Into Thin Air Lesson Plan

What does Beck Weathers and his dire health symbolize to the other climbers? To the reader?

Have students recall all that's happened to Weathers: after he's miraculously found alive, buried under a small pile of snow, he is again left for dead back in his tent, where his chances are survival are essentially put at zero. Even as he makes it through the night, he is all but ignored, and thankfully Krakauer is nearby and hears his calls for help. It's not until he finally regains his strength that people begin to give him a chance to make it down alive.

Weathers's teammates all but refuse to believe that he can survive, highlighting how little faith they have in each...