Part 3 Ch 2-6 Endurance. Lit term-motivation

The men are more or less joyful in the beginning of this group of chapters because the wind is acting in their favor. A great deal of game is also available for food and activity for the crewmen. Once the wind dies down, the men are left with nothing to do once more. Later in the chapters their floe at Patience Camp begins to deteriorate and men are always on the look out for cracks. Birds, penguins, and whales alike begin to fill the nature surrounding their floe, indicating open water for the boats to escape to. By the end of part three, the boats are launched making a mad dash to escape the ice that is closing in on them.

Three words were easily the most powerful words of the whole part. "Launch the boats," said by Shackleton. These words sparked a plethora of energy and persistence within the men to gather supplies and leave the dreaded floe. Their bodies needed to hear those words so that to believe in the expedition once more. They needed that as the gateway to their rescue.

For most of this part, motivation is absent among the men. but toward the end of the chapters, when escape seems more likely, motivation is filled into the hearts of the crew as they train their minds for every outcome of this adventure. This motivation literally lets them keep their sanity.