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The Cremation Of Sam Mcgee Character Analysis

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Sometimes people find their family annoyed but they’re often there for youThe book is about a boy slava who was sitting around one day at school when the rebels attacked. Rebels are going against the government for their religion so they start a war. so slava ran to the bush and made a journey joining groups hoping to find his family. The book The Cremation of Sam McGee is by Robert w. Service the book is about Cap trying to cremate Sam McGee who died of the cold because he is mining for gold then he tries to cremate Sam McGee.Slava and cap use family/friends and determination to get through the challenges family and friends helped Slava and Cap to get through their challengesThe group that Slava is in with his uncle in the Akobo desert. which is very hot and has the sun beaming down on …show more content…

Slava is trying to survive a war and his family is not with him anymore so trying to survive he joined a group kept getting bigger he saw his uncle when he shot animals for food he share but when they went to the Akobo Desert they got robbed and they shot his uncle now no own share food with him he eats the scraps and he thinks everyone thinks he is useless “...They are wrong, and I will prove it.”He is now ready to prove that he is not useless. He is not going to hold back the group by lagging behind so he is ready to show that they are wrong he is determined to show them. determination helps Slava, it also helps Cap. Cap and Sam Mcgee are at klondike gold rush and there friends but sam McGee who was born in Tennessee never liked the cold and knew he was going to die in the cold and he made cap promises to cremate him “there wasn’t a breath in that land of death “It was so cold no way around a bunch of people die here where he is but he kept on going to make sure that sam McGee get cremated and he won't stop until he does that how he shows determination. Determination helps both to get through these

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