One of the first things we respond to Joe is that we sympathise with him due to the situation he is in now. As he has broken his leg whilst descending the mountain, we feel fear for him as we can tell he believes he will die. It makes us feel sorry for him. “I’ve broken my leg, that’s it. I’m dead”. This shows us that Joe is upset and has accepted defeat. The simple sentence, “I’m dead.” tells us that Joe seems to have given up without trying, believing there is no point. Another thing we respond to is how we doubt Joe. “I’m dead.” tells us that Joe believes he is about to die, which also makes the readers feel like he is going to die. He is not really expected to live through what he has been through after all the trauma that had went on with his leg. After Joe had stopped worrying about his injury, he is somewhat inspired by simon’s determination and his morale starts to increase. Simon and Joe both start thinking of ways that they can get down the mountain. “If we dig a big bucket seat, I should be able to hold you”. This inspired Joe as it shows that Simon is trying hard to hold on to Joe so they can both survive the descent of the ‘Siula Grande’ even with Joe’s broken knee, other than Simon ditching Joe and making him find his own way back to the base camp.
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sturnerFebruary 4, 2013 at 10:24 pm
Great work Matthew. I really like your use of quotations and particularly how you have taken on the ideas that we discussed last week about sentence structure’s effect on the reader. Keep going with this!
Target: Perhaps consider looking at it chronologically – does our response to Joe change and develop alongside the story?
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Great work Matthew. I really like your use of quotations and particularly how you have taken on the ideas that we discussed last week about sentence structure’s effect on the reader. Keep going with this!
Target: Perhaps consider looking at it chronologically – does our response to Joe change and develop alongside the story?