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Jon Krauker's Into Thin Air

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Into Thin Air Critical Analysis Rough Draft In Jon Krauker’s, Into Thin Air, the Sherpas play a large part in the ascending and descending of the mountain climbers. They complete many tasks throughout the time in which people are climbing and before they climb. These things that they complete make the climbing experience more safe and, in some cases, possible. As I read the book, many times I asked myself, ‘Why are the Sherpas seen as so inferior to the climbers despite their large role in the safety and possibility of the climb?’ and ‘Why do they accept this treatment?’ If I had such an influential role in something of this extent, I wouldn’t let people treat me the way that some of the Sherpas are treated. After continuing the book and pondering my questions more, I came to a conclusion. The Sherpas are treated this way because the people who climb Mt. Everest usually have lots of money and think that they can treat others with less money in such a rude and mean manner. And the Sherpas accept the …show more content…

At the time in which the story took place, only really wealthy climbers where taking this summit. Of course, Krauker himself was not an extremely wealthy man, but he did have a company funding his trip. When dealing with people who have large amounts of money, you deal with egotistical, ‘I’m better and more important than everyone else’ attitudes and personalities that come with it. The people who come to summit Mt. Everest see the Sherpas as people who are very much inferior to them on a financial level and a social status, therefore, they have no desire and feel no need to treat the Sherpas with any respect at all. They treat the Sherpas the way that they see them; less than them with no right to any respect. Despite the importance of the Sherpas in their summit, they look at them as if they have no

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