Another survival factor that helped Slava’s in the novel were refugee camps and Michael. Refugee camps were one of the main survival factors for Salva because, if he wasn’t there that time at the camp, he would die and not able to go to America. Also Michael was his survival factor too, because if Salva didn’t meet Michael at the Kukama camps, he would not have been able to learn English and have never been able to go to American. According to the text,’’ one day after the morning meal, Michael spoke to Salva.’’ You seem interested in learning English.’’ he said. ‘’ How you like to learn to read?’’ The lessons began that every scrap of paper… So Salva learned two thing from Michael how to read and play volleyball’’. Salva is really interested
to read, write, and speak English. This shows his new friend Michael the aid worker, helped him learn a little English so Salva can communicate with other aid workers,beside that Michael also teaching him, how to play volleyball. Also Sala survive in challenging environment by, an aid organization helped Salva resettle in the United States. On page 89th author writes,’’ Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. He raised his head slowly and began reading though the name. There it was. Salva Dut- Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America’’! This shows Salva was shocked when he finds out that he is going to America. Salva decided that when he go to America he wants to get a jobs and then help Sudan’s people.
Lina Vilkas is a fifteen year old girl who is the protagonist of this story. She was taken, by the NKVD, from her house with her mother and brother to exile. Later in the story she meets Andrius and falls in love with him. She marries him after the war while moving from place to place. Andrius uses his misfortune as a fortune to help others. He takes care of Lina and her family as best he can. Nikolai Kretzsky is a young NKVD officer who helps Lina and her mother even after Lina insulted him. Mr Stalas is a Jew who is deported with the other people. He wanted to die with dignity. He is often referred to as The Bald Man. He confesses that he was liable for the deportation. Janina is a starry-eyed young girl who likes to help others and to talk to her "dead" doll. When few selected people are brought to the North Pole for more suffering, dozens of people die from cholera and pneumonia. Lina however, survives and manages to save Jonas and Janina with the help of Nikolai Kretzsky.
While obtaining food seemed to be the entire purpose of life for the people imprisoned in the camps, it often killed more people than it saved. Though focusing on food seemed like a logical thing to do when you are being starved, it was not always very effective in helping people survive. There are many situations in the book illustrating how living for the sole purpose of acquiring food—under any condition—could turn out to be lethal.
Life for young Elva Treviño Hart was less than ideal and in her autobiography, Barefoot Heart she vividly explains the back-breaking work, financial hardships, and emotional struggles a migrant worker faces. Influenced by the struggles of day-to-day life, migrant work, school life, and society, Elva was shown over and over again what life would be like if she did not make an effort to change her predestined life. All too commonly people like Elva Treviño who are born into poverty will remain living in such conditions for the rest of their lives; however, growing up in poor conditions will have a great positive influence the life decisions someone like Elva makes.
Vladek learned many skills before the Holocaust that guided him throughout his life during the Holocaust. Vladek knew that he could use his skills to help him survive. First, Vladek taught English which resulted in not only survival, but Vladek also acquired clothing of his choice which almost no other person in his concentration had the privilege to do. After teaching English, Vladek found an occupation as a shoe repairman in the concentration camps. Vladek’s wife, Anja, was greatly mistreated by a female Nazi general, and Anja noticed that the general’s shoes were torn. Anja informed the general that her husband could repair her shoes, and after Vladek fixed the general’s shoes, the general was nice to Anja and brought her extra food.
People grow stronger through conflict because they became more independent. In the book A Long Walk to Water, Salva was still a child at the beginning, but throughout the book, he
Between Night and The Hiding Place, comradeship, faith, strength, and people of visions are clearly proved to be essential in order to survive in these death camps. Corrie, Elie, and other victims of these harsh brutalities who did survive had a rare quality that six million others unfortunately did not.
Annie Johnson and Ernesto reached their goals by working past hardships they may have had. Some of Ernesto’s hardship where learning english and getting used to American culture. Also, One of Annie’s hardship was to survive. As you can see Annie and Ernesto are hardworking and never give up in hardships that may have came along the way.
...s would be all too happy to pay for a meal with the lives of others, there were some good people left. There were people all around who were ready to aid someone else in their quest to stay alive, sometimes at the expense of their own lives. People such as the soldier, the priest, Ms. Motonowa, and Mancie kept things going from day to day for the Spiegelmans. In the end, Vladek and the others survived not because they did not have any friends as Vladek feels, but because they had many friends. Without the people who helped them along the way, Anja and Vladek would have surely died in the concentration camps along with the hundreds of others victims who were not so lucky.
