Thursday, September 16, 2010

Between a rock and a hard place

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston

Question 1

I would recomend this to people for a variety of reasons but first I must say that if you are someone who cant handle some gore than you might not want to read this book due to the fact that their are pictures of his arm cut off ect. The main reason I would recommend this book is because the story that is told is so life changing. Hearing about how he has to cut and bite off his own arm while he is stuck in a very small hot place is amazing. It also shows how survival instincts you never knew you had will kick in when you truly need them. My favorite part in this book i not actually the part were the rock fell down trapping his arm but when he was traveling with the two women and they split off just before the accident happened. Its amazing how differently this situation could have played out if these two would have stayed with him. For these reasons I would definitely recommend this book.

Question 4

If this were a movie the opening scene would be a short clip of him with his arm stuck between the rock, his face sweating and him yelling in pain, then the shot closing. After that it would go to earlier that day when he was just starting his trip. A nice day, great weather for the trip and the movie would play on from there up to the point of his arm getting stuck but it would go further. I think this would be appropriate because this shows the audience a bit of whats to come so they want more and then goes back so there is suspense for when this will actually occur.

Spencer Tranter

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