Being adventurous, coming out of your comfort zone, and taking risks will lead you to survival. Survival was the main goal for the past and still is in the present. In the 1980s, MLK day was officially declared a holiday, terrorists attacks were happening in Lebanon with the Marines, the Vietnam Memorial opened in Washington, D.C., and the Vietnam War had recently ended. All of the events all have one thing in common, which is survival. There are three short stories that proves you have to take risks and come out of your comfort zone in order to reach survival. The first one is The Quickening by Michael Bishop and was written in 1982. Lawson, the main character in The Quickening, had to break out of his comfort zone and step up to be a leader …show more content…
in order to survive. The second short story is Speech Sounds by Octavia E. Butler and was written 1983. Speech Sounds and Rye, the main character, demonstrates taking risks for the sake of surviving. Salvage by Orson Scott Card was written in 1986. In Salvage, Deaver, the main character, wanted to originate a new life for himself. This represents adventurousness and survival because by achieving a new life, there are risks at stake. Including trying to put the past behind and becoming a new person, which can be difficult. All three short stories are an allegory of its contemporary moment because both survive by taking risks, coming out of their comfort zones, and being adventurous. The Quickening starts with Lawson, the main character, who has two children and is an ex-air force man. He was having a normal life until one morning he woke up in Spain. There were people surrounding him and the people were fussing and moaning at everything. Everyone had just woken up and they didn't have a clue where they were, neither did Lawson. As Lawson was walking up the streets, he realizes that nobody speaks a common language. Lawson, along with everyone else, is fearful and in shock because they don't know what is happening. Once some people start to calm down, they start to form groups of people that speak the same language. Lawson starts to worry about his children and not the other children surrounding him that needed help. Everybody else ignored the children too, so Lawson questioned himself and asked if his children were being treated the same way. Lawson gathers with other Americans and tries to take a plane back to the United States which delays the thinking of fear for the moment. Lawson soon realizes that there is no hope for recovery and for the children, but he still takes charge and takes a risk by trying to get a plane for everyone. In order for them to survive someone had to step out of their comfort zone to be a leader. Lawson is a perfect example of that because he definitely did not feel comfortable around all the people, but he realized in order to survive he had to take a risk. During the time this book was written, which was in 1982, the unemployment rate reached it’s highest percentage, 10.4%. The unemployment rate has not been that high since 1940, so a lot of people during November of 1982 had to overcome the odds and find a job. Since then the rate has had its ups and downs, but the rate has decreased tremendously. This research shows in pursuance of survival, you have to take risks and put yourself out there to achieve greatest, which is surviving. Speech Sounds is about how a disease affects how people talk.
Talking was very rare because the disease affected how everyone talked. Rye, the main character, decides to take a bus to see her brother and 2 nephews. A bus is so rare in that time period, Rye had to get on that bus right that second because she didn't know when the next would come. As she was riding to her brothers place, people were fighting on the bus, so the bus driver decided to slam on the brakes to break up the fight. As soon as the bus driver slammed on its breaks, everyone started fighting each other. Rye chose to get off the bus and hide behind a tree for safety in case someone had a gun. As she was hiding behind the tree, a car pulled up in front of her. He got out of the car and he had on a police officer uniform on, which was really rare because cars and police officers were not seen during that time period. Rye was frightened by him because he had a car and was wearing a uniform. The policeman walked up to the bus with a plastic container filled with gas, which he throw inside the bus and it went off inside the bus causing everyone to vacate the bus. Everyone quickly evacuated the bus and the police officer offered to take Rye wherever she wanted to go. Rye hesitated at first, but then ended up taking the offer. Rye convinces Obsidian to come with her to see her family. While traveling that way, they see a man chasing a woman with a knife. Obsidian stops the car to go help the woman and in the
process of trying to help, Obsidian gets stabbed and dies. Two children come running out crying as they just witnessed a murder, so Rye goes over to comfort them. While comforting the children, all three of them find out they all of something in common and that is talking. The ending of this story symbolizes survival because she had found hope. Rye can now survive because she took a risk by getting in the car with Obsidian. In 1983, when this story was written, terrorists attacks Marines in Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. peacekeeping troops. The U.S. was having a difficult time trusting people and taking risks, but Rye shows that there is hope and survival through tough times.
In the document “Doomed to Perish”: George Catlin’s Depictions of the Mandan by Katheryn S. Hight, she analyzes the work of George Catlin while he traveled to the Mandan colony west of the Missouri River. Hight identifies that Catlin created a false and imaginative depiction of the Mandan Indians based on his social and political ideas which ended up creating an entertainment enterprise rather than reporting history. Catlin’s extravagant depictions of the Indians, which did have an impact on the Indian Policy in America, seemingly motivates Hight to write on this subject.
Often in works of literature, a character struggles against powerful forces or obstacles, and these have a significant effect on the character. In the fictional novel Deathwatch by Robb White, the protagonist Ben is an example of a character who has to struggle against powerful forces or obstacles. Ben is a college student who wants to be a geologist. He was given an opportunity to earn some extra cash to help pay for college. The only thing he had to do was to guide a big game hunter named Madec in the desert to the location where Bighorn Sheep would be found. It sounded easy but he later ran into problems with Madec. He first had to fight through the hardships that was experienced for survival. Then he had to manage to undertake mother nature.
