They did it! Everything ends up okay and the men are able to go back to lives in the world that was lost to them for so long. The extreme joy they must have felt when they were saved must have been awesome. I imagine at first the crew did not believe it, but they had epiphanies and realized they were saved. Shackleton did it they reached their destination and came back for the rest of the crew they left behind on Elephant Island. “A spontaneous cheer went up. In fact the excitement ashore was so intense that many men actually were giggling.”(Lansing280). This part of the book was great it truly made you feel good and happy for the crew. I can’t even go and say the word ‘giggling’ reminded me of one of the cartoon characters of my childhood.
David, I like your reference to sponge bob. It showed that the mood of the men went from the dreariness of being stuck on Elephant Island to suddenly being saved. I think the sponge bob reference matched this perfectly.
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