An individual can learn a lot from people that are very different from them. This story was written to illustrate that point. A twenty-six year old man believed that he was capable of taking care of himself no matter what the situation. The story gives evidence of this when the author says, "he was very much of the new elite that believed that any challenge…could be dealt with by good machines in the hands of skilled men." Charles also had no knowledge of the arctic or of the people that lived there because he felt that he did not need this knowledge as long as he had his machines. It was this ignorance that led him to feel so disgusted with the natives that lived there because h

The story tells me how important it is not to judge others superficially and how a specific experience can teach that. This story is about two people that know very little about one another that come together because of a situation that forces their dependence on one another. Lavery was very lucky in the story. He knew very little about the native people and his ignorance and lack of compassion for them almost led him to his death. He saw that by making this mistake, he was putting himself and another in danger. The story shows this when the author says, "sick as she was, how had she managed to follow him… how had she managed to stay alive?"

ate and to try and understand this person who was so foreign to him. If it weren't for the situation that he was in, he would never have made that effort and crossed the barriers that he had made between himself and the natives.

Some topics in this essay:
Farley Mowat, Charles Konola, native people, situation story,