The Pilgrims Progress Review - A Look at This New Adventures of Sam Hanks

The Pilgrims Progress Review - A Look at This New Adventures of Sam Hanks

The Pilgrims Progress is the tenth anniversary book of the world-famous novel by Thomas Keneally. It was first released in paperback in 1984 and is one of the best-selling books of its genre. It is also one of the most beloved novels of all time. The novel, written as a tale of Thomas and Andy, takes place at the time of their passage across the Australian outback after their voyage from England to Australia during the Great Depression. In this book, the Pilgrims experience the raw and rugged terrain of the outback - an area that has never been exposed to human settlement before, where some of the indigenous tribes are at war with the intruders from Britain.

Keneally's narrative is a captivating one, pulling at the reader's heartstrings at every turn with what is an essentially timeless story. The journey through the country - which is named after the first ship to set sail from England to Australia in 1825 - is depicted through the unique writing style of Keneally, who is very good at creating vivid and memorable scenes. There is a very real sense of reality about the outback that is presented through the writing style and the way the characters are presented. The way in which Australia is portrayed through the Pilgrims Progress book is truly incredible, bringing to life the beautiful country as if it had been a painting or even a photograph.

In many ways, the novel is more of a novel about travel than it is about bushwalking. The book is a true telling of the true story of two young mates - one of them is the son of a wealthy family and the other is an orphan - who are left on a desert island for over a month. They are given no food or shelter and no means to meet with anyone else. However, they soon learn that they are stranded together with other travelers who have also survived the worst of their desert. Together, they must find a way to survive the months together and make it back to England.

The writing style is very descriptive - particularly of the desert. It is so well written that it seems as though the writer actually IS in the desert, walking the sands. It's almost as if you're there, reading their journals and thinking about the way they thought and felt. There are moments when a character's thoughts are a little unnerving (such as when one character describes what they saw as being like a snake), but then those moments of levity are balanced by the serious moments when a character's thoughts are similar to those of "just another day". It is beautifully done and I loved every second of it. Which is a good thing, because there's some very serious stuff going on in the novel.

The Pilgrims Progress Review also talks about the importance of facing one's fears and how it can help people to overcome their insecurities and fears, as well as how it can help to make them stronger individuals, better people, and more capable of handling whatever comes their way. The book also talks about how the daily life of a young man during this time was very strange, to say the least, and that is shown through his journals. It is interesting how these journals are a key to understand how Sam Hanks prepares himself for the things that he must do throughout the novel. I also enjoyed learning about how the author came to be such a close friend and how his writing style helps him to keep such close relationships with others. In short, this is an extremely fun read, and I recommend that everyone who likes a good novel should definitely give it a try.

At the end of The Pilgrims Progress, Hanks tells us that we have now come full circle and that we will all go back to our normal lives one day. Which I think is an interesting point and goes to show just how interesting life is and how we need to continue living it even when it's not going so well. The book ends on a positive note, as it is followed up by the last chapter, called "The Last Paradise", which is basically an expansion of what was said in the first novel. However, I can't help but feel that at the end of this adventure, there is still something left out. Something that perhaps could have been explored in future books.