part 2, chapter 6, page 97
" Macklin noted: 'The last day of 1915...tomorrow 1916 begins: I wonder what it will bring forth for us. This time last year we prophesied that just now we would be well across the Continent.' "
At this point on the expedition, it had been around five months. This considerable amount of time had accumulated many high expectations amoung the crew members. This quote describes Dr. Alexander Macklin's attitude about the journey's progress. He had expected that the journey would be highly developed and almost completed their goal. A little bit of Macklin's doubt shows through in his journal entry here.
Dissappointment occurs almost everywhere. It usually occurs right after a plan does not go exactly as it was planned. Doubt is sure to follow after dissapointment.The members of Endurance were probably dissapointed that the journey was taking longer than it had been prophesized. Planning an event minute by minute is an extremely difficult challenge. We have to learn to let some scenes in our lives fall as they may. Those who rely soley on a strict structural lifestyle are often lost in this chaotic world. It is great to set goals and have aspirations. Those are necessary for a successful life. However, we must learn to overcome dissapointments in failed plans and to move forward.
My literary term is simile. (a comparison of two things using "like", "as", or other specifically comparative words.
part 2, chapter 5, page 85
" 'We both felt,' siad Greenstreet, 'like guilty schoolboys caught robbing an orchard, and immediately paddled for the bank and landed and went on with our seal hunt, finally meeting him as he returned to camp.' "
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