Larry's accident Vs William's accident

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Re: Larry's accident Vs William's accident

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elizaron878 wrote: 25 Apr 2019, 10:27 The description of Larry's injury is certainly not for the squeamish.His were life threatening,he lost too much blood,got infected, and the pain must have been terrible.
William got injured when he was weak from starvation.He had to lie out in the open for quite some time, not knowing whether Anne had succeeded or suffered a more or less the same fate.
Fortunately his strength of spirit pulled him through.
It is true that clinically speaking, the survival of Larry would be harder. His lower right leg was torn and thus the loss of blood due to severe hemorrhage would have led to shock and death within a few minutes.
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William belonged to the Olympic Peninsula. This played a major role in his survival. Also, I wanted to see Larry live. Actually, I was looking forward to his confrontation to Louise. Still, I think his death was purely an accident where he simply had no chance. William's situation, though extremely rare, is still possible in real life. His faith and optimism kept him alive.
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Larry's accident was different than William's and he died in the end. In William case, he had made it so far and got hurt and had to be felt behind and no one, knowing where to find him or if he had died. Both where sad.
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I agree that the two injuries were very different, but I also think that the author wanted to emphasize the strength of William's spirit. Throughout the book, several characters talked about how the spirit was strong with William, and his survival proved that.
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Bleeding which leads to shock is something quite dangerous and even doctors are afraid of. Larry went down that pathway and it seems his dying is fair
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Honestly, I don't think we can compare both of their experiences. The chances of surviving against the odds in the wilderness as faced by William in comparison to surving when your body has nothing left to fight are two very different scenarios.
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As per me, Larry's accident and William's accident was fatal. While they had different accidents, none of them was lesser painful than the author
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About Larry's accident, it was more severe and really bad such that he lost a lot of blood an essentially fluid in human body. For William it's due to his hardened heart and all the toughness he has been through that brings his survival. So when you just say three days for Larry it really amuse me lot in fact I get to think about you alot; don't you have pity
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My heart went out to Larry for what had happened to him. I mean, such tough luck! He was in a ship ill-equipped for survival, even though he was given all the help the crew can give.
And with William, I was really surprised with that ending. Stranded in the cold without food beats losing bucket of blood.
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Post by Sarah Schmidt »

I think Larry had a way more severe injury than William and that the environment wasn't exactly helping his condition, even with the access to care - and even that was limited. William, though older and probably not as fit, was no stranger to the environment he was forced in.
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I think if Larry hadn't bled so much he probably would have survived. The blood loss, infection, no proper care at the right time resulted in his death. William, on the other hand was fine till he injured his knee and couldn't walk further. He still had a little bit of food, and fire to help him survive a bit longer.
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We simply cannot compare Larry's injury with that of William's. William had a knee injury- which was quite manageable if dealt with the correct steps. While Larry had 2 almost torn limbs. In such a deep injury accompanied with severe blood loss, you cannot expect someone to use their willpower to overcome this kind of an injury.
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William lived part of his life in that region so he kind of knew something about staying alive in those circumstances. Larry's injuries were severe and he lost a lot of blood yes there were medic's to help him, but with injuries that severe he was supposed to immediately go to a hospital.
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Post by Andrada Madalina »

I believe that Larry's accident was an unfortunate incident and was not due to his strength or age because he could not prevent the tragic event. Also, William could not have done much to survive in the extreme cold conditions he faced due to the infection of his wounds and his hypothermia.
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The author did a great job
Love his choice of words, and writing styles
The book is a great book with wonderful description .
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