What do you think of Hiram McDowell?
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What do you think of Hiram McDowell?
I have to admit the author’s option to turn a typical antagonist into a protagonist is at least baffling.
What do you think of Hiram McDowell?
Does the author manage to turn an unrelatable character into a full-fledged protagonist?
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The way he acts on (what seems to be) Mount Everest is bad, but I could have managed a book with this villainous man better without his sexist thoughts about how his wife is getting flabby and his step-daughter is to fat to be a cheerleader. Ugh
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So why did I keep reading? What was it about him that made me care enough to keep with the story? I'm not sure. Seriously, I've thought about it and can't pinpoint what it was that kept me reading. When he left his climbing partner behind who was not yet dead, I was shocked. And he didn't just leave him behind he took the man's oxygen tank. I understand enough about the difficulties of climbing Everest to know this was probably necessary for him to survive, but Coles doesn't soften it in the least. He's absolutely brutal in his description. Maybe it's that Coles follows it with insight into McDowell's heart/mind. He survives a near-death experience and vows to conquer every mountain peak. He may be brutal, but I admired his unbroken spirit. Though even this is too simplistic since I happen to think anyone who climbs a mountain beyond the verticle limit of human endurance is selfish and certifiable. So, there you have it, my imperfect and rambling response.
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