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My Escape From North Korea Character Analysis

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Eli: (H) Are you strong enough to push your body to the limit and not give up?(B) That is what it takes to survive.(T) In the stories Most Dangerous Game, Trapped, and My escape from North Korea all three main characters had three characteristics that helped them survive. Those three characteristics are resilience, determination, and intelligence. There is no way that these characters would have been able to survive without these characteristics. Eli: (T) To begin with, the survival characteristic that Rainsford showed the most was resilience. On pg. 7 Rainsford was leaning over the rail of the ship and looking for something as his pipe struck a rope and fell out of his mouth. Rainsford lunging for his pipe lost …show more content…

Aron Ralston from the article "Trapped" was determined to survived. Aron Ralston was rock climbing in Blue John Canyon when a heavy bolder fell and pinned his arm against the canyon wall. Aron was stuck under this bolder for 127 hours. That is five days stuck under a rock with out food, water, and the rock cutting the circulation off of your hand. Aron was determined to get out of there because after 5 days of sitting there he cut his own arm off. You need to be determined to be a survivor. Sean: (T) Lastly, in "My Escape from North Korea", Lee also shows those 3 characteristics of being a survivor. (E) For example, "But I managed to control all the emotions inside me, and answer the questions." (Lee Page 2) (A) Lee stays calm while being interrogated by the police and answers the questions calmly which led the police to believe that it was a false report. Another example, "But I had to spend almost all my money to bribe the border guards in Laos." Lee is resilient and determined to get her and her family out of the country so she sacrifices almost all her money to get the border guards in Laos to let them through to get them one more step closer to freedom. The three survival characteristics Lee possesses, especially determination and resilience, allowed Lee to push through the harsh conditions and obstacles and to make the sacrifices Lee makes for her family to give

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