untain. They believed that because of the things they did wrong when they were in civilization, God was now punishing them by keeping them alive in a place that they thought of as hell. It is truly amazing how one comes to terms will himself when faced with death. While in the Andes Mountains almost every passenger experienced internal and external conflicts. Javier Methol was a man who probably had the most severe internal conflict with eating the human flesh. He was constantly asking himself if he should or should not eat the meat. Methol starved himself for days, but when his wife finally died he knew that he had to survive so he could look after their children. Reluctantly he ate his ration of flesh day after day, and in the end he was one of the survivors. Since the inside of the Fairchild was mighty squished during sleeping hours, fights would often break out between passengers. One night Moncho Sebella laid his feet down right in front of Roberto Canessas face. When asked politely to move them, Sabella refused. At this Canessa pushed Sebellas feet away. Then Sebella kicked Canessa in the head. Canessa blew up, grabbed Sabellas foot and was ready to break it in two if Javier Methol had not broken the fight up. For the rest of the time on the mountain Canessa and Sabella managed to stay away from each other. Overall I really enjoyed this book and I am glad I read it. Although it had its sad parts, there was nothing better than to see the Andes survivors go home to their families for Christmas....
