Jon Krakauer Rhetorical Analysis

Krakauer In the beginning of the first section of the novel uses a narrative and descriptive style. Jon Krakauer has a detached and gloomy tone after saying, “but now that I was finally here, actually standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.” After looking at what Krakauer said Mount Everest must represent differently to people unlike him. For some, it may represent an achievement or a mission that has been accomplished. This foreshadows that obviously a bad event had occurred when Jon Krakauer reached the top and or realized that it wasn’t what he expected. Jon Krakauer has such a descriptive style because of his diction, using the words jagged and incisor. Furthermore, he says, “I was not disappointed: …show more content…
Krakauer syntax uses compound sentences and much more. Furthermore, he says” He was a close friend of my father’s, and I sometimes played with the oldest Unsoeld children-Regon, who was a year older than me, and Devi, a year younger.” He also uses complex sentences to help develop a more narrative style. For example, he says, “Secretly, for more than a decade it remained a burning ambition.” Not only does he use complex and compound sentences he uses a serious and passionate tone to make the reader feel that the only thing he wanted from the beginning was to climb and reach the top of Mount Everest. Furthermore he says, “The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from the rest of my life.” Krakauer also uses personification to draw more attention and describe how rough it was up on Mount Everest. For Example he says, “But to move in that direction it was necessary to walk directly upwind into the teeth of the storm.” Krakauer also uses imagery in a majority of his …show more content…
For example, he says, “The ink-black edge of the summit pyramid stood out in the stark relief, towering over the surrounding ridges. Thrust high into the jet stream, the mountain ripped a visible gash in the 120-knot hurricane, sending forth a plume of ice crystals that trailed to the east like a long silk scarf.” The point of view that the author uses in the first section is first person. Krakauer is especially respectful towards the guides and the climbers. Furthermore he says, “On May 22, 1963, Tom Hornbein, a thirty-two-year-old doctor from Missouri, and Willie Unsoeld, thirty-six, a professor of theology from Oregon, reached the summit of Everest via the peak's daunting West Ridge, previously unclimbed.” Krakauer uses symbolism such as the camps within Mount Everest. Furthermore, he says, “The magazine's intent was not that I climb the peak; the editors simply wanted me to remain in base camp and report the story from the East Glacier, at the foot of the Tibetan side of the mountain. This shows that the base camp is simply looked down since all he could do was stay in these safe havens and write. It is much easier for the climbers set their sights on reaching the next camp rather than reaching the summit. The camps represent goals within the larger goal of smoothing the

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