Many survivors have had to make tough decisions. A survivor has to be selfish. A survivor has to know when they can help others, and when they need to help themselves first. Making the selfish decision will not be easy, but it is necessary. The following texts, A Long Way Gone, “Is survival selfish”, and “night”, provide examples of survivors who had to make tough decisions.
In a long way gone by Ishmael Beah, on page 30, Ishmael steals corn from a five year old boy. Regardless of Ishmael being a young boy himself, he was definitely more intelligently developed than the five year old to know that it was egregious to steal from him. Stealing that corn was similar to stealing candy from a baby, easy, but still abominable. That could have been
In a long way gone by Ishmael Beah, on page 30, Ishmael steals corn from a five year old boy. Regardless of Ishmael being a young boy himself, he was definitely more intelligently developed than the five year old to know that it was egregious to steal from him. Stealing that corn was similar to stealing candy from a baby, easy, but still abominable. That could have been