The Devil's Highway Themes

The Devil's Highway Themes

Courage

This book features twenty-six men who decides to go through the deadliest place on the continent, the Devil’s Highway in the Arizona desert. It is not a surprise that only the choice to do it shows courage in itself, but to actually do it and go through with it shows tremendous courage. These men has chosen to take a chance for a better life and it is a chance many people does not take.

Strength

These twenty-six men show remarkable strength throughout the book, especially the twelve that survived the desert. The sun burns your skin in this desert and the peaks are pointy and scary. There are deadly animals and creatures lurking at night and water is nowhere to be found. These men had a lot of fortitude to survive this ordeal.

Determination

The men in this story were definitely determined. They had a goal - a better life - and did everything to reach it. It is such a difficult travel and some of them were actually able to succeed, which is impressive.

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