Problem
• Reread aloud the next-to-last paragraph in chapter 13, where Krakauer powerfully describes Billie's grief. Rephrase the paragraph and simplify it with explaination
• What makes Krakauer's description (quoted below) powerful? "It is all she can do to force herself to examine the fuzzy snapshots. As she studies the pictures, she breaks down from time to time, weeping as only a mother who has outlived a child can weep, betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure. Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologies for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow" (132).
• What is the implication of Krakauer's last comment? "Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologies for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow" (132).