Is memory really unreliable? This article by the NBC News Press says otherwise. It tells of a boy that began to walk home alone but gets lost and is forced to live the most demanding nights of his life.
I remembered my English teacher from long ago tell me of this article because at the time we had been reading 'Hatchet'. According to the article, the boy, 12-year-old Michael Auberry, was on a boy scout camping trip but he got homesick and began to hitchhike back home on foot. Unfortunately for him, he ended up lost and had to spend the night in the woods. However, remembering his favorite book, 'Hatchet', which is about a boy who survives a plane crash and endures the obstacles of the forest, Michael was also able to survive. He drank water from the stream, slept in tree branches, curled underneath the rocks for shelter, and carefully used his mess kit and potato chips to help him to persevere.
Through this event, I believe that memory is extremely strong when an individual is facing tough circumstances. Additionally, for Michael, the memory of 'Hatchet' was strong because it was his favorite book. Therefore, it is evident that in pressured or momentous consequences or events, memory seems to be at an all time high and does not fail.
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12-year-old boy was lost in the rugged N.Carolina mountains for three nights
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