Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Packing for Pakistan Three Cups of Tea follows Greg Mortenson for ten years throughout the remote Karakoram Range of Pakistan, the tiny village of Korphe tucked into those peaks, the markets of Raw...
Narrator Point of View
Even though Greg Mortenson is the first-billed author on the cover, he doesn't write the book. If he did, him talking about himself in the third person would get weird fast. It's important to remem...
What's Up With the Title?
Our full title is Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace…. One School at a Time. Whew, that's a whole mouthful.The subtitle is self-explanatory: Greg Mortenson is on a mission to b...
What's Up With the Ending?
Did you know that Mortenson has another book? He does. It's called Stones into Schools. Hmm… that sounds familiar. Well, will you look at that? The last chapter of this book is also called "Stone...
Tough-o-Meter
No, Really: Base CampOur climbing metaphors have never been more appropriate than they are for Three Cups of Tea, a book that opens with Greg Mortenson climbing K2, the second highest peak in the w...