Into Thin Air Character Analysis

In the story, Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, the main character, who is Jon himself, makes one of the most tragic ascents of Mount Everest in history. Over the course of the Jon's story about his experience on Mount Everest, Jon starts to really show how much he grows as a person during one of the most difficult situations Jon has been in. But even though Jon grew a lot, he grew more loving than anything else because he started the journey with strangers, and because of their mutual love of mountain climbing, the courage of his team, and the hardships they faced did Jon really grow to love his team. During the exciting recount of how he surmounted Everest, Jon continuously becomes more loving of his fellow climbers because of a mutual love they all share: mountain climbing. When Jon first sees all of the people he would be surmounting Everest with, Jon realizes that he doesn't really have anything in common with a lot of the group. Except, for one thing though, and that thing is the love of mountain climbing. Jon could relate to that because climbing has been a passion …show more content…
Jon really started to love his team because they were all extremely courageous throughout the entire expedition. Even though Jon had become friends with the rest of his team, sharing the love of mountain climbing did not instantly make him love them. It takes a deeper connection to even become best friends, and Jon made that connection with his team through the courage that it took each and every one of them to tackle Everest. Because Jon's teammates could count on his courage, and he his teammate's, did they develop even greater friendship. Because the team knew that Jon would always be courageous, and not falter on Everest, did his team become a source of strength, even through the toughest of times. And it is in those tough times that Jon develops full fledged love for his