Into Thin Air #1

Close reading : " As dawn washed the darkness from the sky, the shattered glacier was revealed to be a three-dimensional landscape of phantasmal beauty". The reason I loved that line was because author Jon Krakauer went into so much detail that it was as if you were actually there, picturing the beauty of Mt. Everest. This sentence is so well written that you are actually able to picture his perspective. The amount of literary devices he uses in one sentence is incredible and one of the many reasons he wrote this line well. This is not the only well written line in the book. He does this a number of times and all extremely well written. The book is detailed just enough so you can picture the events but it does not overflow you. The events that follow are disastrous and described well. He uses so much imagery throughout the book so the book becomes a well written masterpiece.