“There is absolutely nothing to do but kill time as best one may, Even at home, with theaters and all sorts of amusements, changes of scene and people, four months idleness would still be tedious; One can then imagine how much worse it is for us. One looks forward to meals, not for what one will get, but as definite breaks in the day. All around us we have day after day the same unbroken whiteness, unrelieved by anything at all.” Ipods, television, friends, and more are all things that people have the option of enjoying. There are many more options than that, but comparing this to the things that occupied the men in the Antarctic, one may almost feel selfish. At least, that's how Macklin makes use feel when reading this quote. Macklin's use of a bathos makes the reader feel pit for him and the rest of the men. Like many other writing techniques used in this book, we feel a closer connection between these men. We begin to feel for them and we begin to realize that normal people will never have to go through something like what they had to endure for so long.
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