The title of the nonfiction, I read was ‘Lost in the Antarctic’ ,written by Tod Olson. The topic of this book is Shackleton’s extraordinary adventure to the Antarctic.
Summary: The main character, Shackleton, started his last expedition with 28 crews to accomplish his goal that is going to the southern pole in the Antarctic although he had failed for several times before. At the beginning he and his crew were very excited and expected to reach the southern pole. However, the more he went into the Antarctic, he faced many dangerous situations, such as lack of food and crush with glacier. Nevertheless, he always tried to behave as good leader :thinking positively and making others calm. Could he achieve his goal? Read the book to know that!
Page 1 is descriptive passages that include a lot of adjectives. And find out what is the role of adjectives, and why did author use them. In addition, I also tried to think about theme or central idea from the adjectives.
In Page 2 I organized some important factors in the book with my thinking, and my opinion about author and world.
Central idea 1: the Shackleton had good personality and intelligence. Quote, reasoning, connection between quotes, theme inspired from central idea.
Connect social issues in the book with quotes and thinking although they are not related to the them.
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