Blog Post 2

"Our neighborly intimacy with the sea was not fully realized by Torstein till he woke one morning and found a sardine on his pillow. There was so little room in the cabin that Torstein had to lie with his head in the doorway, and, if anyone inadvertently trod on his face when going at night, he bit him in the leg. He grasped the sardine by the tail and confided to it understandingly that all sardines had his entire sympathy."[Heyerdayl 87]
This excerpt is all about engaging the reader. One can not enjoy nonfiction when there is no humor.

Kon-Tiki

"You think I exaggerate," he continued in a low voice. "But, although it is strictly forbidden, there are still people in this country who make a living by selling shrunken human heads. Its impossible to control it, and to this day jungle Indians cut off the heads of their enemies among other nomad tribes."[44 Heyerdahl]
It is nigh impossible to govern a nomadic group of people, and whether shrinking heads and selling them is wrong, there will be a group of nonconformists. It is human nature to stick to old habits. While reading Dante's Inferno, few people will be scared, and fewer will change their ways. This is because it is less difficult to maintain your way of life than to conform to what authorities say. Partially, though, this is because of my own stubbornness.