David Grann’s The Lost City of Z is the story about the explorer Percy Fawcett. The story describes Fawcett’s journey right up to the end when he left to look for the lost city. It also shows Grann’s journey to try and to pick up where Fawcett left off. Along the way Grann suffered many setbacks that evolved him into a better person along his journey. Some obstacles he faced were leaving his wife and son, finding a guide, and going where Fawcett left off. After his long journey David Grann finally finds closure on his expedition to find The Lost City of Z.
One of the largest obstacles Grann faced was leaving his wife and infant son to go looking where Fawcett left off. Fawcett was an explorer that went missing many decades ago, on a journey …show more content…
After a long journey through the jungle, Grann finally meets Heckenberger. Heckenberger then explained that ancient civilizations did exist,“that before Western diseases devastated the population, each cluster of settlements contained anywhere from two thousand to five thousand people” (Grann 314). He also explained that their villages were made of organic material which decomposes with time. The only things they left behind was broken pottery, and bones. Heckenberger then began to explain what their villages looked like, “They liked to have beautiful roads and plazas and bridges. Their monuments were not pyramids, which is why they were hard to find; they were horizontal features. But they were no less extraordinary” (Grann 314). Grann then realizes the truth and finds closure, knowing that Z could have existed it would just take time to find. This will shape him into a better person because not everyone can survive the Amazon and travel as far as he did.
In the end Grann had faced many challenges on his journey to find where Fawcett left off. Between trying to find information, people calling him “insane”, and traveling through the Amazon jungle; Grann finally found closure. Even though he wanted there to be a lost city of Z, which there may have been, it would be hard to find. In the end he and Fawcett could have been walking on it the whole time. Although his journey was long
One of the largest obstacles Grann faced was leaving his wife and infant son to go looking where Fawcett left off. Fawcett was an explorer that went missing many decades ago, on a journey …show more content…
After a long journey through the jungle, Grann finally meets Heckenberger. Heckenberger then explained that ancient civilizations did exist,“that before Western diseases devastated the population, each cluster of settlements contained anywhere from two thousand to five thousand people” (Grann 314). He also explained that their villages were made of organic material which decomposes with time. The only things they left behind was broken pottery, and bones. Heckenberger then began to explain what their villages looked like, “They liked to have beautiful roads and plazas and bridges. Their monuments were not pyramids, which is why they were hard to find; they were horizontal features. But they were no less extraordinary” (Grann 314). Grann then realizes the truth and finds closure, knowing that Z could have existed it would just take time to find. This will shape him into a better person because not everyone can survive the Amazon and travel as far as he did.
In the end Grann had faced many challenges on his journey to find where Fawcett left off. Between trying to find information, people calling him “insane”, and traveling through the Amazon jungle; Grann finally found closure. Even though he wanted there to be a lost city of Z, which there may have been, it would be hard to find. In the end he and Fawcett could have been walking on it the whole time. Although his journey was long