Your first and last name Ms. Krick English 8 29 April 2024 Title goes here Survival skills always have a demand, some people will have the mental stability, some with physical readiness, some with the intellectual skills. that do not just help survive, but thrive with it. Survival is important to all humanity because we need physical needs, intellectual skills, mental/ emotional stability as it is important to survive but some are more important than others. These two fictional stories explain how important emotional/mental stability is to the survival of humanity. The short story “Unbroken,” by Laura Hilenbrand, is a Washington, D.C. writer that tells the story of Louie Zamperini and his two friends as their plane crashes into the ocean during …show more content…
“As he watched this beautiful, still world.Such beauty, he thought, was too to have come out by mere chance.” (Paragraph 79). Another example is in (Paragraph 92) “It was a low gray-green wiggle on the horizon”. The second fiction story is “What It Takes To Survive a Crisis” by Ben Sherwood, a writer who used to work for “Good Morning America”. In (Paragraph 1) “Why do a few stay calm and think clearly when there is a lot of pressure while others panic and can’t think straight”. Another example is in (Paragraph 11) “In a crisis, most will be “quite simply stunned and confused”. We’ll find our “ability to think clearly is badly hurt and that thinking is quite hard” We’ll behave in “a reflexive, almost automatic or mechanical way.” We’ll Fsweat. We’ll feel sick, tired, numb. Our hearts may race fast. And we’ll experience “perceptual narrowing” or tunnel vision. We’ll barely hear people around us”. Intellectual Skills serve a very valuable role, in problem solving abilities that are crucial for addressing challenges with the Intellectual Skills. It will help thrive but also fuel collective …show more content…
(Paragraph 15) “The shark kept coming, directly at Louie’s head. Louie remembered the advice of the old man at Honolulu. Make a threatening expression, then stiff-arm the shark’s snout. As the shark lunged for his head, Louie bared his teeth, widened his eyes, and rammed his palm into the tip of the shark’s nose.”. Turning our focus to another aspect of the story, (Paragraph 19) “Every time he emerged from the water, he was certain that Phil and Mac would be dead. Impossibly, though there were bullet holes all the way around the men, even in the tiny spaces between them, not one bullet had hit either man.” While physical skills do play a significant role in survival situations, it is essential to recognize the changes in the world. Intellectual abilities are proven important, with emotional/mental stability more than physical. The story “Wilderness” by Carl Sandburgs, an American poet in the 1900s. Paragraph 3) “A machine for eating and grunting”. The second story that helps support the evidence is from “Building a Fire” by Jack