The raft

The Raft by S. A. Bodeen is a suspenseful book about a girl named Robie. Robie is visiting her aunt in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her aunt is called in to go to a business meeting stationed in Los Angeles, CA. Robie convinces her aunt to allow her to stay at her apartment untill her scheduled return back to her hometown island, Midway. Robie is assaulted and catches a cargo plane flight back to Midway. The cargo plane has a maximum weight capacity and ultimately crash lands in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Robie survives the crash and is lost in the middle of the sea on a raft. Robie is faced with many decisions and responsibilities. Does Robie have what it takes to survive? Will she make the right choices?

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Jawaharlal Nehru once said, "Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play is free will." This declares that life gives you options and the ones you choose are free will. The quote by Nehru is true, because free will revolves around the choices you make when decisions confront you. This can be clearly seen in The Raft by S. A. Bodeen. Robie (the main character in The Raft) is faced with many choices such as; staying at her aunt's house without her supervision, catching a plane by herself after the assault, keeping her deceased flight attendant alive as a figment of her imagination.