Nonfiction authors generally have a purpose for writing: To inform, to entertain, to persuade, or a combination of the three. Consider the purpose of your book. For your comment on this post, include a quotation (with the page number, as always) that shows the author's purpose for writing. Then, in a few sentences, explain what the quote reveals about purpose. Comment by Friday, 12/7.
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Hani Barakat
12/6/2018 02:07:26 pm
As I continued reading the book, the events became more intriguing. I felt this when the voyagers had first entered the unknown of the Arctic. An example of this is when Hampton writes, "this implacable ice did not appear to be a mere "girdle," or an "annulus," that simply bust through. It seemed to stretch out forever, and the pressures locked up within the pack suggested unimaginably huge expanse of even thicker ice" (Sides 162). I feel that Hampton is trying to inform us about past events that represent the dangers of our world, that we can learn from. Also, the book illustrates the beauty of the Arctic along with our planet. There are some suspenseful parts that make me wonder whats going to happen next.
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Sajan Shah
12/6/2018 06:22:05 pm
There is no doubt in my mind that the purpose of this novel written by Hampton Sides, is to inform the reader of the Arctic exploration to the North Pole. He uses numerous dates, letters and quotes that detail the events leading up to the expedition and the actual journey itself.
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Curtis Norris
12/7/2018 06:33:36 pm
I feel that Hampton is both trying to inform and entertain the reader."We have hard work ahead of us, and no romance. While we may be gone for three years, we may be gone for eternity"(Slides 126). In this quote slides is putting the reader in a intense state of what will happen. The way he puts the outcome like there are two possible endings kept me wondering which one would it be. It also seems to be that Slides is informing the reader how risky a expedition like this is. Before someone might not realize how long sailors would be outcast but now the know what type of possibility they have and what their mentality is at that time.
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Thomas Zoldowski
12/7/2018 08:58:27 pm
Hampton wrote this story with the purpose of adventure. I could tell from the first few chapter of the book that the story would be full of different experiences. He tells the history of a great journey that we mostly likely will never accomplish. Not just its accomplishment but the risk the crew would be making going up there. “She had sunk at latitude 77°15 N, longitude 155° E, a little more than seven hundred miles south of the North Pole.” (Slides 142 ). Before there ship went up another vessel took the journey and got stuck in the ice. Later sinking the ship with couple men on bored. This quote give an example of what could happen and the possibility of them ending op in that same position. Hampton show and writes how brave all the men where for going on this dangers unmapped mission.
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