Why do you think he finds it so difficult to come to terms with his “separation” from his wife, Rachel? What part did his childhood experiences play in his emotional development?Ħ. Ben refers to himself as “a bit of an emotional blockhead” (page 119). Is she a strong presence in the book? What kind of person was she? What made her so special to Ben?ĥ. We learn about Ben’s wife mostly through the recordings she made on Ben’s dictaphone. Was Ben to blame at any point for what happened? Should he have hired the charter plane to take them out in the coming storm? During their time on the mountain, what choices did Ben make? Do you believe he made the right choices? What would you have done in his place?Ĥ. What skills and character traits do you think helped ensure their survival? Did you find the story credible?ģ. After the crash, Ben and Ashley are stranded at 11,500 feet, fifty miles from any kind of civilization with no hope of rescue, she with a broken leg, he with three busted ribs and a possible collapsed lung, and minimal supplies.yet they survived for more than four weeks in these extreme conditions. By the end of the novel, what do we learn about the author’s views of love? Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage? What do Ben and Ashley learn from the pilot, Grover, about the nature of enduring love? Is that a lesson that stays with them throughout the book? In your experience, does marriage get better? What makes a great marriage?Ģ. The Mountain Between Us is an adventure story, a story of survivial, but and above all a love story.

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