Endurance Part 1: Chapters 3-5

Important Quote: "Early in May the sun appeared over the horizon for the last time, then slowly dropped from sight--and the Antarctic night began. (Lansing 37)"

Lit Term: Homily: "Ordelees, the storekeeper,was dressed as a Methodist minister, the 'Rev. Bubbling-Love,' and he exhorted his listeners against the wages of sin. (Lansing 44)"

Discussion: The antarctic night finally sets in in chapter 4. In chapter 3, Perce Blackboro was finally discovered and brought to Shackleton. After some thought, Shackleton decides to keep Blackboro. The only catch: If someone has to be eaten for food, he is the first one to go. If I was in his situation,  probably would have fainted or jump off the boat and swam for the nearest island. I would not be able to be on a boat knowing that if everyone got stranded, I would be food for the rest of the crew. This is the most gay part of the book besides the ending. (Gay as in happy). Once the eternal night set in, the crew grew closer together rather than closer to insanity. Blackboro became one of the crew and everyone discarded the fact that he was a stowaway. To keep themselves entertained, the crew created plays and games. If I was stuck in darkness like the crew of the Endurance, I would be most like everyone else and fall into despair. I would not have been as merry and gleeful as the crew was. The eternal night was the first of the many dreadful events that the crew of the Endurance will experience.