remain close to their cultural background and take on some traditional characteristics of Eastern and Western people. The writing style of each climber vastly relies on where they grew up. Hillary …show more content…
grew up in Western culture which focuses highly on personal success. Western culture puts emphasis on what others think and self image.This is paralleled by where Norgay grew up. Norgay grew up near Mount Everest in Nepal, this influences his writing and how he experienced the climb. Eastern culture takes a more naturalistic view and puts less of a focus on what others think. Each writer speaks about a cornice that they had to climb before reaching the summit. Hillary depicts the cornice as being 40 feet, while Norgay depicts the cornice as being 15 feet. This shows how throughout his writing, Hillary inflates his accomplishments and makes himself seem superior to Norgay. Norgay is humble in what he accomplished. He makes sure to acknowledge Hillary and his contributions to the climb. Each writer’s cultural background largely impacts the experience of the climbers. Both climbers shared a common goal, but saw the events leading to their success in a different light. Neither writer is incorrect in their portrayal of the climb because it's from their point of view. Norgay’s point of view is humble and optimistic.
Throughout his writing, he constantly calls out Hillary for “...indicating I had more trouble than he” (Norgay 39). Throughout the climb Norgay is supportive of Hillary and is humbly proud of what they achieved together. Norgay’s reaction at the summit reflects his tone of writing. At the summit, he acknowledges the climbers that did not make it to the top saying “I’d like to think our victory was not only for ourselves but for nation” (Norgay 44). He ignores the politics of the climb unlike Hillary who takes their victory as a personal one and manages to seem unenthusiastic about it. Hillary’s perspective is focused on how the readers of his essay would see him. He embellishes the struggles of Norgay in order to make himself seem superior. Hillary excludes from his writing that he too faced the same challenges of Norgay. We see this when Hillary mentions that he had to help Norgay chip ice away from his oxygen mask. This is a typical occurrence, but Hillary writes about the event like it only happens the Norgay. The perspective of each writer alters how the reader will interpret the events within each telling of the story. Each writer displays an even balance of fact and opinion within their essays. They express their personality through their writing; which can sway how a reader would interpret the message that was trying to be sent. The reader’s interpretation relies on their perspective on the writers. If a reader has a
certain bias or prejudice against one of the writers, then that would affect how they read each depiction of the story. A reader could be annoyed by Hillary’s arrogant demeanor or some might find him relatable. Another reader may find Norgay’s humble and optimistic personality annoying. Each perspective allows the reader to decide what they think is true. The differing perspectives allow for the readers to interpret the feelings and actions of the climbers. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay both wrote their perspective of their climb of Mount Everest. Their points of view differ because of their cultural background. Eastern culture focuses on success for a collective group while Western culture focuses on self image. This is reflected in the essays of both climbers. Each writer brings their own personality to the depiction of what happened during the climb. This can alter how a reader will interpret the essays of the climbers. In the end each climber made it to the top with one another as a companion.
Chapter 7: In chapter 7 Krakauer talks about how Everest has changed from a professionals trek to anyone's trek. He explains that many inexperienced people have climbed Mount Everest with the help of sherpas and guides. He also mentions about the determination of Everest and how in some instances in history people who weren't allowed into Tibet or Nepal but they snuck in and managed to climb and summit Everest
Throughout the novel, the protagonist encounters many difficulties when trying to reach his goal of climbing Mount Everest. He encounters problems, from illnesses to deaths but most affectively the catastrophic weather. When Krakauer’s 5 friends die, including Rob Hall, Krakauer takes responsibility of the other climbers and helps them get through the tough weather safely. When they arrived to the base camps, many of the climbers gave up but Krakauer kept trying, he was motivated by Halls death to reach the top of Mount Everest. Krakauer finds ways to get around
The novel "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer, he writes about an experience that changes his life when Outside magazine asks him to write an article about the commercialism of Mount Everest, he knew from that moment that he needed to climb the mountain. But of course his expedition does not go as expected. On May 10th Krakauer reaches the summit after a extremely stressful and treacherous trek up, but only to have to scale down the mountain with his team in one of the most dangerous seasons in the history of Everest. Many things went wrong when they came down the mountain and throughout this book, Jon attempts to evaluate what exactly happened and how things went wrong. He researches and figures out every person actions on that mountain. He has speculations about the failures of the expedition, and blames the catastrophe due to a series of little
I believe that this paragraph is very important to the memoir because it showed how young Grealy viewed others who did not seem as brave as her. She looked down on those who cried and showed fear because she was taught that showing these emotions was frowned upon. It also was important because it described a little bit why Grealy thought she always had to be brave. She thought that if she was not brave, she would not be able to save her family, and all the unhappiness in her life would be her
“What?” Sun-Jo was appalled at the fact that Peak had decided not to conquer the summit of Mount Everest. How could he give up such a glorifying moment? Peak would have been the youngest boy to ever reach the summit, however, he realized he didn’t want the fame. Sun-Jo was only a few days older than him, and if Sun-Jo reached the summit and Peak did not, he would be the youngest person to summit Everest. Also, Sun-Jo’s family was living on the other side of the mountain and he needed to get to the other side so that he could reconnect with his family. Since Peak avoided his mother’s advice to think of himself and only himself, he did not make it to the top. Many other characters, unlike Peak, were selfish and although it helped some, others were less fortunate.
