"The River" Update + Theme and Summary Prompt

"The River" Update + Theme and Summary Prompt

Now, I have read Chapters 1-11, and Chapter 12 awaits.

It's now been three days since Brian and Derek's arrival to the wilderness, and during these three days, Brian and Derek have managed to create a whole new tent shelter. They have also found food sources like various types of nuts and berries that are safe to eat, according to Brian's previous experience in the last book. 

But just when things looked like they were going well, something bad happens, that is described in Chapters 10-11. Another rainstorm hits the area where Brian and Derek are sleeping one day. And this rainstorm is far more massive than the last one they encountered on their first day. This happens in the middle of the night, when Brian and Derek are sleeping. Brian is awakened at the sound of the thunder that follows the rainstorm, but Derek wakes up later, and right after Derek wakes up, he starts to reach for his radio, and then lightning strikes a nearby tree and travels all the way down to the ground and what happened next? The lightning hit Derek hard. 

Brian sees all of this, but then he suddenly falls asleep again, forgetting all about Derek. In the morning after the rainstorm, Brian decides to try and help Derek. Derek's hair is burnt and his body is really warm, but his heart is still beating. Brian now needs to decide what the right thing to do is, if Derek is at this state and the whole wilderness experience is turning around this unexpected corner. Brain's next action will probably be revealed in Chapter 12.

Now, a real life issue presented in this text is: How do you treat someone who has been electrically shocked? In the world today, there are very many ways one can get a shock of electricity; through a circuit failure, getting struck by lightning, and many other events can shock a person electrically. When Derek gets hit, in the morning after the rainstorm, Brian decides to perform the C.P.R. procedure so that he can get Derek breathing again. A solution to this in the modern-world today, is to just call emergency personnel. But here in the wilderness, that is almost impossible. Brian's next step to helping Derek after trying C.P.R. (which worked on Derek so now he's breathing again) was to try and call the radio for help. But the radio transmitter was not working either at that time. The next steps that Brain will take will probably be revealed in the next chapter. Therefore, the real life issue of trying to take care of someone after they have been electrically shocked is significantly reflected in the text.