It takes a lot of to survive a life or death situation. When you are in that type of situation you will probably end up doing anything to survive in a life or death situation. Many people will not be able to survive if they do not have physical and mental toughness. What it takes to survive is determination, creativeness, and being prepared It takes determination to survive in the story the Voyage of James Caird. The reason is because if you do not have determination, then why did you go on this voyage. Having determination means going through with everything. For example, in the story The Voyage of James Caird . “During 26 years experience of the ocean in all its moods I had not encountered a wave so gigantic” (Connell 49). That was being determined because even where there was a wave, almost tsunami like he ended up staying out on the bow of the ship. I would have ran …show more content…
The reason is because if you are not creative you might not be able to build a shelter. You also have to be creative to set up a trap to go and catch food. In the most dangerous game the guy is creative and goes to find a new home to survive, but luckily found an already built house with a servant. Rainsford sets three traps to outwit the general. A quote is “he examined the ground closely to find boot prints”. That is creativeness because I would never think of that I would just walk past them and mind my business. It takes being prepared to survive in the story The Most Dangerous Game. You have to be prepared for everything, especially if someone is trying to kill you. A quote from the story to show being prepared is “an abrupt sound startled him”. That is preparedness because he was ready for the slightest sound so nothing would end up happening to him. Then when he heard it a second time Rainsford found out that the sound were gunshots fired three times. If I had heard those gunshots I would run