In a way he was really determined to do that; to climb the mountain to show that anyone can do it. Sanity could also be one of the perspective as this could bring peace to his soul that it doesn't matter what disability you have you can do anything if you propose anything to yourself. “ You are the strongest man in the world” one of the characters in the story says, this made him feel good about himself because this shows he was mentally prepared for the climb. The perspective is also the purpose which is that even if you have a disability you can do anything.
In the Devils Thumb the organizational order is that its written in a flashback aka past tense. The story was written in past tense. The author told us a memory of his. In the story Krakheur talks about his eight birthday. This clearly is talking about the past tense of his life, and its how the story is told. This helps the authors accomplish the fact that is told at a memory. Krakheur goes back in time to share some of his