Simpson fell a short distance and broke several bones in his leg. With no hope of rescue, the men decided to attempt descent together with Yates lowering Simpson 300 feet at a time in a slow, painful process that could have potentially been deadly for both. One further misstep led to Yates unknowingly lowering his injured partner over the lip of a crevasse. With the gradient having gone from steep to vertical, he was no longer able to hold on. Certain they were about to be pulled jointly to their deaths, the only choice was to cut the rope.
His wife, Helen, loves him and tries to make him feel better by going on saying that someone will come to help them, but Harry knows that no one is going to come and he also knows that he is going to die. He tries to tell this to Helen but it hurts her to hear this and she is not ready to believe it. Harry never loved Helen but with death nearing, he realizes how much she loves him and so doesn’t want to have an argument just before he dies. He doesn’t want to eat nor does he want to move his cot at night because he knows that it is useless, but just because of Helen he eats a little. He can feel death around and his only regret was that he couldn’t follow his passion of writing.
What really happened is that the rope did not break. Farquhar is dead, his neck is broken, and his body hangs beneath the bridge. The reader assumes the death of Peyton as he undoubtedly dies after the last sentence of section I. In the first section, Peyton Farquhar is standing on a railroad bridge prepared to be hanged. In the third section however by some miracle, the rope snaps as he falls into the water, and manages to escape from his executioners.
Touching the Void is a true story about an accident of Joe Simpson while climbing in the Siula Grande in Peru with Simon Yates. Joe broke his leg during the climb and Simon was forced to cut the rope supporting Joe. Simon then make his way down the mountain thinking is dead because of the fall. Joe survived the fall, then he slowly crawls down the mountain and eventually he was rescued. Touching he Void is an autobiography written by Joe Simpson in two different perspectives which was his and Simon’s.
Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman begins with an elder Willy Lowman returning from a failed business trip. His comforting wife, Linda, explains to Willy that he should not need to travel anymore, and expresses to him that she would like to see him work locally. From the start of the play, it is evident that Willy’s mental health is deteriorating, as he had an accident previous to the play and he complained about his state of mind. It is also made clear through several flashback hallucinations that Willy experiences. He and Linda discuss their sons, whom Willy is quite disappointed in, especially Biff.
He is “cultured and rather insentimental man”. He does not reveal his emotion but “wept” when the Nazis invaded. During the Holocaust he and his son Elie become close and this gave him courage to survive as long as he could but unfortunately loses his faith and then got very ill after the “death march” and dies in the first night at Buchenwald.
Paragraph One - Candy • Represents the elderly • Dreams of job security, stability and of being a valued member of society • Is part of George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own place –a small farm • Dream is ruined because Lennie kills Curley’s wife • The shooting of his dog is a metaphor of some people’s attitudes towards the elderly Important Quotes: • Reveals he will soon be fired and asks to be a part of George and Lennie’s dream (p.88-89) • Likens himself to his dog (p.88) • Dream ends because he knows George won’t go through with it without Lennie (p.131) • Blames Curley’s wife for his dream ending (p.132) Topic Sentence: Reflects the words of the task and the focus of the paragraph. Steinbeck uses the character of Candy to represent the elderly in the novel. Context: Give the context of your quote. In other words, introduce it. Don’t just quote out of nowhere!
“Not Waving but Drowning”, by Stevie Smith and “The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner”, by Randall Jarrell are two poems that deal heavily with death and its’ apathy. Both poems handle and view death in two completely different ways. When I first read “Not Waving but Drowning,” I thought that the author was writing of a man drowning in cold deep water faraway from shore with his friends waving back thinking he is ok. But when I read the poem more closely and figuratively the poems meaning totally changed. Thinking about the poem literally is reading the obvious, a man drowning in water.
Because ..... Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” As the novel comes to an end so does this relationship when it is broken as George shoots Lennie in the back of the head to prevent him from being tortured and captured. At this stage George does fall into loneliness because his best mate, his other half has disappeared from his life at the click of a finger and now George has become like everyone else, a lonely ranch worker. Even though George and Lennie have each other George still feels
'We mothers are so proud 6 Of our dead soldiers.' Then her face was bowed. 7 Quietly the Brother Officer went out. 8 He'd told the poor old dear some gallant lies 9 That she would nourish all her days, no doubt 10 For while he coughed and mumbled, her weak eyes 11 Had shone with gentle triumph, brimmed with joy, 12 Because he'd been so brave, her glorious boy. 13 He thought how 'Jack', cold-footed, useless swine, 14 Had panicked down the trench that night the mine 15 Went up at Wicked Corner; how he'd tried 16 To get sent home, and how, at last, he died, 17 Blown to small bits.