At the Mountains of Madness

The six men are sent to listen for enemy movement in the mountains for a week, but instead of enemy movement, they start hearing strange noises coming from inanimate places such as the fog. After the men cannot cope with the noises anymore, they call in airstrikes and burn all of the mountains. The men still hear the noises after the barrage; so they march back to camp and are questioned abut the airstrike by the colonel. However…

explanation for experiencing true beauty, which substantiates his struggle as divinely-given. Plato’s explanation outlines how one’s madness and confusion is significant for experiencing true beauty, if divinely given. Stephen’s buildup of events eventually enables him to experience the ultimate beauty by the end of the novel and prove that his suffering and “madness” is in fact divinely given, in order to lead him to a greater good and higher understanding. In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates claims:…

This inevitably, derives madness within the subject who is in the pursuit of another. Although it is impractical, unrealistic and makes no logical sense to pursue this object, the subject has no control over these thoughts. Eros has control over the mind and without being able to act with rationality madness begins to consume the mind. This ultimately leads to a gap because the subject will never fully obtain what…

release from struggles can be considered ultimate success. When confronted with the momentous decision over life, it is a sensible kind of madness that drives the individual into the unknowns of death. It is first and forthright that we must consider the possibility that Hamlet committed an indirect form of…

highest mountain in the world, and is a dream for many climbers everywhere in the world. However sometimes these dreams end up in catastrophe, much like what happened in 1996 to three teams on the mountain. Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants team, Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness, and the Taiwanese team led by Makalu Gau. There were 33 climbers split across those three teams attempting to summit on May 10th, 1996, of those, 19 climbers would be stuck in the ‘death zone’. Every team on the mountain…

Consultants (Rob Hall) and Mountain Madness (Scott Fischer) team. The moral problem of climbing Everest would be that if you see someone else in danger you have to look and take your life into account and see if you will be a potential causality of if you can safely rescue the endangered climber. The moral dilemma would be that you take your life into account but sometimes you will run into somebody who has run into issues on the mountain and may die on the mountain but if your life is in…

impractical for her to have such feelings. This ultimately creates a tangible distance between the subject and the object she desires. In this paper, I will argue that yearning after an unattainable individual is all consuming and eventually produces madness within the subject. It is important to note that this perspective is through…

bloodthirsty soldiers along with them we have 7,000 soldiers from the mighty Athens to fight with us. Over a hill in the distance I could see all of the persians in perfect unison one by one marching towards Thermopylae a narrow path between a mountain and the ocean. This spot is the only way that we have a chance to be victorious, my well thought out plan utilizes thermopylae a lot because…

on Mount Everest, an increasing number of less experienced climbers started to challenge the Mount Everest, in order to reduce the risk, they chose to hire some highly skilled mountaineers to be their guides. In 1996, Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness, two companies that offer climbing instruction and guide expeditions to fresh climbers, each organized a group with fresh climbers and skilled mountaineers who was interested in conquering the highest peaks in the world. Both teams planned…

gripping story of Into Thin Air which summarizes Jon’s emotional and physical journey while climbing the tallest mountain in the world. Through extensive climbing and note-taking Jon is able to share his experiences and tell a riveting story about his life or death experience from the perspective of a reporter which provides an amazing point of view about summiting the most vigorous mountain known to man. When Jon Krakauer was tasked with writing an article about Mount Everest from base camp…