The Tragic Expierience
In the book, Deliverance, four civilized, normal, antifrictional men take a canoeing trip down a dangerous, unpredictable, wild, unknown river. All through out their trip they are forced to deal with many tragic experiences. Each one of them must decide how to deal with these experiences. They can either get sucked into the pain and spiral downward until they eventually destroy themselves, or they can take in the pain and becomes stronger as a result. A tragic experience is defined as the spectacle of a protagonist, alone and uncomforted, forced to suffer fortune's reverses. When a tragic experience occurs, it does not make moral assertions, instead it asks questions. For example, it will ask, what is possible here? What is man ca
pable of doing in the situation? What might come of that? The protagonist is often isolated form society and his/her suffering is often disproportionate to his culpability, or the protagonist often does not deserve what he/she gets. A tragic experience tests mans moral, spiritual, emotional, and physical limits, to overcome extreme odds, both within and with out. A tragic experience views a happy ending as a waste, almost as if it wasn't worth what they went through. Whether it is canoeing down a river or just experience the loss of a loved one, everyone goes through his or her own personal tragic experiences. Whether we absorb them and become stronger, or if we get sucked into the suffering and just spiral down into our own pit of despair, depends on the
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Approximate Word count = 516
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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