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To Build A Fire By Jack London

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You should never dive into life or death situations unprepared and ill informed on how to take action given a common problem you could come across because it really could be your life on the line. Actions are the main factor in your survival and because of that fact, survival is your own responsibility. Alternatively, there are some situations where you really have no control and are at the mercy of nature. But, regardless people should be held accountable for their actions in situations that deal with life and death because your actions directly affect you. Your decisions also affect other people, for instance, in a story where a German caver needed to be saved the operation to extract him from underground included 728 people who weren’t even payed in the end. …show more content…

In addition, the advice he was given was to bring a partner to help him in an emergency situation, consequently the ice trap and failed fires that led to his demise could have been avoided. But more specifically in this man’s case he could’ve survived injured, but alive if he didn’t let his mind wander off while he was chewing tobacco in what was in fact a life or death situation. On the contrary someone could say that even being alert and having a partner with him the man might not have made it out of the situation alive. To that I say being alone and responsible for yourself should strike a tinge of fear in your heart and let you know that you are the one who is accountable for whatever happens to yourself in

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