Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Touching the void – Chapter 10 (Mind Games) Summary
The chapter starts with Joe continuing back to camp. he realises that Simon’s footprints are in the snow and all he has to do is follow them to get back to Simon and Richard. As time goes on the journey back to camp becomes more and more dangerous with an increase in Joe’s pain, exhaustion…
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Touching the void – Chapter 9 (In the Far Distance) Summary
The chapter starts off with Joe in the crevasse after Simon cut the rope. He is trapped but is still trying to carry on with his broken leg. when all hope is lost he stumbles in view of an opening in the crevasse and pushes forward to get to the exit. Despite a few problems…
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Touching the void – Chapter 8 (Silent Witness) Summary
The scene centres around Simon just after he cuts the rope that was connected to Joe, he is swiftly continuing down the mountain, contemplating what he has just done and how people will see him when he gets back to home and how Richard will view him if he tells the truth about what really…
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Touching the void – Chapter 7 (Shadows in the ice) Summary
The chapter starts with Joe hanging from the rope expecting to drop down at any point along with Simon, Suddenly he falls down and after hitting the ground slips through a crevasse where he falls again until he smacks himself into a rock ledge. He realises he survived the drop and beliefs Simon is above…
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Touching the void – Chapter 6 (The Final Choice) Summary
Joe and Simon both start their descent down the mountain, Joe is still in complete agony after his near fatal accident in the previous chapter. Simon is completely confident in his plan to lower Joe down the mountain but as time goes by the descent by Simon becomes faster and faster and Joe starts becoming…
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Touching the void – Chapter 5 (Disaster) Summary
Joe and Simon start to climb down the mountain, as they keep on going down disaster strikes and Joe falls down the mountain and breaks his legs in the process. Now fearing for his life as now it would take even more work and may even be impossible to get back down the mountain, his…
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Touching the void – Chapter 4 (On the edge) summary
Joe is beginning to start worrying but the situation him and Simon are in and the intense sense of fate he is facing, soon enough Joe encounters his first fall, the distance between him and Simon makes it hard or them to communicate with each other. Simon (Who has frostbite now) becomes angry at Joe…
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Homophobia is wrong – IGCSE Coursework – I Can Tell You Now (Complete)
Homosexuality, the sexual attraction to, or sexual relations with, members of the same-sex. Homophobia, the fear of or apprehension about homosexuality. In modern-day society, these two words, unfortunately, come hand in hand with each other for a really hateful and nasty reason. Today’s society has become a much safer place for the LGBT community to…
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Touching the void – Chapter 3 (Storm at the summit)
The chapter starts off with Joe and Simon leaving the cave that they luckily found in the previous chapter, they both keep on heading up towards the summit making steady progress. Simon ends up falling down the mountain first but because Simon and joe are attached to each other Joe can pull him back up…
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Touching the void – Chapter 2 (Tempting Fate) Summary
The chapter starts off with Simon and Joe waking up from their tent, Simon is becoming much more optimistic about the journey up the mountain but joe still has his doubts however once they both start climbing they both start enjoying themselves. Later on though their luck turns the other way as the mountain starts…
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