Aron Character Analysis

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Five days, one-hundred and twenty seven hours, seven thousand six hundred and twenty minutes, four hundred fifty seven thousand and two hundred seconds, this is the amount of time adventurist Aron Ralston spent with limited food and water supplies, not many equipment (tools), and his right hand trapped between the walls of Blue John Canyon and a massive boulder. Danny Boyle, finding this astonishing, decided to bring Ralston’s story to the big screen in 2010; taking place in the same place and time period (Blue John Canyon and the year of 2003). The protagonist, Aron, is introduced to audiences as a daredevil, outdoorsman, born survivalists, and all together a fearless person. For him, Blue John Canyon was a second home, being brought there

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