Right before Peyton Fahrquhar was hung, he felt like time stopped right then. The world around him got 

silent and he stood there knowing something bad was going to happen. He's painfully waiting to be hung. 

The sound of his watch started to get louder and slower. It was painfully shrill. The soldier behind him

 stepped off the bridge and the board let loose. Peyton lost consciousness as he was falling downward and

 this is when we hear about his mental journey.


This event and the feelings Peyton had remind me of when I got in a car crash two years ago. My grandpa 

was driving and we were headed up a ramp towards a light. I didn't realize this at the time but my grandpa 

passed out about 100 feet from it. In the two seconds before we slammed into the car in front of us, I knew 

what was going to happen yet I stayed still and didn't say anything at all. My heart skipped a beat and my 

anxiety kicked in. I looked over at my grandpa as he wasn't slowing down and realized he wasn't awake 

or conscious. That's when we hit the car. Even though this happened in a few seconds I can very clearly 

remember what happened.

Comments

  1. Alyssa RassiNovember 3, 2020 at 8:33 AM

    Wow, it kind of goes to show that when people say time slows down it sort of does. Your mind starts to think very fast and process everything that's happening, but then suddenly time does catch up and your at the end. And I think the book did a very good job of showing that.

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  2. HollyHockNovember 3, 2020 at 10:01 AM

    Yikes! That's terrifying, Summer. When trauma happens, adrenalin kicks in & etches those memories into our brain, which is why we can have memories of things that happen to us at a young age. Do you remember if time seemed to slow down or speed up?

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  3. Alivia's Blissful Book BlogNovember 4, 2020 at 8:05 AM

    That is so scary Summer! That's a great connection to a real life event though! I too, find it so strange that time seems to almost slow down for us as we are trying to process what's happening, yet in reality everything is happening so fast.

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  4. DB05November 5, 2020 at 6:49 AM

    Wow. Great real life connection! You knew what was going to happen, but I'm sure you didn't know how it would turn out or how fatal it would be. Still, that was good.

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