The book I read Monday during english class was between a rock and a hard place. This book is about a man named Aron Ralston and he was on a hiking trip when a huge boulder fell on his arm and he was stuck there. After a while Aron had to break his arm then cut it off using his small pocket knife to save his life. After he cuts his arm off and is not stuck he returns back to safety alive. I like this story because it is a true story and shows that there's always a chance. Aron was clearly a physically strong person and he is also mentally strong. He is mentally strong because after this horrible tragedy he got back into climbing and did not let this hold him back. This is a true recovery.
After reading this, I felt that even in the worse problem I have I should be able to solve it because hopefully nothing could happen as bad as this. I recommend this book to people who like interesting stories but do not get grossed out easily. The book was very graphic and one of the pictures in the book set me off.
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I think this story will be a great book because it shows you that no matter what happens to you, you never give up on what you love.
ReplyDeleteI read this a few years ago when I was teaching a class on memoir and autobiography. I ended up skipping over the back-story chapters and sticking wit the events of the canyon. They were so much more interesting than his rambling descriptions of what he did with his day job.
ReplyDeleteI thought the story was totally compelling but the writing was not so great. What image really set you off, as you put it?
There was a real image of half of his arm wedged in the rock which disturbed me.
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