White Rabbit

I think the theme of this essay is that although there is danger in solitude, there is also great reward. One evidence of this is when she says, "Today the reward was the laughter, the sound of myself finding myself alone." She realizes that the best part of her journey is the joy she feels when she realizes she is the only one on top of the mountain and that would not have been possible if she hadn't taken the risk of going all by herself. The first example of her language that struck me was when she says, "I stop and listen to nothing for as long as it lasts." I think that this sentence is very beautiful and makes the reader stop and think. The second example I liked was when she says, "I climb to a view that it seems like only gods should get." The reason I chose this is because it paints a picture in the reader's mind and is a very good description of what she was seeing at that moment.