(It should be noted that when describing hardships of the concentration camps, understatements will inevitably be made. Levi puts it well when he says, ?We say ?hunger?, we say ?tiredness?, ?fear?, ?pain?, we say ?winter? and they are different things. They are free words, created and used by free men who lived in comfort and suffering in their homes. If the Lagers had lasted longer a new, harsh language would have been born; only this language could express what it means to toil the whole day?? (Levi, 123).)
One of Nigro's main points of her article is how Morrison shows how important work is to the community of Bottom in order to survive. Nigro believes that work is important in Sula because it helps define or not define such as in Sula's case, who the characters are. Nigro argues that the people of Bottom take survival serious because they live in a white male, world. The residents of Bottom do their best by working odd jobs and scrimping and helping each other when in need (2). But they know that they will always have to remain within the boundaries of the hostile white world (2). According to Nigro, survival is also very important for Eva and Hannah. They know they do not have much opportunity being black and female, so they prepare for the winter by canning food in the summer (2). Eva definitely knows how serious survival is because she goes to the extreme of cutting off her own leg (2). Jude is another character, Nigro points out, that needs work.
A major factor in the development of character through personal struggle is that it shows a person what they are willing to do to succeed. One example of this is the acclaimed author J.K. Rowling. She and her daughter suffered from poverty prior to, and during the beginning of writing the infamous Harry Potter series. She had to get undesirable jobs, and write in coffee shops without a computer or copy machine, which meant that she had to manually process each copy that she sent to publishers. Through every problem thrown at her, she persevered, and proved to herself and others that she would do anything to succeed and support her family. Everyone has limits that they can push, and lines
Viktor Frankl's concept regarding survival and fully living was developed through his observations and experiences in the concentration camps. He used his psychiatric training to discern the meanings of observations and to help himself become a better person. He uses analysis to develop his own concepts and describes them in steps throughout the book. When the prisoners first arrived at the camp most of them thought they would be spared at the last moment. The prisoners believed they had a chance of surviving, but this belief was eventually eliminated and it was at this time when the prisoners began to learn how to survive by using their internal strength. A sense of humor had emerged among the prisoners. This humor helped to get through some difficult situations they faced. Viktor also observed how much a person could really endure and still live. Even though the prisoners could not clean their teeth and were deprived of warmth and vitamins, they still were able to survive. The sores and abrasions on their hands did not suppurate despite the dirt that gathered on them from the hard labor. The challenge of staying alive under these wretched conditions was to have and maintain strong internal strength. During the time he spent in the camps, Viktor learned what was needed to survive and how to keep his internal strength despite his weakening external strength. During the second stage of Viktor's psychological reaction, prisoners lost their sense of feeling and emotion toward events that would be emotional to people outside the camps. This was a result of the violent environment, which consisted of beatings of prisoners and the death of many others. The prisoners could no longer feel any disgust or horr...
In the book, A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva shows perseverance is key when facing life’s challenges.
The first time survival ever comes up in a strong way was in chapter six, where Steinbeck described The Great Tide Pool and described the various murders that occurred purely for food. “A small wave breaks over the barrier, and churns the glassy water for a moment and mixes bubbles into the pool, and then it clears and is tranquil and lovely and murderous again” (Steinbeck, 27). Even in chapter 20, there are themes of survival when it comes to Mack and the boys giving the frogs that they found to Doc in hopes that they’d get a nickel for each one. “We’re in the chips”, Mack said enthusiastically. “Doc pays us a nickel a frog and we got a thousand.” Lee nodded. The price was standard. Everybody knew that. “Doc’s away,” said Mack. “Jesus, is he going to be happy when he sees all them frogs” (Steinbeck,
Everyone was suffering with memories or lack of resources in the village. Agrin struggles with her past of her rape and the memory of her ambush that left her and her brother as orphans. Hengov struggles and sacrifices for his nephew that his sister hates because he is from her rapist. Hengov wants to care for him but cannot do that well of a job since he does not have any arms. Having lost them while disarming a mine. Hengov is willing to risk his life for his family by making a living disarming and selling mines. Like the one that took both of his arms. Since it is hard for kids to make a living any other way.