Surviving is not a trait that someone is born with nor is it necessarily something that is earned or sought for. Our world is governed by internalized titles and an ego inbred by default, how did we move from the “e pluribus unum” to “in god we trust”, from a president speaking that “America has always been greatest when we dared to be great. We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams to distant stars, living and working in space for peaceful, economic, and scientific gain. Tonight, I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station and to do it within a decade.” to “Not only are wind farms disgusting looking, but even worse they are bad for people's health” from a everyday person stating “I survived the war”
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It was not long ago that this american cover on western ideas was something to behold with flaws yes but compared to the regimes it competed with it provided a light for the lost wandering through the night. The cover provided the ideas for a world where you earned what was yours and that was that the price of survivor meant war in an ocean and a content away from your home, being an orphan and came to america with nothing but the clothes on your back, being a child working strenuous hours for a roof and a place to sleep. This is not a total veige point, it was not just the idea of survivor that was set at a higher price. Look at what made people consider someone revolutionary nikola tesla despite his confessed love for his pet bird changed much of modern thought and technology from humble beginnings in the austro-hungarian empire to being one of america's finest thinkers was seldom known or credited for his work. Compare that to the short story “Rick” were the kid is afraid of his coach so he gets better at being an athlete so his coach rick is nicer to him, this is not a survivor story by anybody's perspective from the past its a soft story he survived a normal day and it should not …show more content…
This sets a point for the protagonist charlie as he gives his insite of life to his journal and includes this between family banter and school as he says “I try to think of my family as a reason for me being this way, especially after my friend Michael stopped going to school one day last spring”. This is how a real survivor is honest with it they don't need justification or to say there a survivor we know from there he’s a great example of a survivor surviving, not pointing a light on himself he's just living. Later into the book we see charlie who is dealing with what a severe mental breakdown during the breakdown he states “ I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye. Love always, Charlie” (Chbosky,117). clearly it didn't go to well for him he recalled that the police found him naked passed out in his chair and wouldn't wake up he then spends a few more months hospitalized and the last line reads “So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and
It was not long ago that this american cover on western ideas was something to behold with flaws yes but compared to the regimes it competed with it provided a light for the lost wandering through the night. The cover provided the ideas for a world where you earned what was yours and that was that the price of survivor meant war in an ocean and a content away from your home, being an orphan and came to america with nothing but the clothes on your back, being a child working strenuous hours for a roof and a place to sleep. This is not a total veige point, it was not just the idea of survivor that was set at a higher price. Look at what made people consider someone revolutionary nikola tesla despite his confessed love for his pet bird changed much of modern thought and technology from humble beginnings in the austro-hungarian empire to being one of america's finest thinkers was seldom known or credited for his work. Compare that to the short story “Rick” were the kid is afraid of his coach so he gets better at being an athlete so his coach rick is nicer to him, this is not a survivor story by anybody's perspective from the past its a soft story he survived a normal day and it should not …show more content…
This sets a point for the protagonist charlie as he gives his insite of life to his journal and includes this between family banter and school as he says “I try to think of my family as a reason for me being this way, especially after my friend Michael stopped going to school one day last spring”. This is how a real survivor is honest with it they don't need justification or to say there a survivor we know from there he’s a great example of a survivor surviving, not pointing a light on himself he's just living. Later into the book we see charlie who is dealing with what a severe mental breakdown during the breakdown he states “ I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye. Love always, Charlie” (Chbosky,117). clearly it didn't go to well for him he recalled that the police found him naked passed out in his chair and wouldn't wake up he then spends a few more months hospitalized and the last line reads “So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and