The Raft
S. A. Bodeen
Chapters 5-12
Robie is now on a flight back to Midway. While she is on the air plane there is really bad turbulence because they are in the middle of storm. After a while the turbulence gets worse and worse. All the sudden Max walks up to Robie and tells her to put her life jacket on Robie sitting there in fear doesn't put it on and then gets thrown out of the plane with out the life jacket. She could hardly get back to the surface when she hits the water.
Connection #1
As the plane is still in the air they decide to ditch the plane. Max gives Robie and yellow flotation device. In real life, air planes have flotation devices people can put on if the plane is crashing into the water.
Connection #2
When they were still on the plane Max was telling Robbie what to do. He kept screaming "Do you understand?" she wouldn't say anything so he slapped her. When I'm being lectured they will say "Do you understand?" and if I don't answer them I get smacked.
Connection #3
As Robie is falling when she got thrown out of the plane all she could think about was breathing. If I was thrown out the window of a crashing plane I would only be thinking about breathing to.
Connection #4
When Robie hit the water it says it felt cold and wet also it looked black. At night the ocean tends to be colder then it is during the day and you can't see into the water because there is no light so it looks black.
Connection #5
While Robie was under water she was think about how she just wanted it all to end. She thought death would be easier. If I was just thrown out of a plane into the ocean with no sign of anyone I would think death is easier then just being in the ocean. Because I wouldn't want to stay in the ocean on a raft I would just want to go home and be with my family.
Connection #6
To Robie the raft feels soft and yielding when it won't let her get out of the water because it is on top of her. Usually rafts feel hard and rubbery. But if I was underwater and couldn't breathe and was getting ready to lose consciousness I probably would think it's soft to.
Connection #7
When Robie closed her eyes and covered her ears she felt alone. Only because she couldn't hear or see anyone. I feel the same way when I close my eyes and cover my ears.
Connection #8
When Max is screaming Larry's name it is noisy and chaotic. Well that's how it usually sounds when someone is screaming their heads off.