Magazine story writer and novel author, Jon Krakauer, is on a notorious adventure to climb the legendary Mount Everest.While examining and analysing “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer from a reader response perspective allows the reader to bring personal traits, memories and experiences to the text, forces the reader to look past the words in search for a deeper meaning, and it allows readers to see different perspectives of others while reading.
It is fairly easy to connect with Krakauer on a personal level because, he is a very descriptive author allowing the reader to connect with him emotionally, he is very reliable as an author, and his ways of writing makes it easy for the for the reader to connect with Krakauer with a personal aspect. Krakauer …show more content…
Jon Krakauer uses a way of writing that reaches out to the reader's heart and emotion, which creates an emotional bond between the towards the reader, and allows the reader to bring their personal experiences in relation. Readers can feel emotional connection when Krakauer states something as “Beck […] was tough, driven, stoic. And what I initially took to be arrogance was looking more and more like exuberance.” (Krakauer 174-175) Here Krakauer is being honest, and is shocked at how tough and strong Beck Weathers legitimately is, and although Krakauer was not too fond of Beck, he still had to give him credit for his strength, which also demonstrates his unbiased view. Many people who have read this novel received the impression that Krakauer is reliable narrator because of his past, along with the way he speaks with good intentions, because it is true that he is unbiased. Krakauer refers to the past and facts in his novel such as “Ever since 1922, when seven Sherpas were killed in an avalanche during the second British expedition, a disproportionate number of Sherpas have died on Everest—fifty-three all told.” (Krakauer 4.17) Krakauer using facts in his novel appeals to the reader and gives the impression of a reliable narrator because facts are …show more content…
Reading this novel creates that aspect that someone gets while watching their favorite TV shows, they cannot simply read a few pages at a time, the story is too exciting, yet touching. Examining this novel from a reader response point of view really causes one to bring to reality of their personal lives, and quest for deeper meaning while being able to view the story in many different perspectives depending on the reader. By and large, “Into Thin Air” is a great read, it is intense, reader connecting, and it really gives the reader a hard hit of reality considering this novel is non-fiction, and this actually
It is fairly easy to connect with Krakauer on a personal level because, he is a very descriptive author allowing the reader to connect with him emotionally, he is very reliable as an author, and his ways of writing makes it easy for the for the reader to connect with Krakauer with a personal aspect. Krakauer …show more content…
Jon Krakauer uses a way of writing that reaches out to the reader's heart and emotion, which creates an emotional bond between the towards the reader, and allows the reader to bring their personal experiences in relation. Readers can feel emotional connection when Krakauer states something as “Beck […] was tough, driven, stoic. And what I initially took to be arrogance was looking more and more like exuberance.” (Krakauer 174-175) Here Krakauer is being honest, and is shocked at how tough and strong Beck Weathers legitimately is, and although Krakauer was not too fond of Beck, he still had to give him credit for his strength, which also demonstrates his unbiased view. Many people who have read this novel received the impression that Krakauer is reliable narrator because of his past, along with the way he speaks with good intentions, because it is true that he is unbiased. Krakauer refers to the past and facts in his novel such as “Ever since 1922, when seven Sherpas were killed in an avalanche during the second British expedition, a disproportionate number of Sherpas have died on Everest—fifty-three all told.” (Krakauer 4.17) Krakauer using facts in his novel appeals to the reader and gives the impression of a reliable narrator because facts are …show more content…
Reading this novel creates that aspect that someone gets while watching their favorite TV shows, they cannot simply read a few pages at a time, the story is too exciting, yet touching. Examining this novel from a reader response point of view really causes one to bring to reality of their personal lives, and quest for deeper meaning while being able to view the story in many different perspectives depending on the reader. By and large, “Into Thin Air” is a great read, it is intense, reader connecting, and it really gives the reader a hard hit of reality considering this novel is non-fiction, and this actually