Over the summer, I chose to read Between a Rock and a Hard Place, this is the story of a brave explorer named Aron Ralston written by himself. Aron was at the top of his game, and very confident as he explored all through the canyons of Utah. Being too confident, Ralston figured it would be a good idea to head to Utah's dangerous Blue John Canyon alone and without letting anyone know. It makes me wonder why someone would go off and do something so extreme without anyone and much less without letting anyone know where you were headed. Aron had a good first part of his exploration but after a life changing incident, Ralston quickly learned that nature can be more powerful then even the most talented explorers out there.
Aron learned his lesson to always respect nature after getting his right arm stuck deep into Blue John between one wall of the canyon and a boulder. After days of hallucinations, videos of himself, and tears, while trapped alone in the canyon, Ralston decided he must look to his last resort, amputating his arm. I often think about how I would react in that situation because it requires such a difficult decision. I admire Aron for being brave enough for doing this and I'm not sure if I could have made myself do the same even in the face of death.
Brennan, your book sounds really interesting. Is it the book that _127 Hours_ is based on? I am glad to get some of your thoughts about the book interspersed with your summary, but I'd like to see even more focus on your ideas and less on what happened in the book. I hope that most of your questions in your free post can be answered by the syllabus and other documents from the first day, but on the subject of tests and quizzes, I can tell you we will have the vocab quizzes every other week, maybe some reading quizzes, and tests on several units - I'd expect about one per quarter.
ReplyDeleteBreanna you read some nice books over the summer. Keep it up through the schoool year.
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