Theme Of Alienation In Into Thin Air

Alienation by definition is the state of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved. This is a reoccurring theme in the both The Lost World, and, Into Thin Air. The problem with alienation in each book is that it has a negative effect on the characters and their decision-making. Into Thin Air is the book about the Mt. Everest disaster, the main character and narrator John Krakauer gets invited to come with Rob Hall’s expedition team, little did he know what he was getting him self into. The reader does not see alienation until almost the end of the book. Krakauer makes it to the top of the summit, keep in mind that he is the first one to reach the summit. Krakauer gets back to a camp before the nightfall, but other climbers were still up toward the summit or making the trek back to camp. Throughout the night is when the worst of the storm hits, when morning hits Krakauer finds himself all alone. Krakauer is almost non-existent in the rescue efforts, which affects his public image after the expedition comes
Ian Malcolm is a researcher who takes a team to a place called Site B on an island called Isla Nubar. Malcolm discovered that another doctor had successfully cloned 15 species of dinosaurs. Although unbelievable, Dr. Malcolm theorized that “life cannot be controlled, life finds a way”. Dr. Malcolm is injured on the island, after leaving he recovers in a hospital in Costa Rica. Once Dr. Malcolm is returned to the states he starts to publically tell the world about his findings. The doctor faces a major problem, none of the other researchers who were there on the island want to back up his claims, and in turn he is publically mocked. The company that he worked for attempted to pay him off, when he did not accept they condemned him and said he was mentally unstable. The effect of this disgraced Dr. Malcolm from the university and the