What Does Survival Mean To You?

The aspect of survival I will be focusing on is the protagonists doing unimaginable things to keep themselves and their families alive. This occurs in all four of the texts that I have studied. The texts I studied were; the Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow, the Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins directed by Gary Ross and finally 127 Hours directed by Danny Boyle. The Berlin Boxing Club is an extended text on a Jewish family's hardships during the Nazi era. The Most Dangerous Game is a

“To live,” and “to be living,” are two very different ideas. Everyone is living, everyone breathes air, drinks water, and eats food, but “to live,” one has to do something that they feel passionate about, no matter what the cost is, even while facing death. In the book Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, brings alive a group of people known as the “Traveling Symphony,” in a world destroyed by a pandemic called the Georgian flu. The people in this group live by a quote, “Survival is insufficient.” As the story moves along, readers can see that this phrase becomes relevant to all of the main characters in the book.

Tales Of The Survivors The definition of survival is; “The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal or difficult circumstances.” My definition of survival is; to overcome something. “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park was a book mostly about survival. In this book, both Nya and Salva are trying to survive.

Have you ever had to survive on your own? Because in this book “ A Long Walk To Water ” by Linda Sue Park two kids named Salva and Nya had to survive on their own. According to Webster survival means the continuation of life or existence problems of survival in arctic conditions. My definition of survival is to succeed in staying alive against others.

According to the Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of survivor is someone who remains alive. However, this definition is not always accurate.Hearing the word survival reminds me of the soldiers who fight daily for our safety. Some of these men and women do not survive, unfortunately. A survivor is someone or something that remains strong and courageous through an arduous situation, even if they do not survive physically. In many works of literature, there is often a survivor. The Crucible has many characters who do not survive in the physical form; however, many survived with their moral character still intact. In the Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Mrs. Rowlandson tells her story of survival while facing unimaginable conditions.

In order to survive, people have been known to go to great lengths to which people will go in order to ordinarily do. Survival to me means that to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances. “The good lie” (the film), ZombieLand (the movie), and the movie Dorry, all three movies experience a difficult obstacle to face for survival.

According to the Webster Dictionary, survival means “ the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, in spite of an accident, ordel, or difficult circumstances. I think survival means to be able to be on your own, and to go in something dangerous but come out stronger and keep you and your family safe. The main character Salva, went through alot of tragic events. For example, his school and his village got bombed, he made a new friend on the walk but his friend got ate by a lion, then he met his uncle but a couple days later his uncle was shot.

The dictionary meaning is: continue to live or exist, esp. in spite of danger or hardship and that’s important because Sugar and her mother are trying to live and stay existing because they don’t have much to live so they have to try to keep surviving. When I think of this word I think of food, water and the wilderness.

Survival is living on the hope that better things are yet to come in your life. Right now in our country people survive because of hope and the belief that people are good and they will help them out. People survive when they are homeless on the streets only because of the people who are good at heart and give them food or money to buy clothing for the winter. Gerta survived because of her family and friends. Anne Frank survived because she believed that “Despite all the evil going on in the world I still believe that all people are good at heart.”

Wright presents the fear of surviving on your own through obstacles that we are challenged with when we're in a difficult situations in order survive on your own you should find the best routes that lead you to finding success. He learns to survive on the streets by joining a gang. Stealing and mugging people were a part of his duty as a gang member. It is reasonable for a teen who is an orphan and homeless to try and live on the streets by stealing or mugging people for money. Is it the right way to survive? Any orphan runaway teen in Johnny's situation may convince themselves that these things are okay in helping them to survive. His desire to survive is driven by fear of being an orphan runaway teen living on the streets.

How far will people take things when it involves their life on the line? Obviously you life is a big deal. You would do anything to make sure that you will live in any situation. There are certain things that you think, is it really worth doing after you go through that situation. So in this journal, I will talk about how far people would go to make sure that they live.

Think of survival as a game, a deadly serious game, that requires you to use your wits, skills and any resources available to you to survive. Survival is not a hobby, it is a mindset. Most people can reasonably handle 3-7 days of roughing it, as long as they have water, shelter and can move. After about 7 days, some people become despondent or just give up. You must stay focused on your game plan and tactics.

If this question is asked to most people you will get a wide array of answers. Every person believes that his or her needs are different to survive. But many will confuse their needs for wants as to what it truly takes to survive off of. Some people survive off of very meager means and others think they need more to survive. You could survive off of peanut butter and jelly and ramen noodles if you had to or even off of beans and rice. Many people who are homeless or poverty stricken find ways to make it. Our interpretation of survival is really what come into play, to some survival is just the basic necessities of life to others it is the excess things in our life that we have become accustomed to make life easier.

Survival is being able to endure and live through challenges that may wear you down (mentally or physically), and there are several ways of showing survival. “The Story of Keesh,” by Jack London, depicts survival through a harsh setting. “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” by Mitch Albom, depicts survival through character development. In sum, the idea of survival is shown in literature through these two different ways.

Aristotle once quoted that “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Granted, times have changed since 322 BC, but this general, basic idea can still be observed and studied in our modern times. Considering Aristotle is also one of the greatest thinkers in the history of western science and philosophy, this statement could easily be widely accepted, and could certainly provide substance for thought as to what the purpose of existence really is. In agreement to Aristotle, happiness is what makes a life worth living, and it is measured by refraining from materialism and feeling inspired by our coexisting society.