Simpson calls his book “Touching the Void”. How does he present the sense of danger and it’s effects on the climbers ?

“Touching The Void” is a compelling book based on the prior events involving two climbers and their journey into and out of a terrifying behemoth of a rock.

There are many uses of figurative language devices, such as metaphor and personification in description,

Yet there is also a profound presence of literal use.

For example, “I gave Richards tent a good kicking to knock off the frost”.

This clearly shows how Joe, the author states things as they are, and this is good because it means that he had wanted to show the reader that he was trying to help Richard by kicking the snow off, yet it had been profound that joe had had a disliking of him, so therefore with that extra knowledge it can be seen in two ways.

There may have also been a more efficient way of ridding the tent of frost, yet because he had not liked him, he had decided to give it a “good kicking”.

We can also look at the word “good”. Joe could have just said ” I have his tent a kick to knock off the frost, yet he had used the word “good”.