The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

I'm sorry, this questions calls for you own personal experiences... what you learned. In broad terms, you might want to think about the themes. Have your life ever been affected by "natural" disaster? Have you ever experienced something that you know was directly related to the transition from child to young adult? Lastly, have you ever done something because you felt you needed to... something you might have considered irrational, but something you felt you didn't have a choice in?