Erebus Voices

Today in class we read a poem about the erebus voices, I think this was a really interesting task and a really interesting story! Feel free to comment on my reflection if you have any questions.

Amelia.

• I am here beside my brother.
• I think that the writer wants you to imagine how everyone felt when they heard the news, that 276 lives were taken, on their way to the mountain. I think that he also wants you to think about/understand the risks of traveling, and how the lives taken will be truly missed. It was a tragedy. It also sounds like anyone else in New Zealand would have definitely switched places with their loved ones if they could. 
• We fell to show that we were all together and we all fell, maybe not as far as those who lost their lives, but they all lost something. Yet we were loved, and that they will be remembered.

• Erebus Voices
• The name of the two parts are The Mountain, and The Dead.
• I think that the poet decided to split the poem in two, because there were two sides to the story 1. How the mountain felt and how it took 276 lives and 2. How the passengers were on the mountain that took them, it says in this section  that they believe that they wo n’t6 be forgotten and that even though they are there and we are here in N we are still whole and they are always with us.

I think that the poet was explaining how in  the tragic event that 276 good lives were lost, they will not be forgotten and that their story will live on. It makes you reflect on how much you take for granted and how hard they have worked because an accident hasn’t happened like that for many years. I am very interested in learning more about the Erebus disaster! I think that it is a great piece of history we should know, it makes you feel sad and sorry for the families and victims of the Erebus disaster but proud to be part of a country who feels so united and close to their surrounding citycons.