Survival of the fittest

The fittest person survives! The fighting man succeeds! He who fights to fit, will survive to succeed! In Life of Pi by Yann Martel the main character Piscine, also known as Pi is on a ship when tragedy strikes, and a terrible storm sinks the ship. As the only human survivor, Pi is not alone; a tiger named Richard Parker has also found refuge on the lifeboat and so did several other animals. In the novel Life of Pi, Martel uses the animals to create a self identity out of survival by…

saying “survival of the fittest” is adapted from Charles Darwin and when he said that quote, it meant that organisms are best suited in the environment in other ways. In the story “ The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Rainsford’s goal is not getting killed by General Zaroff and to win the game so he can go home safely. Therefore, he needs to obtain strength and try to outsmart General Zaroff. Rainsford needs to also think and react quickly because he will be caught. So “ Survival of the…

giving a detailed explanation of the process of evolution. As Darwin believed it, evolution was the tendency of a certain organism to increase rapidly over time while retaining traits favorable to their survival (Fiero, Gloria, 3). From this belief Darwin stemmed the idea of survival of the fittest, the adverse traits of certain species adapting over time to be more suited to the life and reproduction of that specie. Darwin’s theory did not deny the existence of God like many people believe.…

Challenging Conventions: Rethinking Carnigie’s Meritocracy In his highly praised and influential essay “The Gospel of Wealth” (1889), Andrew Carnigie champions the idea that those who possess industrious habits and talents “invariably secure enormous rewards, no matter where or under what laws or conditions” (528). After immigrating from Scotland as a young boy and finding immense success in the capitalist marketplace of the United States, Carnegie positioned himself as the epitome of the “rags…

concept of “survival of the fittest.” In Jack London’s “The Law of Life” he uses the setting and various symbols to demonstrate his belief in naturalism. Throughout the story, different symbols such as a moose, fire, and Koshkoosh demonstrate this principle. He had also used the season to further develop his belief. The Inuit tribe was placed in the Klondike region of the Canadian Yukon territory. The Klondike…

animosity humans can have for each other when they are desperate. The survival of the fittest is one of the oldest rules known in the history of Earth. “Men were hurling themselves against each other, trampling, tearing at and mauling each other.”(sec. 7) Humans are known for their civility and yet they are throwing themselves onto each one another. Without a question, humans would only do things that would benefit their own survival. “An extraordinary vitality possessed them, sharpening their…

within the animal kingdom that are not social. They tend towards loner habits and attitudes. How did this evolve? Thus one can speculate that the way humans exist today is a result of our evolution and “survival of the fittest” in the terms of biologists where the “fit” are those that reproduce and survival simply implies that you live long enough to reproduce to pass on your traits and genes. It is these traits that are passed on to…

In the mid-nineteenth century, the German state struggled with developing a national identity. When Charles Darwin published the Origin of Species in 1859, it heavily influenced German culture and played a pivotal role in the surge in German nationalism. Darwin’s theory had contained features that gave comfort to the proponents of racism and slavery. One could argue that Darwin’s research was misinterpreted by the Germans, and unfortunately, Darwin did nothing to combat their brutal take on his…

system, we look at differential success. The antibody that best recognizes the antigen on the pathogen is going to be the antibody that defeats the pathogen. This would make that antibody the fittest. Since the antibodies that were able to detect the antigens defeated the pathogen this makes them the fittest, and will be the ones that get passed down to the offspring. Mothers are able to pass down antibodies to their offspring. When the mother produces antibodies to fight certain viruses…

Diamond, Europe’s native and domestic livestock contributed important items for their survival, such as food, milk, skins and bones that had further uses. Using these, they were able to grow more as a community compared to other places without farm animals. Domesticated animals assist Europe overcoming smallpox since smallpox was primitively a cow’s disease. Over the generations, the strongest and the fittest fittest had been put into the gene pool. The Europeans had become almost entirely…