Aron Ralston Analysis

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In 2003, a man named Aron Ralston had his arm pinned under an 800 pound boulder in the Utah Cannon. He was a bit trapped. After five days, he ran out of food and water, so he decided to cut off his own arm. What made this man so determined to live? How did he survive this? If he hadn’t had his family and other people in his life, would he have wanted to live? People are determined to live, especially if they have family or friends. Aron Ralston is a great example of this. They want to live so badly that they will even cut off their own arms to live. When people are in trouble, they often think of family, friends, and their faith in God, which gives them a reason to live. People going through extreme conditions often think of family, friends, and their faith in God, which gives them a reason to leave. …show more content…
‘One, that I still had faith in God. Two, is my family.’” Lisle Folau survived overnight in the ocean after a tsunami swept him out to sea. He talks about how his faith in God and thoughts of his family were the only things that kept him going. Another example of this is Aron Ralston, who, according to Adventurer Weekly Magazine, “attributed his instinct to survive to thinking about the people in his life that mattered to him: his parents and his sister. He recorded a video saying goodbye to his family if his plan was unsuccessful.” This man’s arm was pinned under a boulder for five days, but he survived by cutting off his own arm. All of this shows how very important family is to survival. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs shows what a human needs to survive. Dr Hobbs Hopewell talks about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how the higher up you are the more your chance of survival, “When a person feels secure, their chances of survival