(H) What would you do if you were in a life or death situation? Although you may not typically think about this, something could happen in which you would need to be able to overcome your hardships in order to escape with your life. (B) This happened to Sanger Rainsford, the protagonist from Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game", as well as Hyeonseo Lee, an immigrant from North Korea, and Aron Ralston, the man that the movie 127 hours is based on. These three people were put into different, but dangerous situations and with little resources along with their knowledge, they managed to survive. (T) It takes many traits in order to be a survivor but the most important is to be resilient, as is shown by Rainsford, Lee, and Ralston in each of their stories.
(T) When it comes to resilience, there is almost no one who can compare to Sanger Rainsford. (E) While
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As a teenager, merely seventeen years of age, Lee set out for China, living with distant relatives as a refugee in order to escape from North Korea. There are very many challenges that came with this, including the fear of being captured and brought back to North Korea for execution. This, however, did not stop her as she was able to fool the police and even head to South Korea in order to start a new life. Lee had to overcome this struggle and bounce back by planning ahead for her future. Unfortunately, things did not go as well as she had hoped and when she sent money to her family, it was intercepted and they were to be "removed to a desolate location in the countryside" (Lee pg. 2). Lee had to act fast, planning their escape as soon as she had heard about it. Throughout the whole escape process, Lee had to make things up on the spot and even bribe people in order to get her family to safety. Lee was constantly being faced with challenges but every time she showed her resilience and was able to overcome