tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post7151511957471275186..comments2014-07-09T00:29:40.725-04:00Comments on Reading the Extreme in World Adventure Narratives: Detachmentjashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04174652571648541889noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393767047761198934.post-17448490695144289022013-03-07T11:59:29.116-05:002013-03-07T11:59:29.116-05:00I feel that the detachment that is so prevalent in...I feel that the detachment that is so prevalent in this book is mostly a coping mechanism. Though this is a bad, horribly insignificant comparison, this ordeal was like going on a long run. The whole time all you can thin about is how much it hurts and how badly you want to stop, but as soon as it is all over that pain and discomfort is all just a distant memory. While it is happening it seems like the world is ending, but once it is over it is something that has been overcome and feels a little bit smaller in our minds. And like when Simpson returns to Peru to film the movie, it doesn't feel the same when you drive by your running route. Our minds do not allow us to relive such a traumatic event every time that we are reminded of it because it would then become a something truly unbearable. Simpson is detached because he has to be, if he is not it is as if the experience has broken him.Matt Peterfreundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420746394195902804noreply@blogger.com