Synthesis Essay On Survival

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When a human being is brought into the world, it’s first instinct is survival. Because we are creatures of survival, the extremity of lengths we go to measures how much objects, beliefs, and people have influenced us to survive. Some authors have portrayed our lengths of survival to it most authentic forms, such as the Director Philippe Falardeau in,”The Good Lie” and the author Sara Corbett who wrote the eye opening article of “The Lost Boys”. The movie,”The Good Lie”, based on true historical events that happened during the civil war in sudan, focuses on one particular family. When their village is attacked, sudanese n orphans are forced to trek along a difficult journey to a refugee camp in kenya. Consequently, the methods of survival

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