Monday, February 7, 2011

Literary Luminary: Ch. 13-15

Author Style: At the beginning of every chapter, Krakauer puts passages of journals from people who have actually gone out into the Alaskan wilderness. I think he does this to give the reader an idea of what's going to happen in the upcoming chapter.

Chapter 13 pg. 123: "The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps, but they led inward also. And from the study of things underfoot, and from reading and thinking, came a kind of exploration, myself and the land. In time the two became one in my mind."-John Haines
Simile: Haines does a good job of letting the reader know that he was basically meant to live in the wilderness and it had always been a part of his life.

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