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| James Franco |
All is well until he finds himself trapped in an isolated canyon when a boulder crushes his arm into the canyon face.The topic of mortality is something that is so common and yet so taboo for human beings. (Adapted)
Being trapped for quite so long is a disastrous moment to happen. Even with food to feed the stomach, water to drink, I still can’t take to be imprisoned on a place where no one and nothing you can see but vague scene, with no one to talk with and nothing to do but to stare to nowhere, hallucinating.
It’s astonishing to know that Aron Ralston, on situation with limited water, a piece of food to take and worse, right-hand clipped, crashed and badly wounded on a fallen boulder which inhibit him from eloping from the place, a reason that trapped him alone.
He faced desperate measures in order to survive. With courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, he exudes resiliency and great desire to make more leaving.
Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. He has no choice but to trick his mind for a little time while sipping the last juice of the nectar, in the midst of his last-end.
“Don’t buy China-made products,” was his testimony while amputating his arm with a dull knife. He associated the whole products that were made from China which create bad image for the country. We could deduce that the China produces low quality products. We cannot blame him for saying that statement for we can really see that the country made low-quality but cheap products.
“Hey there, Aron! Is it true that you didn't tell anyone where you were going?,” he confessed. From this statement, we can learn that we should inform someone where we are going, most when we are leaving alone and on a far-flung place, a vicarious knowledge.
“You know, I've been thinking. Everything is... just comes together. It's me. I chose this. I chose all this. This rock... this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. It's entire life, ever since it was a bit of meteorite a million, billion years ago. In space. It's been waiting, to come here. Right, right here. I've been moving towards it my entire life. The minute I was born, every breath that I've taken, every action has been leading me to this crack on the out surface. “How sad he was while meditating for his life. However, those statements are such acceptable for he was in a delirious situation. His realization seems so bad for we, people living on earth, has indefinite life. We have our own way to follow. Path is in numerous while we are the one choosing which of them is best to take. While choosing, we are expecting that our path will lead us to a better one.
I had a furious argument with my boardmate just this day. He told me why I need to hang my uniform if I’ll just let it be wetted on the rain. I confronted him. Have I known before this moment happen that the rain will pour? Have I already predicted that their will be rain to make my uniform be it? None, isn’t it? We don’t know what will come next on our life. If I already know, it is futility to sling my uniform. On the other hand, if I presumed that the rain will come, I won’t hang my dress anymore. If it’s a mistake presumption, what’s the use of laundering it? It is irrational to wear it wet. (.-.)
Like your life, live it the way you like it. Then, you are shaping it the way you desire. Continue to struggle, for in the end lies the verdict, a verdict that you never expect to be in a negative form.
“Good morning, everyone! It's 6:45 Tuesday morning in BJ Canyon! The weather is great. I figure by now that Leona, my housemate - Hi, Leona! - has missed me hopefully since I didn't show up last night. Another hour and a half they'll miss me for not showing up at work... Hi, Brion at work! Best case scenario is they notify the police and after a 24 hour hold they file a report, a missing person's report. Which means noon tomorrow it's official that I'm gone. I do still have the tiniest bit of water left. Well, actually, I've resorted... I've had a couple pretty good gulps of urine that I saved in my Camelbak. I sort of let it distill... It tastes like hell. So, it's 70 hours since I left on my bike from Horseshoe Trailhead during which time I have consumed 3 liters of water, a couple of mouthfuls of piss... ,“ what I can draw of out of this freaking statements are the positivity of his mind to survive. He is expecting that someone will come and fetch him out from the Canyon that imprisoned him for quite long. However, he is thinking that, in anytime of the day, he’ll be gone. A sort of giving his life up for his will is being delivered. A farewell was his storytelling behind his false anticipated death. An evidence of his hopeless mind is the “R. I.P Aron Ralston” engraved on the side of the valley up above his head.
“How to retrieve the stone?” is the primary question on his mind. Water, food, shelter, clothing and medicine had been on the second line. If he’ll be freed, all those things are just an inch away from his hand.
Amputating his right hand with a dull knife but sharpened through rubbing it on the side is a painful and dangerous way which resulted to a gory survival. He’d been numb with the pain for his mindsetting dictates that there are more people waiting him outside, longing for his back.
A panorama and posture of an adventurous and resilient Aron Ralston ends with the carrying of his weight after being survived on the catastrophe. The film also showed his after-the-deluge event. After the sunset, the sun rises again for another life which had been brighter. In everything we do, we must expect positive.
