The twenty-two men that had been left on the island now needed to do everything in their power to stay alive. They made a hut, killed some penguins, and had to secure living conditions. The spirits of theses men were down. They tried to ease their nerves by making bets and barters, telling stories, and sharing dreams. No matter what they did though, their moral could not improve. This sense of helplessness could be summed up in this one quote, " I think I spent this morning the most unhappy hour of my life-all attempts seemed so hopeless, and Fate seemed absolutely determined to thwart us. Men sat and cursed, not loudly but with an intenseness that showed their hatred of this island on which we had sought shelter."
They needed to do everything in their power to stay alive on this island. This paralleled the book Hatchet and the rest of the series. These books were about a boy named Brian who was stranded in the Canadian wilderness for an extremely extensive period of time. Both of these stories show the hardships of the wild, cold, and food. They show incredible feats and stories of survival.
My literary term is motivation. (a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act)
The twenty-two men on the island had motivation to survive. They did all theoir jobs and endured all their harships in order to survive. It was all for the motivation of staying alive.
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