Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Greg's Similarities to his Father

The quote I picked was taken from Chapter 4; titled "Self-Storage." The chapter summarizes the life Greg and his family had while he was growing up. His father, Dempsey, reminded me very much of his son and the quote I chose reflects that. Dempsey visits Tanzania and was immediately inspired into helping them by building a hospital. On page 36, it states "Dempsey threw every molecule of himself into the great achievement of his life--raising money for and founding Tanzania's first teaching hospital, the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical center." It's a great example of showing why Greg is the way he is. He spent an enormous amount of time training to climb K2 and he is putting an equal amount of effort into building the school for the children of Korphe.

4 comments:

  1. I made this connection as well when i was reading through the chapters. Greg and his father have a lot in common. One of the main characteristics that they share in my opinion would be that they put others before themselves, especially with building the hospital in Tanzania and building the school in Korphe.

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  2. I thought that this quote is significant of why Greg is so passionate about education. His father was intense about his work in Africa.

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  3. I agree with everything that has been said so far. It does show why Greg is the way he is, because his father was the same way. I admire Greg and his father for being that way, always putting others first and serving the community.

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  4. I see the similaries of Demsey and Greg because the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and Greg learned from his father how to help other's and he felt a connection for the Korphe people just like his father did when he built the hospital.

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