Jack London, born on January 12, 1876, had a deep passion for writing. He was not only an American novelist, journalist, and social activist, but he was also one of the first writers to be acknowledged by a large population due to his great skills in writing fiction. One of his famous statements is, “The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” London is trying to express how he believes that people should be going out living their lives and taking on risks rather than trying to extend their time being alive by not risking anything at all.
This excerpt relates to extreme sports because, when people choose to take part in extreme sports they’re deciding whether they want live their lives at their fullest, yet risking it, or not do it at all and reduce the chances of them dying or getting injured. I somewhat agree with this quote because there is a certain level of extreme where it’s just …show more content…
If you don’t take any risks in life, you’d never know what could’ve happened if you did. I believe that regretting something you didn’t do when you had to chance to is worse than regretting something you did do. A reward outweighs a risk depending of the perspective of the person, but usually if you feel satisfied and you thought the risk was worth it then the reward is outweighed.
Some people might argue that extreme sports endanger your life and that doing something so close to death just for the experience isn’t worth it. In reality you are probably already doing a simple activity that’s risking your life, such as driving to a place, or even crossing the street can cause the death of your life. The point is if it wasn’t safe, few people would be participating. Thus if you ever get a chance to do an extreme sport, might as well do it because you only get to live once and at the end you’ll have a memory that will last you your whole
This excerpt relates to extreme sports because, when people choose to take part in extreme sports they’re deciding whether they want live their lives at their fullest, yet risking it, or not do it at all and reduce the chances of them dying or getting injured. I somewhat agree with this quote because there is a certain level of extreme where it’s just …show more content…
If you don’t take any risks in life, you’d never know what could’ve happened if you did. I believe that regretting something you didn’t do when you had to chance to is worse than regretting something you did do. A reward outweighs a risk depending of the perspective of the person, but usually if you feel satisfied and you thought the risk was worth it then the reward is outweighed.
Some people might argue that extreme sports endanger your life and that doing something so close to death just for the experience isn’t worth it. In reality you are probably already doing a simple activity that’s risking your life, such as driving to a place, or even crossing the street can cause the death of your life. The point is if it wasn’t safe, few people would be participating. Thus if you ever get a chance to do an extreme sport, might as well do it because you only get to live once and at the end you’ll have a memory that will last you your whole