Summary
In the last section of this book it talks about how Fawcett was seen going into the subterranean city and he was still alive. It talks about how they think that Fawcett had gone into a labrinth of underground tunnels and found the City of Z. they say that it was a portal to another reality. It wasnt soon after that Grann and Paulo met with the Kalapalos that they thought of ending their search. It talks about how they had many, many misquito bites and were both very tired. it talks about the conversation that Grann had with his wife and son. It talked about how his wife said it was hard without him and she asked if he was coming home soon. He had to hangup on her because someone was coming and then he followd the young indian back to the village. At the end Grann thouhgt he could see the Lost City of Z.
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"For a moment, I could see this vanished world as if it were right in front of me. Z" (Grann 319).
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My reaction to this was that maybe, even though he hever found out what happened to Fawcett, he imagined what the City would look like. Maybe he reasherched so much that he now somewhat knew what this lost city looked like. And that maybe he did find the city, even if he did not relize it.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (182-257)
Summary
In this section of the book it talks about the thousand mile journey to Brazil on February 11, 1925. It talks about the headlines in the paper saying stuff about Fawcett and the two other men that went on the adventure to Brazil. It talks about Raleigh and how he kind of felt down on the trip. Also how on the way to New York he fell in love with a British Duke's daughter. It was getting threateningly serious, their aquantiance. He said this in a letter to Brian Fawcett.
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"To Jack's delight we have seen the first of the wild Indians here-naked savages from the Xingu" (Grann 241).
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I don't thing that they sould have called them wild savages because the way they live is different them the way that we live. I think that they judged them as soon as they saw them. Just because they were naked and living in a fashion that we are not used to doesn't give them the right to call them savages. They probably knew how to use the land better then Fawcett and his men. They probably were better at hunting and finding their way around. So I do not think that they had the right to call them Wild or savages.
In this section of the book it talks about the thousand mile journey to Brazil on February 11, 1925. It talks about the headlines in the paper saying stuff about Fawcett and the two other men that went on the adventure to Brazil. It talks about Raleigh and how he kind of felt down on the trip. Also how on the way to New York he fell in love with a British Duke's daughter. It was getting threateningly serious, their aquantiance. He said this in a letter to Brian Fawcett.
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"To Jack's delight we have seen the first of the wild Indians here-naked savages from the Xingu" (Grann 241).
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I don't thing that they sould have called them wild savages because the way they live is different them the way that we live. I think that they judged them as soon as they saw them. Just because they were naked and living in a fashion that we are not used to doesn't give them the right to call them savages. They probably knew how to use the land better then Fawcett and his men. They probably were better at hunting and finding their way around. So I do not think that they had the right to call them Wild or savages.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (142-181)
Summary
In this section it talks about James Lynch who helped find evidence in 1996 of Fawcett's missing party. Also how James Lynch was abducted by Indians along with his 16 year old son and ten other explorers. They escaped and returned to Sao Paulo. The Indians would speak broken Portuguese and it was translated for James Lynch and his group. They debated for two days about getting released. It talks about how they would hear the translator say something about tying them up over the river and let the piranhas get them or cover them in honey and let the bees sting them to death. It goes on to talk about how James Lynch said that Fawcett's disappearance was impossible to figure out and it might never be solved.
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"They will tie you over the river and let the piranhas eat you" (Grann 144).
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When I read this I was shocked at what the Indians were going to do to James Lynch, his son and the ten other explorers in his party. I was surprised that the Indians would do such things to their victims and that they would tourer them like that. To me that was a very harsh punishment.
In this section it talks about James Lynch who helped find evidence in 1996 of Fawcett's missing party. Also how James Lynch was abducted by Indians along with his 16 year old son and ten other explorers. They escaped and returned to Sao Paulo. The Indians would speak broken Portuguese and it was translated for James Lynch and his group. They debated for two days about getting released. It talks about how they would hear the translator say something about tying them up over the river and let the piranhas get them or cover them in honey and let the bees sting them to death. It goes on to talk about how James Lynch said that Fawcett's disappearance was impossible to figure out and it might never be solved.
Quote
"They will tie you over the river and let the piranhas eat you" (Grann 144).
Reaction
When I read this I was shocked at what the Indians were going to do to James Lynch, his son and the ten other explorers in his party. I was surprised that the Indians would do such things to their victims and that they would tourer them like that. To me that was a very harsh punishment.
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