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A rollercoaster of events and gore blend together to create an experience only The Revenant by Michael Punke, can display.
The story of captain Henry and his crew demonstrate betrayal, suffering, and the need of revenge as Glass goes through many arduous battles not only against beasts and Indian tribes, but also against his own body to survive.
The Revenant by Michael Punke was published on June 10th, 2002. The story displays a very intense narrative around Glass and his relationship with his crewmates, Bridger and Fitzgerald. It displays how trusting the wrong people can have a strong impact on you and revenge isn’t always the right answer. The events of the story lead to Glass having a very strong feeling of animosity towards Bridger and Fitzgerald. This feeling of animosity may or may not have kept Glass alive through the whole story.
Hugh Glass was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter, and explorer. Constantly travelling through forests and mountains Hugh Glass and his crew had to worry about the Arikara tribe who kept themselves aloof to white men. As the crew was out in the forest Glass decides to go hunt for food by himself. This ended up being the biggest mistake of his life. As he was out hunting, he was mauled by a grizzly bear. He was injured so terribly he had a broken leg, a ripped scalp, a punctured throat, and many gashes. Once his body was found captain Henry left John Fitzgerald and Jim Bridger to watch over Glass until he died so they could give him a proper burial. As days passed John Fitzgerald was starting to become impatient. He didn’t feel the need to stay with Glass for much longer and wanted him to die quicker. He starts to belittle Glass because he believes Glass is already going to die soon. So, even though he was given the duty to watch over Glass until he died, he did not feel the need to do that anymore. Fitzgerald states “Of course I want him to die! Look at him. He wants to die!” (Punke 48). After another couple of days Fitzgerald decides that he should just leave Glass to die. But to make decision he would also have to convince Bridger to leave too. As Fitzgerald spoke to Bridger about leaving, Bridger thought the complete opposite. He wanted to make sure they were there with Glass until he was fully dead. But every time Bridger and Fitzgerald talked about leaving Glass, Bridger was always very hesitant about it. For example, Michael Punke states “Bridger struggled, desperately wanting to challenge Fitzgerald, but wholly incapable of articulating a rebuttal” (50). This was because Bridger was a very altruistic person. As the days kept passing by, they had no other choice but to leave Glass as they saw some Indians within a mile in the distance. “There were 5 Indians at the distance of about two hundred yards on the opposite bank of the grand.” (58) But as they were leaving, they also decided to steal all of Glass’s equipment too. Once Glass finds out about this, he seeks revenge for the rest of the story.
The Revenant contains many gory and violent scenes that some people may like, and others may dislike. The story line and plot has surprised me in many ways as many unexpected and shocking events have happened. I have personally enjoyed it because the story also keeps an entertaining, action-packed storyline throughout the entire novel.
One thing the author, Michael Punke, did well with The Revenant is the way he keeps the readers attention throughout the whole story. He wrote the book in a way where there is no point in the story where your mind starts to wander off or you start to get bored. He keeps the story very consistent with its shocking and action-packed scenes. I also really enjoyed how detailed some of the segments of the story were described. Michael Punke did a great job on adding lots of detail into many of the events. He got it to a point where you could very clearly visualize and imagine what is happening in the story in that moment. One example of Michael Punke using detail to help the reader imagine what was happening in the story was when he stated “The Grizzley dropped to all fours and was on him. Glass rolled into a ball desperate to protect his face and chest. She bit into the back of his neck, shaking him so hard that Glass wondered if his spine might snap.” (24) The detail the author uses in this sentence helps the reader clearly imagine the terror that Glass is going through in the story. It is used so well it makes the reader feel like they are in the story watching the event as its happening.
One thing Michael Punke could have done better was the organization of the story. Every chapter or two he would change from one part of the story to a different part. For example, he would go from Glass’s point of view traveling to find his crew to Fitzgerald’s point of view in the middle of nowhere. It worked well in some parts of the story but not as well in others. Sometimes the transition would not be as smooth going into a new chapter and this could confuse the reader. If the reader does get confused by these changes of view, they could very easily mix up the events in the story.
Overall, The Revenant was a great book and I recommend it to anyone who likes action-packed stories. The book really thrived in some areas like detail which made the story way more entertaining. I would not recommend this book to anyone who dislikes violent, gory, or survival kind of books. But if you enjoy any of these topics then this is a must read for you.
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