John Krakheur And Wehenmeyer Analysis

The stories by John Krakheur and Erik Weihenmeyer are incredible stories of two men who are trying to climb a mountain. One man who ran away from his life and travel far way. The other man who was determined to climb the biggest mountain in the world with the fact that he was blind. The stories that they both tell are so different yet so alike. Their journey takes us to all of their ups and downs as well as the extreme complications the cross through their excursion to one of the most dangerous things a human can do. In the Devils Thumb Krakheur’s perspective is that he had determination about climbing the Devils Thumb. He didn't want to give up and he climbed it without any preparation. This show he was really committed to doing that. Climbing the mountain was something he proposed to himself and he did it. Krakheur says, “For the first time I saw it the picture the picture a portrait of the Thumb’s north wall - …show more content…
In a way he was really determined to do that; to climb the mountain to show that anyone can do it. Sanity could also be one of the perspective as this could bring peace to his soul that it doesn't matter what disability you have you can do anything if you propose anything to yourself. “ You are the strongest man in the world” one of the characters in the story says, this made him feel good about himself because this shows he was mentally prepared for the climb. The perspective is also the purpose which is that even if you have a disability you can do anything.
In the Devils Thumb the organizational order is that its written in a flashback aka past tense. The story was written in past tense. The author told us a memory of his. In the story Krakheur talks about his eight birthday. This clearly is talking about the past tense of his life, and its how the story is told. This helps the authors accomplish the fact that is told at a memory. Krakheur goes back in time to share some of his