Important quote: "The final loss of the Endurance was a shock in that it severed what had seemed their last tie with civilization. (Lansing 84)"
Lit Term: Declarative Sentence- "The retreat began at seven that night. (Lansing 96)."
Discussion: Shackleton and his men have been on the ice for a week now and were suprisingly happy. They all have taken such an interest toward food, almost animal like. They will eat anything as long as it allows them to survive. Several trips are made to gather what remaining items, mainly food, that could e salvaged from the ship. Five days before Thanksgiving, the Endurance finally sinks. Now the men are completely abandoned. Their last visual to stir memories of civilization now lost. It is a devestating blow leaving some of the crew in despair for a few days. Now the only hope for the crew is to reach land and leave their encampment on the large ice floe. The loss of the Endurance is like losing someone to a terminal disease. It is a known fact they are going to die, it is the thought that the friend could go any second. Those experiences devestate the mind and what I would like to know is, what they thought of their last tie to civilization gone and how they were able to overcome that feeling. Even Shackleton could not describe what he felt.
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