Extreme Character Analysis: Touching The Void By Joe Simpson

"...What impact did your father not being there have on your childhood?"(The "Other" Wes Moore -Part I: Fathers and Angels - pg. 4) This question is what connected me to the novel. The "author" Wes began the story of his and the "other " Wes's memories of their fathers. This explains how and why they grew up fatherless. Wes " the author" recalls only have two memories of his father one was when his father had a talk with him after he punched his sister Nikki and the other one was the day his father passed away. The "author" Wes father didn't choose to leave, unlike the "other Wes's father, which he never met until years later. I related to this chapter a lot, I too was raised by a single mother but my story is just a tad different. My family

This shows that with Doug’s ambition on climbing the mountain he was willing to risk his life, he was ambitious but unsuccessful. Another quote that goes with the article and theme is, “From the time we arrived at the South Col,” says John Taske… “Yasuko was totally focused on the top—it was almost like she was in a trance,”(Krakauer, 184). This quote shows that you shouldn’t be to ambitious or at least ambitious up to the point where you’re only focusing on that one thing. Yasuko should’ve stayed patient and went along with everyone

He will not be on his own and will have the power of the other boys and the sense of trust that helps him along. He will feel as if he is in a different place because of how well he is working with the other boys. Later, when Joe finds out is seated in a boat with all familiar faces, he realizes that he feels at home. This sense of closure and family begins to allow Joe to trust his teammates and believe that they will be there for him while they

“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure” (57). Two men that lived for their passion for adventure was Chris McCandless and Jay Moriarity. Chris McCandless was a young man who hitched hike to Alaska to explore and survive in the wilderness. Jay Moriarity was a young surfer who was determined to ride Mavericks, the largest waves. Chris's story was heard by a man named Jon Krakauer and Chris's story was developed and published into a novel for the world to hear, which got controversial feedback. Although both seem to come from very different lifestyles and had different pursuits for adventure, both share many qualities such as home life, preparation for goals, and the willingness to let people be there for them.

Have you ever been afraid of anything? Like heights or been pressured to do something that you didn’t want to do? Joe-Boy and Vinny are both characters in a story called “The Ravine.” They are best friends who live in Hawaii and go to a ravine to jump and swim. There was a dead boy who died there two weeks and one day before they arrived.Joe-Boy and Vinny are different in many ways and they are similar in many ways.

Throughout most of the book, Joe’s one objective was to just live again. Joe realized that in order to live again he would need to master communication, but most important, time. “Oh god the Happy New Year, he had counted three hundred and sixty-five days and now it was New Year's Eve” (Trumbo 141). In order to live again, Joe needed to master time. It took him countless attempts but he finally got

In the book he says,΅I cant I cant I cant´ when he went to jump off of the 50 foot precipice. Joe-Boy is strong by not letting his friends push him around. He

This notion underscores Joe's passionate desire to find justice, as well as his unwillingness to accept these horrific actions. Joe's need for justice is deeply rooted in the trauma he and his family endured throughout his mother's assault. As Joe witnesses the suffering and emotional toll the event has taken on his mother, his desire for retribution intensifies. The assault shattered any sense of security within the tribe and left most grappling with fear, uncertainty, and a desire for vengeance and justice. Holding the perpetrator accountable becomes a paramount focus for Joe, driving every thought and action he makes, reflecting a fundamental human instinct for justice in the face of injustice.

Joe-Boy is confident. He went to the ravine because he wanted to, not because his friends want him to. One example from the text is, “But then Starlene and Joe-Boy said, ‘Come with

A Lesson Before Dying A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines tells the story of a black man, Jefferson, with unequal rights, being accused of killing a white man. Although, the accusation was far from being right, he is a black man, and blacks were treated unfairly. Throughout the journey of the trial, Jefferson and Grant became very close, and they both learned a lot from each other and the trial. Grant learns the lesson of being a man, because he develops feelings, and becomes humble.

Spending time in jail can really change a man. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying by award-winning author Ernest J Gaines, the story is about a young man with a challenge of a lifetime. Grant one of the main characters is given a task of changing a man. The novel takes place in Bayonne Louisiana, where the Civil Rights Act has not yet taken place. Segregation was still an issue at this time, and many of the characters throughout the novel face segregation head-on.

A sequence of events leads up to Joe becoming almost completely isolated from the outside world. During his time in the isolated continent, Joe becomes addicted to narcotics; he escapes his pain and anguish by succumbing to detached and paralyzed state of mind. Throughout his journey in this secluded continent, he is faced with his hatred of the Germans and his desire to enact vengeance upon them for all that he has lost. When he meets a German geologist exploring the frozen tundra, he inadvertently kills him. Joe experiences ironic feelings of remorse after so many years spent obsessing over the destruction of the Germans. There was no gratification or fulfillment, for Joe, in the German man’s death. Joe felt repulsed and an abhorrence in himself for his

To the rest of the world Joe was like a machine, he was fed, bathed, clothed, and was being taken care of by other people. But this did not stop him from being able to think. Joe may not look like a person, but he still could think like one and he was very observant to sounds and vibrations. Joe uses the shadows and patterns of heat that he could feel to tell the time of day, for instance he said “Give me some idea of when the sunrise is coming and then I’ll be able to catch it.”(132). Joe used the resources around him to help learn how to figure out simple tasks that we normally would take for granted. Joe did not want to lay around for the rest of his life. He was pleading for someone to help him do daily tasks that are sometimes taken for granted. Additionally, in “The Living” half of the book, Joe invested all of his time in continuing to keep on tapping. Most days he wanted to just give up considering how draining it was, but all he could think about was the end result and “SOS. Help” (163). Most people would have just given up when they got to the point that Joe was at, but he thought of clever and unique ways to communicate with everyone. When he got an idea he knew would work, that is all he invested his time into. Joe had more dedication and perseverance than the average bear and that helped him be able to communicate and achieve his goal. Physically and mentally Joe

As opposed to communicating his outrage he tries to avoid panicking. This is either an indication of incredible resilience or utter shortcoming. There, on the other hand, is a moment when Joe demonstrates that his pride has been harmed, to be specific when he leaves the coin under his wife's cushion in the wake of laying down with her. This is a sudden turn in an identity that is apparently unequipped for harming someone else. Anyhow who can accuse the poor man for he has seen his entire world go into disrepair after the treachery of his loved one. The integrity of his character is completely shown in his pardoning toward the end of the story.

If Joe had been in the United States or anywhere else in the world, the story would lose some of its charisma and it wouldn’t be as encapsulating. Due to the extreme weather conditions, the story depicted the condition of the extreme mind. Antarctica was a very dangerous place because the ice “was trying, at every moment you remained on it, to kill you” (Chabon 436). Away from all of the struggles of immigrating, Joe is now in a constant fight for his survival, and it brings out the best and worst in him. The drastic scenario of being in Antarctica causes his mind to go awry,