DEATHWATCH book report
... an additional one hundred dollars to accept the deal. Seeing no way out of it, Ben solemnly agreed. Madec went up to check his kill. Ben was a way behind him when he saw him coming back in such a hurry that he almost fell. As Madec ran down the mountain he turned and said “what do you know I missed him. I thought I had him cold, but I missed him.” Ben looked up and saw dark, almost black, red blood dripping down from the rock. Madec saw that Ben had seen the blood and said, “I’m a liar Ben, I didn’t miss, I shot a little female bighorn. I didn’t want to tell you because I thought you would call the hunt off.” Ignoring Madecs gestures to come down the mountain Ben had to see what Madec shot. When Ben got to the top of the hill he was shocked. What he saw laying there wasn’t a bighorn at all it was an old man staring at him with skim milk blue eyes and white hair. Madec had caused his demise. This was definitely one of the turning points of the book. As Madec helplessly tried to talk Ben into secrecy Ben knew that he had to tell someone. Madec sensed this and knew he couldn’t trust Ben and would have to kill him. He made Ben take off all his clothes so that he could not travel far. He also stopped giving Ben any supplies from his Jeep including food and water. Madec watched him like a hawk. Not long after this type of treatment, Ben knew he had to do something soon or die in the desert. Off in the distance, Ben saw a butte. He knew it was far away, but he also knew it was his only hope to escape and survive. When the moment was right, Ben left for the butte hiding everywhere he could. After three days of pure will power, he reached the butte. Once he got there, he faced another challenge, the cliff face was almost vertical, completely smooth, and almost impossible to climb. After thoroughly examining all angles of the butte, he finally found an angle that with his will power might be attainable. He stacked up as many rocks as he could and started climbing. He forced with all of his might to make it to the top of the mountain and did. He got there and saw how the butte funneled in. Knowing how far he had gotten and realizing he was almost there he slid down the hard rock on his back down the funnel. Now he was very close to death and needed to find water soon or he would die. He was crawling along the cave floor when he saw the most beautiful thing in the world. It was a puddle of water surrounded by bird droppings. He ...