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Rhetorical Analysis Of Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer

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Subject: Krakauer clearly delivers his message on the huge risks of this dangerous sport that many people do today. Throughout the book he gives very detailed information about his hike up and gives an appeal to pathos because he talks about losing good friends and how they were when they were found dead and that haunts him 'til today.

Occasion: Krakauer is determined to deliver his message on being super cautious when doing dangerous sports just like this one. He shows in the book how describing losing twelve members really makes him feel guilty for being one of the very few alive because he feels like he could of done more. And that's something that he will have to live for the rest of his life.

Audience: Clearly, the audience is those who are involved with extreme sports or are interested in it. Just about anyone who is interested in a …show more content…

It informs them just how easy it is to get involved in life or death situations, also it could inform them on an idea of how to get back on their feet just like Krakauer did after his devastating journey on Mount Everest.

Style: The most interesting style that was found in this novel was the appeal to pathos. In the beginning Krakauer describes his excitement and catches the readers attention as if they were feeling like they were part of the journey. Even I felt some guilt when I found out in the end that twelve crew members died, because the way Krakauer describes his pain really give the reader an idea of how the situation was as if they were there.

Tone: All in all, the author manages to balance out his appeal to emotion with the intense sequences of his journey up Mount Everest. Describing how sad he was when he saw his teammates buried in the snow ice cold, and also rescuing one of his teammates, only to see him die a few minutes later from severe

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