Survive This

Horowitz says this to Holden because he wants him to realize that the fish naturally survive this way. Even though the ducks are surrounded with ice, they let Mother Nature take its course by waiting it out and knowing they are going to survive. Horowitz goes on to say, “If you was a fish, Mother Nature 's take care of you, wouldn’t she?” Then he says, “You don’t think them fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya?” . This relates directly to Holden because he is afraid that he isn’t going to survive through these troubles in his life, but he does not realize that the ducks are going to survive because they are in their natural habitat, and so will he since he is in his natural habitat. Also, Horowitz talks about how it is tough for the fish to live because they are both stuck in a dangerous situation. Holden connects the living situation of the ducks and the fish to him because they do not know what to do in the ice but as well Holden does not know what to do in his near death situation. Horowitz is essentially saying that everything is part of nature, so they have to let everything take its course and then they will…

fittest before the quote. “The phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ has often been used to describe the circumstances of natural selection, the idea that only those most prepared to survive in their environments do so” (). In “To Build a Fire”, Jack London wrote about a man who decides to take a journey alone through the Yukon in the extreme cold; the temperature was 75 degrees below zero. The man had no experience, was single-minded, and had a lack of respect for the nature. Through “To Build a…

Louis Zamperini once said, “I’d made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race” ( Louis Zamperini Quotes). From the terrifying sea to the torturous prison camps, this is how Zamperini lived his life. In his younger years, he experienced more than a man should in an entire lifetime. Throughout his incredible journey, he was mischievous, resilient, and courageous. Born to Italian immigrants, Louis Zamperini experienced a rebellious childhood, always in…

stopped to be so inside the security fencing of the inhumane imprisonments. Inside the camps, detainees were not treated like people and along these lines adjusted carnal conduct important to survive. The "conventional good world" (86) Primo Levi refers to in Survival in Auschwitz, stops to exist; the implications and utilizations of words like "great," "wickedness," "just," and "uncalled for" start to combine and the contrasts between these perfect inverses get to be distinctly indistinct. To…

tattooed on their arm. No longer an individual but just one of the millions; disposable. Once you take away someone’s identity you take away his or her only will to survive, the only thing that would give them motivation to fight for their lives. Once you have taken away their will you have won, they are good as dead, no longer fighting to survive. Towards the end of the book Primo says, “To destroy a man is difficult, almost as difficult as to create one: it has not been easy, nor quick, but…

In just one week, three teenagers die. First Johnny kills Bob to keep Bob from killing Ponyboy. Then Johnny dies from his burns from the church fire, and Dally dies when the police shoot him because he has a gun. The deaths of Johnny and Dally are really hard for the gang. It breaks up the only family they have. The deaths also scare Ponyboy. He realizes that things need to change; if things do not change, he could die, and he could lose the family he has left. Ponyboy and the other boys have…

The theme that stood out to me this week was that of community and community connections. In this commentary I will first I will talk about the hindrances that face teachers that are not native to small town communities. I will also address the problems of partnering with colleges and universities while being in a rural setting. Last I will address the idea of sharing personal histories helping student connect to each other through their similarities and differences. This week’s topic of…

This week was a little difficult not because of school because it is the week before fall break. Last year, did not have fall break due to basketball, but this year I did. (The week of September the twenty- sixth to October the second.) My mind was not on anything school this entire week, but I knew if I wanted my behavior to stick I would have to keep it up. The week was not that bad. All my teacher were taking notes and just getting ready for mid-terms after fall break. Thursday we had project…

Ella’s mom asked Gently. It’s a . . . wing. My um, wing. Silence. It got hurt too. Her mom leaned over and examined it closely. Amazingly, she was trying to act casual, like, oh, okay, you have a wing. No biggie”. I thought this was a very important part of this book because it was the first time a normal human saw the wing like this. She told her to come with her to her work so she can get an x-ray Since she’s a vet. It switches back to Angel’s perspective. The white coats are talking about…

Cancer, the dreaded six letter word that will affect almost everyone at some point in their life; whether cancer is their cancer or the cancer of a loved one. What happens when the cancer the doctors said was gone comes back only a year later and this time worse than before? For Mary Williams, this just so happened to be her case. Her malignant melanoma is back and this time an unspoken terminal is present in the diagnosis. As a mother of two young girls, eight and eleven years old, Williams is…