The book The Revenant by Michael Punke is a book that inspired an adventurous movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Tom Hardy. We are introduced to Hugh Glass and John Fitzgerald and these two men have been living the life of frontiersmen for the past few months now. Partnered with The Rocky Mountain Fur Company and beside then are the company's finest men. Glass is an expert tracker, one of the finest in his group but as they travel with the group the two of them run into a few altercations with each other. As that unfolds it really show the true colors of who these men really are.
They both come from very different backgrounds and were raised a little differently which could explain the reasoning for them turning out with these learned…show more content… He surprisingly came from a New Orleans family, He eventually bails on New Orleans after he murders a prostitute he's in love with and finally ends up in Memphis, where he becomes a gambler. In fact, he only heads out West in the first place because he owes thousands to local bookies. John over here clearly has a past and it looks like history repeats itself once again as John pulls the same shenanigans with the Rocky Fur Company. There does come times where Fitzgerald finds his unusual qualities rewarded on the frontier. He might be considered lazy and untrustworthy, but he has proven to be a tough fighter who can keep his cool in a battle and lately that seems to be a lot harder to come by out in the West. In the book the Revenant written by Michael Punke it stated “While many of Henry's men had been terrified in their fights with various Indians, Fitzgerald found them exhilarating, even titillating" (Punke 20). This really stands out and shows that yes John does had some odd things about him but he is good for what he's worth and what that is, is fighting. Fitzgerald later find himself longing to get his hands on Glass's prized Anstadt, Once he did so the initial plan was murdering him as well, but he eventually decides that's just all too much so he steal his gun and run away. Fitzgerald later makes another act and steals a grip of beaver pelts from Captain Henry…show more content… In order to understand Glass properly, looking at his back story is a must. On his long life experiences. There's the time he spent as a slave on the high seas. He was forced to become a pirate, until a year later he was able to secretly escape. The amazing wild man also spend a whole year with a Pawnee tribe after being brought to their village to originally be killed. These past experiences are what gave Glass the knowledge to push through and survive like he did. While on the sea as a pirate, he gained a measure of toughness that few men can ever reach in their lifetime. "From his time with the Pawnee, Glass possessed a broad familiarity with the plants of the plains as well as a host of traditional survival techniques” (Punke 24). It seems like these skills leave Glass better equipped to survive the frontier than pretty much anyone around
