The failure was again due to himself as he had left the flame fell down, he couldn’t stand the heat of the flame burning into flesh of his hand. Now he didn’t fight against the elements any more, but he had to struggle with himself or in another word he had to sacrifice himself for his life. He thought about the shelter of the moose-hunter which he had been told about. He looked for it, thinking “if he could find it, he yet might be saved”. He found the lone and deserted shelter with drifted snow sprinkled inside.
He is a newcomer to the Yukon Trail and underestimates the severity of the weather. The man believes that he can handle it at the beginning, but realizes later that it is too cold: “Once in a while the thought reiterated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold” (714). The “old timer from Sulphur Creek” tried to warn him about the weather, but instead of heeding the warning, he laughs at the old man: “That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time” (716). If he had listened to the “old timer” and stayed until the weather warmed a little he would have made it through the trail.
Lennie believes that George is just going to yell at him for what he has done. George recites the story of the farm once more, but lacking the normal emotion. George knows that he must kill Lennie to save him from what the other men might do. 43. The impact of Curley's wife's death was about the same as that as the death of the puppy.
The freezing temperatures of the Yukon eventually brings Sam Mcgee and the man trying to build a fire to an early grave. Sam Mcgee had come from a town called Plumtree, Tennessee which was warm and comforting. Sam didn’t know that the Yukons weather was harsh and as he was unprepared it eventually killed him. The man who was confident in his surviving the cold eventually succumbed as well do to his confidence which told him it was easy to endure the cold. Both of them had one goal that lead them to their untimely demise, although there goals were distant in similarity.
According to the story, the “trouble” with the man is that he is “without imagination” and therefore never speculates about “man’s place in the universe,” his “frailty in general,” or the fact that people are “able only to live within certain narrow limits of temperature.” Yet during his trek the man is confronted again and again by his weakness as a lone individual against the formidable power of nature in the form of the brutal cold. Each time he removes his gloves, the man is surprised at how quickly his fingers are numbed. He is also startled at how fast his nose and cheeks freeze, and he is amazed when his spittle freezes in midair before it ever hits the snow. When the man stops for lunch, his feet go numb almost as soon as he sits still, a fact that finally begins to frighten him. Even the dog—who is half-wild and thus closer to nature—feels “depressed” by the cold.
Similarly to Jan Burres thoughts on McCandless expedition, Westerberg did not agree with most of McCandless’ ideas, such as traveling to Alaska and leaving his parents, but he admired McCandless passion toward reaching his goal. Westerberg said to Chris during the conversation, “You're a young guy! You can't be juggling blood and fire all the
Moreover, the world in which the Father and Son are currently living, is always cold and the clothing they have enough is only good for minimal warmth. However, the father comes across various abandoned places where he gathers supplies he has and creates things, such as warm water proof shoes(84), so that they can keep from freezing to death. This example also expands on the Fathers resourcefulness and will to survive. In brief, it is plane to see that the Father’s wits help to develop the theme of survival as physically trying to do
The D’Angelos need to forgive the boys for drilling holes in the kayak, essentially killing Ben, because JT and Digger received a punishment. By forgiving the boys, the D’Angelos allow all of them the opportunity to move on from the incident. Next, forgiveness is a main theme because Brady needs to forgive JT and Digger. Brady is very upset that his friends go behind his back and use his idea to sabotage the kayak. Digger makes him feel like its partly his fault because he gave them the idea of drilling the holes in the kayak.
Joe’s actions, in his own sense, are justified in that during the Great Depression there’s a do or die way of life throughout the country, further showing that not only is he unaware of his morally wrong doing because he is one of many, but because it is a human instinct to do whatever it takes to survive. Arthur Miller’s All My Sons depicts the human tendency of betrayal and guilt which leads to the decay and degeneration of human values in the Keller family. To begin with, one should not fathom that Joe Keller did not understand what he had done. As told by William Dillingham, “Joe Keller’s trouble,” Miller writes, “is not that he cannot tell right from wrong but that his cast of mind cannot admit that he, personally, has any viable connection with his world, his universe, or his society” (Dillingham 83). Whether Joe did this intentionally or was driven to think in this way is up for debate.
It was always there. I can see it.” The boy’s definition of carrying the fire seems to be if you are “good or bad”, which is very important to him: “I dont know what to do. I think you should come with me. Are you one of the good guys?” Even though the boy is all alone and aware that he will probably die if his lonely situation remains, it is still important to him to make sure that he is on the good side. The boy's opposite of carrying the fire and being “one of the good people”, is eating people: “And you didnt eat them.