Throughout history man has made many journeys, both far and wide. Moses’ great march through the Red Sea and Columbus's traversing the Atlantic are examples of only a couple of men’s great voyages. Even today, great journeys are being made. Terry Fox's run across Canada while fighting cancer is one of these such journeys. In every one of these instances people have had to rise above themselves and overcome immense odds, similar to a salmon swimming upstream to full fill it's life line. Intense drive and extreme fortitude are qualities they needed to posses during their travels.
In the story, A Long Walk to Waters, written by Linda Sue Park, the readers are introduced to many different individuals that were able to survive challenging environments. Those individuals used those factors, perseverance, cooperation, and independence. Those factors have allowed individuals to make it past through the harsh environments throughout their journey. Perseverance shows how those individuals kept on going without giving up. Meanwhile, cooperation represents how struggling individuals are able to work together in order to achieve their goal. Last but not least independence shows how individuals can conquer a hurdle by him or herself.
It has been three years since humanity was still alive. The year is 2020; very few people are left in America. A great series of large volcanic eruptions covered the region. No one could have prepared for them, and not one person predicted these tragedies. The author, Cormac McCarthy, shows the enticing travel of a father and his son. They must travel south for warmth, fight the starvation they are facing, and never let their guard down. They will never know what insane people might be lurking around the corner.
Throughout life people encounter a numerous amount of obstacles, some of these obstacles can be tougher than others. These obstacles don’t define who you are, how the situation is handled does. In the book The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Jessica encounters a tremendous obstacle that life could throw at her. Jessica has had to learn to adjust her life from the way that she used to live. Her life is changing and she has to decide if this accident defines who she is going to be while being surrounded by the love and comfort of her family.
How far would someone go to survive? All through life people go through various challenges, but when someone is facing death, how far would someone will they go to save oneself? Survival can mean many different things; such as making it through highschool without getting into trouble, fighting off a predator, or standing up for what is right to help others. In Kindred, Octavia Butler uses many different situations to show what survival means to her. For example, Dana, the main character, travels through time to save her ancestor Rufus thus experiencing times of near death predicaments. In Kindred, Octavia Butler uses the conflicts Dana experiences in her time travels to suggest the idea that people do things they wouldn’t normally
(Hook) Do you ever wonder what it takes to be a survivor? Well look no further, read on! In these three sources, they all show what it takes to be a survivor. (Background) In the first source, “My Escape from North Korea”, Lee escapes her home country. In the second source, “Trapped”, Aron gets his arm stuck between a boulder in a canyon. In the last source, “Big Hero 6”, Baymax almost powers off trying to help Hero. (Thesis) Lee’s courage, Aron’s bravery, and Baymax’s intelligence all show their audience what it takes to be survivor.
Humans have an instinctual response, emotionally and physically, on fear towards danger or any unpleasant situation. When one is not in their right, conventional state, they become too concentrated towards the danger in front of them, thus leading to vicious outcomes. These may affect the person himself or to the one he is in opposition to. Fear stimulates the lost of individualism and encourages a group mentality to one another. The book “Lord of the Flies”, written by William Golding, manifests fear all throughout the book which directly triggers the savage acts the boys commit themselves . When one is scared, they are prone to create groups to disperse the fear and accompany it, or in the case of Simon’s death, the loss of individualism, a creation of a group mentality, is an and
An example of survival can be found in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The town’s people were scared of this unknown creature and were afraid for their lives. In an act of survival, they hunted the beast down in a full town riot. Lucy, John, and Van Helsing hold a significant part in the novel as far as surviving goes. Even though they shared more than others, their survival skills left a significant impact on the
The following response will discuss how the elements of drama: mood and atmosphere, symbol and tension are utilized to create meaning in the clip titled “Charlotte’s Web: Saving the runt” (http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/charlottes-web/saving-the-runt.).
To start with, we can see a multitude of real life examples of survival just through our television. Reality TV shows like Naked and Afraid and Man vs. Wild focus on people being pushed into survival situations. These shows help to demonstrate just how far humans will go to survive; participants eat bugs, create tools, and brave diseases. That’s not to mention all of the other real cases in which people have had to go out of their way to live. It happens every day, enough that we consider them commonplace. From events as big as the influx of Syrian refugees making dangerous journeys to Europe, trying to escape danger, to normal people having to take care of themselves after being caught in deadly situations such as house fires or car crashes.
The novel, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer tells the story of a notable traveler named Chris McCandless. The novel, oddly begins with his death, but one can learn new information about his life and all the adventures he has had. Despite the fact that almost everyone believes Chris is crazy, he is able to help us determine what it takes to survive: resiliency. Resiliency is the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like (dictionary.com).
The book Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, was a very interesting story about a young man going to live out in the wild of Alaska. This young mans name is Chris McCandless also known as Alex Supertramp. He had a lot of courage to go out this trip facing the wild. He has set high hopes for how young he is. Graduating college than leaving directly after graduating and burned all of his money and left his car and most possessions behind. His bravery definitely had a big impact on the story. With his bravery, it seemed like he has done this before and has no weariness. Chris was very independent on his trip. He received little help from people. He got work a few times to buy gear for his trip to Alaska, other than that he was either hitch hiking or walking.
‘“Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That 's the heart of it really. Just keep trying,” said Bear Grylls. Unlike other animals, humans are unique and irreplaceable can do many things that other species can’t do. From the second a human being like creature has formed, there are always ways for humans to survive, not matter under what circumstances. Despite all the natural disasters , humans have found ways to survive.