Jean Craighead Gibge In My Side Of The Mountain

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Jean Craighead George in the form of her character Sam Gribley demonstrates that being resourceful is a key attribute of survival. From burning out a tree to keep warm, to making a raccoon your personal mussel hunter, Sam Gribley is the definition of Resourceful. Without resourcefulness, our world wouldn't be as advanced as it is today. In the book My Side of The Mountain, Sam is able to adapt to any situation with ease. Resourcefulness is a key aspect in My Side of The Mountain, and here are some of the many situations that prove it.

In My Side of The Mountain, a time where resourcefulness is extremely important is when you are building a shelter. Sam found a tree that he could dig out with his hands. After hours of digging, he came up with a plan. Since he knew how the Indians survived, he remembered they burned the inside of the tree. So that was what he did. He grabbed some logs and lit them on fire with his flint and steel. This saved tons of time and effort. Sam now had a great shelter, that would keep him warm for eternity. Without him using his resourcefulness, He would not have had shelter for days. His Hands would be beaten to shreds too!
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So what Sam did was brilliant. He saw a cliff that had a falcons nest on it, so Sam climbed up and took one of the young. He then trained it to hunt for him, and she turned into a really good friend. This certainly saved hours of sitting by the streams, hoping for a bite. Now he could have his bird do the work for him, so he could work on other key things for his survival in the Catskills. Without him stealing and training this bird to hunt for him, he wouldn’t be able to get anything done because he was out hunting the whole day. Sam showed tons of resourceful thinking here and it isn’t the end of

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