In response to his alleged affair with Ms. Monica Lewinsky, who at the time was an intern at the White House, President Clinton took to a national broadcast to clear his name. In his testimony, Clinton begins with a formal and slightly apologetic tone, and then subtly shifts the blame from his actions to the nosiness of the American public, victimizing himself. There were four different tone shifts in this particular speech, and he uses this to his advantage in turning the spotlight away from his private life, and to national issues. In his address, President Clinton uses a wide variety of rhetorical devices to convince his audience, the American people, that his stance on the matter is the most valid, and to reestablish his credibility,
Everest is an unbelievable mountain that has taken the lives of a number of the greatest climbers in history. It was my job to ensure that clients make it up that treacherous mountain safely. My name is Rob Hall. I was the main guide and cofounder of a climbing company called Adventure Consultants. My friend, Gary Ball, and I used to be professional climbers. Together we succeeded in climbing to the highest summit on each of the seven continents in seven months. This was our greatest achievement. After this, we decided to start our own company guiding clients up large mountains. In May 1992, we successfully led six clients to the summit of Everest. Unfortunately, Gary died of cerebral edema in October 1993 during an attempt on the world’s sixth-tallest mountain. He died in my arms and the next day I buried him in a crevasse. Despite the pain that his death had caused me, I continued guiding for our company and eventually led thirty-nine climbers to the summit of Everest.
To summarize this analysis, Hillary Clinton shows us how as we unite, the stronger our bond is. She uses clever ways to show this action. Though she did not win this presidential election, she is still loved by many. She helped herself because of the way she wrote and persuaded people to join her. Using rhetorical appeals
The goal of Hillary’s speech is to persuade her audience that her ideas are valid, by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Hillary is the First Lady and Senator, she shows credibility as an influential activist for woman rights. “Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children, and families. Over the past two and a half years, I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my country and around the world” (Clinton 2).
On September 5, 1995 Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech to the United Nations 4th World Conference during a Women Plenary Session, located in Beijing, China. Clinton spoke about how women around the world were not treated equally, how women rights should be equal to human rights, and the ghastly abuse and discrimination women faced around the world. The reason for the conference was to strengthen women, families, and societies in order to empower women to taking control of their lives and not be subject to such discrimination. She emphasized how education, health care, jobs, and political rights were not equal between genders and that the world needed to change. Clinton gave a very convincing speech because of her use of rhetorical techniques. The use of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora created a powerful, persuasive argument against the way women were treated around the world. Clintons main goal of this speech was to appeal to the audience and convince them that this is unequal treatment is an immense matter and needs to be addressed all over the world.
Classic literature juxtaposes two ways of life that illustrate the poles of true happiness: a life of adventure, exemplified by Odysseus (The Odyssey), and the life at home, which poets and farmers represent. In The Iliad, Achilleus chooses to live a short, glorious life, even though he could have chosen to live a long life in anonymity. Arguments have been put forth that the life of adventure is a living hell, as Achilleus testifies from Hades after his death - in hindsight, he would have settled for the life of a slave and given up his glory, if only he could have lived longer. Alternately, the life of the (metaphorical) farmer has been despised as simple and ordinary, when true immortality is only attained with great accomplishments, such as sacking Troy or surviving heroic adventures which are then recorded. In a modern day autobiography of the 1996 ascent of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha to the Nepalis, or “goddess of the sky”), Jon Krakauer reveals the human motivation behind adventure and tells the story of the men and women who lived and died on the expeditions to the summit during that spring (Into Thin Air). With epic literature and a recent epic, I will illuminate the values of a reflective life as well as the life of adventure, and delve into the necessary components of the ‘good life.’
Mountains—they are unequivocally distinctive. Some would believe that mountains are God’s creation that surpasses the heavens, and others would say that the world evolved to form such megalithic structures. Whatever the case, no other creation can match the height of Mount Everest. The tallest man-made buildings are not in relative comparison. When beholding the site of Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world, an individual could never imagine a more vast creation. Burj Khalifa stands erect at over 828 meters or 2,716.5 feet. However, Mount Everest shadows this height at an astonishing 8,850 meters above sea level. What an incredible record! Now, one can consider how extraordinarily difficult it would be to climb and surpass a mountain of such stature. A mountain is formed out of many stones on top of one another. Life is comprised of many moments in a similar fashion. In the book by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea, mountains are a part of ordinary life. Greg Mortenson’s mission to climb the second highest mountain, K2, quickly turned into a dramatic story of “One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time”. Each moment was a defining period of time in his life and of the lives around him.
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In the historical fiction novel, Dead End in Norvelt, the author, Jack Gantos, uses a variety of forms of comedy to exemplify the undertakings of his character, Jack. Jack Gantos is an 11 year old boy living in the run-down town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania who finds himself working with the town’s medical examiner, Miss Volker. Throughout the story Jack and Miss Volker attempt to unravel the mystery of the sudden and abrupt deaths of a number of original Norvelters. Gantos narrates the anecdote in the most uplifting way possible by utilizing irony, dark humor, and the superiority theory in his writing as the story progresses.
Breaking down point of view in stories can be helpful in determining the central idea, as the two concepts typically support one another. An author such as O’Connor has the ability when writing narrative to use whichever point of view they feel best portrays the story they are telling in the way they would like readers to understand it. By including and excluding certain bits of information, the author can present the story the way they choose, with the option to leave as many or as few subtle or obvious details within the narration as they would like to reveal to