Summary Of Is Survival Selfish By Lane Wallace

The book I chose to do was If We Survive by Andrew Klavan.This book starts off with Will, Meredith, Nicki, and Jim- four high school students who decide to go to Costa Verdes with Pastor Ron to rebuild a schoolhouse that had been destroyed by Los Volcanoes. On the last day of their building trip the kids and Pastor Ron go into a local bar called the cantina. They are all having a good time except for Palmer their pilot for the trip. All of a sudden Mendoza a wretched, and heartless man , who is also the leader of los volcanoes, and a man who wants to take over Costa Verdes and start a revolution against the current government. Mendoza took all of them and held them hostage in the hotel above the cantina. In attempt to negotiate with Mendoza’s

Survival stories are constantly broadcasted across the nation. People who hear these stories always think of the horrors of the situation and grieve for those who did not make it through. But people are often not found contemplated the thought of survival being a selfish choice. Are survivors selfish for choosing themselves instead of the people around them? The truth is that the answer to this question is complex.

When people are in these life or death situations they have to do things they thought they would never have to do. For instance, in the book “Night” by Elie

to themselves no one barely stands for no one, it very rare that someone will try to save another

In the book The Leap by Louise Urdrick she talks about how her mother saved her life by saving her own she states ““I owe her my existence three times. The first was when she saved herself(Urdrick 36). Udrick states she wouldnt even be alive if her mother didnt save herself, Udrick needed her mother to survive for her to be able to even live. The text helps people realize everyone has someone to live for. Another reason survival is not selfish is because people consider someone to be selfish whenever they have a lack of consideration for others, if someone is thinking or the people they love while trying to survive they are not being

These are the words of a true hero. One who is willing to sacrifice his own

In 'The Crucible,' John Proctor is willing to sacrifice himself in order to save his wife. Heroes in any story are always able to stand up and even die for what they believe is right, or for the ones they love. I always find it interesting to see how other people around me react when heroes commit such selfless acts. The people I see always admire heroes, but when they're asked what they would do when faced with immediate danger, they almost always say they would put strangers, and even those they love in peril so they could survive. Everyone wants to save the world, but they don't want to die, society admires selfless people, despite the fact that society is selfish. We often say that we're the heroes of our own stories, but what kind of hero is so selfish? I want to say that I would be willing to die for what I thought was right, that I would lay my life down for a stranger,or for the ones I love, but I don't know if I can.

A close review of the literature reveals that your state of mind during a matter of life or death situation will influence the outcome of your survival. In the argument Is Survival Selfish by Lane Wallace, I woman that had been in an airliner that crashed on landing,“(realized) that the people around her were too paralyzed to react (in the situation), (so) she took direct action...(Wallace 318). This example showed that your state of mind in a life or death situation will influence your outcome because the woman had to understand the situation that she was in and acknowledge that she had to get out of the plane. Through her observations, there was nothing that she could do to help the other passengers out of the plane because they were too paralyzed to react. This influenced her outcome because if she hadn’t looked out for herself than she would have had the same fate as most of the passengers in the crashed plane.

People will sacrifice their own for others. Everyone makes a sacrifice, whether it be today or a century ago. For instance, The Frank family and the Van Daan family in the Annex during the Holocaust. Mr. Frank, the

I find the field of biology fascinating and I thoroughly enjoy learning the subject. It is an ever changing and developing subject with new advancements every day. These advancements can change people’s lives for the better and I want to be part of that.

Have you ever had to survive a life threatening situation? All over the world innocent people are being put into situations that they have to move against the odds if they want to survive. Many may not be able to survive, but for others it is a completely different story. They survive the deadly situations. In able to survive a life threatening situation a person has to be educated in the land and wildlife, they must have proper equipment, and they must have a strive to survive.

For instances, in the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam gives up her life and surrenders to the Taliban, so Laila and her children can live a better life, one without fear of the Taliban hunting them down for the death of Rasheed. Insert quote. Mariam could have run away with Lalia, but she knew that they would always have to look over their shoulder, to worry if today is the day that the Taliban come. She wanted Laila and her children to live a long happy life, especially after all the hardship they have already suffered. Mariam only had Laila and her children’s happiness in mind when she made her decision. She made the most noble gesture anyone can do; she gave up her life for others. Sacrifices don’t always need to be made with someone’s life though. Another example is ‘sacrificing’ or donating money. Thousands upon thousands of people donate money to charities, whose only goal is to change the lives of others for the better. When most people donate money, their purpose isn’t to make themselves feel better or to bring them more happiness, their true purpose is to give to those who need it, to help establish a better life for others. Sometimes we get so caught up in the grandeur of things, that we don’t always remember that sometimes the little acts can also make a big

In the novel "In Cold Blood," Perry Smith committed many lethal murders while having no remorse. Some wonder if Perry's actions are due to his upbringing as a child, or the fact of who he was around in his life. Perry Smith went through many hardships in his lifetime. Some of which included torture by a nurse, all the way to being thrown into prison. Individuals are controlled primarily by their nurture rather than their nature, and I believe this is the case for Mr. Smith. Yes, Perry committed the murders of which were very vile and futile, but I believe there was a deeper reason for it than what was portrayed in the book.

The challenge many of us often face in life is not how to help ourselves, but how to help others. Often, people in need of support from others are often unwilling to admit it, or refuse to receive help in fear that it will inconvenience someone else. Self-preservation is a part of human instinct and through this we become reluctant to allow others into our lives or to be honest with them. The Fray’s song “How to Save a Life” explores the desperate attempts to save someone else, and the sense of futility after realizing it was all for nothing.

The saying “desperate times call for desperate measures” holds truth to an extent. In the award winning novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, drastic measures are taken by characters in order to survive while stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean. Through his journey, main character, Pi Patel, endures many hardships and witnesses several deaths. Significantly, the death of the zebra accompanying Pi and the other animals establishes a generalization of human nature being sophisticated yet inherently vicious according to methods of survival.