"White Rabbit" Post

In “White Rabbit”, Holly Keith shows to her reader how hard work and preparation makes you more successful and reaps more benefits. After describing her challenging packing process, Keith realizes “the hiking is the easy part. And the climb is a reward, which varies.” One reward sounds particularly beautiful. Keith says sometimes she experiences “one perfect step on a perfect day, placing a crampon into the perfect incline at the moment of a perfect view.” Throughout her essay, Keith uses imagery to put her reader on the hike with her She describes her surroundings as “white, except the sky, which is encouraging blue” and “one of those places of pure silence.” As she lists the gear in her backpack, she repeats the phrase “just in case” as her reason for packing everything. The process of discovering what she needs versus what she wants on a hike has improved her confidence and made her hikes more successful and rewarding.