There are many characteristics necessary for surviving any challenge, no matter how big or small. The most important of these traits being instinct, perseverance and resourcefulness. These characteristics help you use what you have learned in life, keep moving forward and use what’s around you. The stories and articles below illustrate these three traits above and how they were necessary for survival.
Instinct, something we all have, is necessary for survival. If we did not have instinct, we wouldn’t have learned anything and wouldn’t know what to do if there ever was a crisis. “I’ll give him a trail to follow…” (Connell, 11). As he was being hunted Rainsford’s, the protagonist from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, primary instinct was to trick General Zaroff, the antagonist who hunts humans, and this instinct saved his life. “...dad’s star might have moved further… playing a solo…” (Dominey, 235). Tatum, the main character in Audition and Subtraction by Amy Fellner Dominy, learned from past experience that playing her instrument cheered her up. When her parents got a divorce, she used this instinct to her advantage and threw herself into her music by playing a solo for district …show more content…
Without using your resourcefulness, you could die. “...better than that… coconut milk…”(Zemeski) Chuck Nolan, from Castaway directed by Robert Zemeckis, was stranded on an island and was resourceful by drinking coconut milk. “I lower Taylor out his window…”(Dexter). “...’I’m going to jump!’”(Dexter) Both these quotes are from the same article. Hollye, from “My House Burned Down, and Here’s What it Taught Me: One Mother’s Heart-pounding True Story” by Hollye Dexter, was in a house fire and survived. By using the resource of the windows, she and her family all got out of the house alive. These two people above were smart and used their resources to survive. Their pure resourcefulness is what saved
Instinct, something we all have, is necessary for survival. If we did not have instinct, we wouldn’t have learned anything and wouldn’t know what to do if there ever was a crisis. “I’ll give him a trail to follow…” (Connell, 11). As he was being hunted Rainsford’s, the protagonist from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, primary instinct was to trick General Zaroff, the antagonist who hunts humans, and this instinct saved his life. “...dad’s star might have moved further… playing a solo…” (Dominey, 235). Tatum, the main character in Audition and Subtraction by Amy Fellner Dominy, learned from past experience that playing her instrument cheered her up. When her parents got a divorce, she used this instinct to her advantage and threw herself into her music by playing a solo for district …show more content…
Without using your resourcefulness, you could die. “...better than that… coconut milk…”(Zemeski) Chuck Nolan, from Castaway directed by Robert Zemeckis, was stranded on an island and was resourceful by drinking coconut milk. “I lower Taylor out his window…”(Dexter). “...’I’m going to jump!’”(Dexter) Both these quotes are from the same article. Hollye, from “My House Burned Down, and Here’s What it Taught Me: One Mother’s Heart-pounding True Story” by Hollye Dexter, was in a house fire and survived. By using the resource of the windows, she and her family all got out of the house alive. These two people above were smart and used their resources to survive. Their pure resourcefulness is what saved