In Patty Reed’s Doll, Rachel Laurgaard describes the strenuous ordeals which a group of pioneers, known as the Donner Party, endured in their eleven-month trek from Springfield, Illinois to California. Most of the problems that cost half of the group’s lives were due to making poor decisions and the harsh weather in treacherous terrains. During the journey, the company made many poor decisions that drastically affected their lives. To start off, they had a late start which is due to the fact that one of the members took a long time to build the luxury “palace car” that later ended up being abandoned as well as too many unnecessary breaks were taken while on the trek. As a result, in hoping to save three hundred fifty to four hundred
