Pat Wallace's Argumentative Essay 'Is Survival Selfish'

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

The survivalist culture is an intriguing American subculture whose main focus is to prepare for a tragedy such as the apocalypse or nuclear warfare. The concept of survivalism came about after the devastation from World War II, as well as the Cold war and the conflict between Korea and Vietnam (Crawford, 2017). These events began to spark interest in preparing for many types of disasters (Crawford, 2017). Over the years, the concept of survivalism developed to oppose the increase in society’s complexity (Crawford, 2017).

We are born selfish and wanting, we live selfish and wanting, and we die selfish and wanting too, and that does not imply anything negative; it means for better or for worse that we are looking

Survival is one of the primal instincts of human nature. It is programmed into human beings at birth, and cannot be easily masked. No matter how morally wrong the

When drastic times occur and sweep one of everything they own, do they have a plan of action? Will they be prepared for a life without power, resources, and stability? Many times when people are faced with this situation they find themselves unprepared and unable to live in such conditions. They lose the connections with the world, the water they drink is likely to get contaminated, and the scarcity of goods is a threat to themselves and anyone left alive. Everywhere around them there is death and destruction leaving them isolated in their own dystopia. Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon illustrates a nuclear bomb simulation. In such a way, he gives the readers a taste of isolation and survival needs when facing such drastic times.

These six individuals were inspired and came up with clever ideas to survive this difficult time. For example, “Mr. Matsuo dashed up the front steps and dived among the bedrolls and buried himself there. Mr. Tanimoto took four of five steps and threw himself between two big rocks in the garden” (9). Mr Matsuo’s actions inspired others to act and save themselves from harm. In a traumatic situation, it is natural to be in shock and not respond to the danger. “Mrs. Nakamura suggested going over to fight it. Mrs. Hataya said, “Don’t be foolish. What if planes come and drop more bombs?” So Mrs. Nakamura started out for Asano Park with her children and Mrs. Hataya” (28). A natural instinct for human beings is to go help others but in this case someone needed to tell Mrs. Nakamura that by doing so she would place herself and her children in danger. In difficult times, people need to be told what is best for them because they can not see it for themselves. Furthermore, “His desk was in splinters all over the room, but a mere paper-mâché suitcase, which he

Humans are blessed and cursed with the highest mental consciousness in the animal kingdom. Our intellectuality places us above living by instinct, yet isn’t high enough to exempt us from the laws of nature; though our intellectual state allows us to easily forget the natural laws we, along with all living creatures, are governed by. Our mental consciousness is also the determining factor that allows humans to survive under the worst conditions. When we give up our will to survive we will almost surely die, perhaps simply because we no longer care enough about life try to live. “Every time people come at us with

This document explores the meaning of human life, its purpose, what it serves for and also

On top of all the negligence the ship owner was still only worried about his benefit and collected an insurance payment on the ship that sank. This strengthens the argument that he probably knew this ship would not make it. The ship owner’s greed cost the lives of the crew on board. Clifford in the essay says, “The unjustified beliefs affect many people, and that it is therefore clear that those beliefs were culpably wrong”(Clifford PAGE MUNBER). Clearly the situation of the ship owner is demonstrated here because the unjustified beliefs he had about the ship being ready to be sailed affected all the people on board the ship and their

“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.” (Unknown) People’s lives are plagued by loss, disease, and tragedy. How they surviving such adversity shapes who they are as individuals, but more importantly, it brings out their inherent ability to step up to the challenges life presents. When given a cause to fight for, one can survive through grim calamities that would otherwise be fatal.

“Mother is this ship really safe and unsinkable?” said Mary Anne Louise to her mom while she started to walk towards the RMS Titanic “I have the same question as the girl… Is this ship really unsinkable?” said a lady known as Mrs.Sylvia Caldwell. “Of course it is unsinkable God himself could not sink this ship!” exclaimed the crew member as he helped her up the steps.After they entered the ship, she stood in amazement see how this ship was designed.She suddenly saw a girl dressed in a simple, pretty white dress and a large bow on the back of her head.She wanted to say hi but her mom wouldn’t let her because she was a lower class than her

John Hersey, the author of the book “Hiroshima”, recounts the tragic events surrounding six survivors living in Hiroshima at a time the atomic bomb was being dropped. “The characters in his account are living individuals, not composite types. The story is their own story, told as far as possible in their own words” (Hersey VI). Part of Hersey’s goal was to emphasize how catastrophic events can foster a need for survival and bring communities together as they lean on each other for support. Although cultural behaviors differ around the globe, the basic needs in which to satisfy for survival are surprisingly similar. For this analysis, we will take a brief look at what is inherent in each of us, the need for survival.

In this paper I will explain the concept of resilience through Hunger Game a current event,and personal experience. “You’re not leaving me here alone,” I say. Because if he dies, I’ll never go home, not really. I’ll spend the rest of my life in this arena, trying to think my way out. ”Quote from the Hunger Games”

lifestyle affords humanity, from both the dangers of the natural world and from ourselves.  Before the advent of civilization, mankind dwelt in the wild in small bands, and according to Freud even these small bands were only created in order to provide even minimal order (Freud 63).  Such a lifestyle naturally afforded little in the way of protection or enjoyment when much of mankind’s time was spent trying to fight just to

As humans we are biologically programmed to survive through evolutionary reasons of human nature to depend on others for survival for the main objective of