In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales explains how people survive difficult and sometimes dangerous situations. Gonzales makes it clear that survival is a mind over matter situation. The author says that in order to survive, an individual has to take charge of their circumstances and uses various real-life events to support his claim. The point of Deep Survival is when going through a perilous situation a person has to think and gain control of what happens next. I agree with Gonzales´ thoughts on survival because taking control of a situation is a necessity to a person's survival. Taking control of a situation is important in a survival situation because there isn´t always someone there to help. If someone is on lost or alone and no one has
