Choice, Responsibility and Survival: An Analysis

Graham Brown, an American actor known for his work in the theater once said, “Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we are proud of.” “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami tells a story about a young boy getting in a situation whether he should save his friend’s life or his life. “The Cost of Survival” is about people going to a risky places and ending up getting rescued by rescue workers who does not get enough salary. The story “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel is about a teenager getting trapped with a tiger on a lifeboat and has to share food in order not to be eaten. People should be held responsible for their actions as a result of preparing them to be better, giving them a choice, and teaching them how to survive. People’s attitude and action shapes them to be a better person and teaches them the difference between right and wrong. When the narrator of “The Seventh Man” and his friend K were on the beach, the narrator tried to warn his friend, but it was too late because his fear made him go the other direction, he says, “I found myself running the other way… What made me do this, I’m sure, was a fear, a fear so overpowering it took my voice away and

Being accountable for our actions is a good thing because it gives us a choice whether we should do it or not. In “The Seventh Man” the narrator chooses to save his life because he knows that he will not make it if he tried to save K. It also makes us be prepared to be a better person, in “Life of Pi” Pi decided to try and lure the fish by using his shoe to survive starvation. It can also teach us what we did wrong like in the article “The Cost of Survival” the people should pay for their injury because their poor choices and behavior made them do it. We should be responsible for our actions, like doing chores, because our choices and behavior are the ones that makes us motivated, be successful in life, and experience that we can learn from our