Class work

Simpson uses references to objects to communicate the challenge faced by climbers by describing the objects as if they are people. He uses the mountain as if it was a person and how the mountain is watching him and how the mountain is the cause of the bad things that have happened. On page 117 “Simon” said they he “expected an avalanche to come hissing down”. This is personification because am avalanche does not hiss but he gives the impression of how it would sound in the readers mind so it will feel more realistic. Also he says that it is like the mountain was holding its breath. This is also personification because he is saying that the mountain is living and it can breathe like Humana. He also said “their” which is saying that out is also a living thing. They also talk about the void and say how the void represents death, hence the name touching the void, translated into touching death. This is used because of all of the close encounters of death throughout the book.