The book Between Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston is a story about a man who was on a hike in Utah and fell down a shallow canyon and got his arm pinned to the canyon wall by a large boulder and being trapped for 127 hours before making his big move to escape the canyon. Three points that are very important in this book are character development, foreshadowing and imagery that relates the the books main point of choices lead to survival.
There are many thoughts and decisions that Aron makes to develop his character and give the reader a better understanding of the type of guy that Aron was. The first point is he is very stubborn and this builds his character showing how when he is dedicated to something he doesn't want to give it up, but he had to make a choice that lead him to his survival. Aron had to make the choice of cutting off his arm, he had gone over 170 hours with little food and water and tried every option he could to get out besides cutting his arm because he was very stubborn and didn't want to just cut his arm off and be free. He wanted to try every other option. The viewer learns this throughout the book and through his …show more content…
“Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out something and leaving it in your past.” (342) Aron is talking about how you should leave things that are holding you back behind and move on. Aron is using this as a metaphor because he has physically cut out something that was holding him back but when he says this he means it in an emotional way that you should not let things hold you back and push forward no matter if its different or hard. This relates back to the thesis because he chose to cut his arm off and after the experience make the best of his life and see it in a positive way instead of a
There are many thoughts and decisions that Aron makes to develop his character and give the reader a better understanding of the type of guy that Aron was. The first point is he is very stubborn and this builds his character showing how when he is dedicated to something he doesn't want to give it up, but he had to make a choice that lead him to his survival. Aron had to make the choice of cutting off his arm, he had gone over 170 hours with little food and water and tried every option he could to get out besides cutting his arm because he was very stubborn and didn't want to just cut his arm off and be free. He wanted to try every other option. The viewer learns this throughout the book and through his …show more content…
“Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out something and leaving it in your past.” (342) Aron is talking about how you should leave things that are holding you back behind and move on. Aron is using this as a metaphor because he has physically cut out something that was holding him back but when he says this he means it in an emotional way that you should not let things hold you back and push forward no matter if its different or hard. This relates back to the thesis because he chose to cut his arm off and after the experience make the best of his life and see it in a positive way instead of a