Precis:

In David Grann's nonfiction narrative The Lost City of Z (2010), he describes the relationship between Fawcett and Jack growing . At this age he is surrpassing his father in ability and wants more than anything to follow his father's footsteps in these dangerous yet intrieging journys.Crazy encounters in Indian Territory got out of hand and at one point his men had to kill indians because of their stubborness to back off. He and his men came close to death on many occassions and at one point he himself questioned why he wwas not at home in the god forsaken Amazon.

Tone:

Suspenceful, informative

Vocabulary:

trekking: To make a long difficult journey; especially on foot and often over rough or mountainous terrain

putrefaction: To decay with a foul smell, or make something decay with a foul smell

communal: Used or owned or owned by all members of a group or community

menus: A list of dishes that can be ordered in a restaurant or that are to be served at a formal meal

evasiveness: Not giving a direct answer to a direct question, usually in order to conceal the truth

Rhetorical Strategies:

Syntax:

(hyphens) "They eat only fish and vegetables--never meat" (241)

Imagery:

"The path wound through a partially submerged mangrove forest"(305)

Telegraphic Sentence:

"The room was dark." (294)

Dialogue (suspense):

"Up that way is where the bones were dug up. But they were not Fawcett's bones-they were my grandfather's"

Hyphen:

"I filled Paulo in about my trip to England and about everything Sawcett had done--including planting false leads and using ciphers--to conceal his course.(222)

Listing:

"...isolated, desolate, primitive and God forsaken" (240)

Questions:

• If you were in the situation Fawcett was in, would you have ordered your men to kill the indians or wait to see what happened?

• What type of man do you believe Fawcett is?

• What would it take for you to embark on such a journey?

Quotation:

"My story is lost. But it is a human soul's vanity to endeavor to disinter it and convey it to the world" (304)

Author's Arguement : The Lost City Of Z (10-17)

In the novel The Lost City of Z by Dvid Grann (Feburary 2009), he basically describes what Fawcett is going through while trying to find the lost city of z. Throughout the chapters Grann is portrayed as very successful in his expiditions " He was probably one of the world's foremost expert on South America" (120). His son is just as fixated with the idea of these journy's just like his father. In the end Fawcett met a woman who gave him the opportunity to study a manuscript in which he thought was very key an important in his expidition.

Tone:

Suspenceful, formal

Vocabulary:

 impetuousness: acting on the spur of the moment without considering consequences

Precipices: a high, vertical, or very steep rock face

Eerie: unnerving or unusual in a way that suggests a connection with the supernatural

Plateaus: an area of high ground with a fairly level surface

Pernicious-destructive or deadly
 

Rhetorical Strategies:

Imagery: "Streets paved and nearly aligned, thatched cottages covered in ivy, pastures filled with sheep, church bells tolling in the rain, stores crammed with jellies and soups ..." (115)

Listing: poems, documentaries, movies, stamps, children's stories (22)

•  "Hair," "Odour," "Motions," "Pathology," (155)
   

Dialogue:" The idea is to drain yourself physically and mentally and see how you respond under such circumstances," (23)

Telegraphic Sentences: 'There were other clues' (162)

Rhetorical Questions:

Why are people obssessed with the lost city of z anyway?

What would make you go to the extremes of Fawcett?

Who do you think is more obssessed, Grann or Fawcett, maybe even his son?

Quotation:

:" The idea is to drain yourself physically and mentally and see how you respond under such circumstances,"..."Some people would break, but i always find it slightly exhilarating"