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Explain Why I Want To Survive In A Boat

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I would not hesitate to join the other rescue boat for many reasons. First off I am a very selfish person. I like to abide by the ideas of ‘survival of the fittest’ and ‘every man for himself’. In my everyday life I try to be as self sufficient as possible and rarely ask for help or give it. I have been told often that I am selfish but I do not see anything wrong with it. As far as I am concerned being selfish is what makes you fit to survive. You need to look out for yourself before others. My self serving by jumping to the other boat results in my survival. Therefore the broken boat is no longer my problem.
There is no negative repercussion to my decision. If I am safe then I don’t have to even think about that other boat because it would …show more content…

I am not ready to die nor am I ready to even think of my potential death. There is so many things in the world I have not yet to experience yet. I want to travel, I want to have a successful career, I want to win awards and get married and have a cute little french bulldog whom I love like a child. There is still so much to learn as well I have so many years of college ahead of me. I also do not wanna die without experiencing the bad stuff too (as crazy as that sounds). I want to wait in line at the DMV and get nothing done and be super frustrated about it. I want to receive jury duty then try to find my way out of jury duty. I want to file a complaint to my landlord about a leaky sink they he/she will never fix. The list goes on and on.
Since I am only 19 I feel as though my life is not complete. Remaining on the sinking boat is suicide, I AM NOT READY TO DIE. although staying on the sinking boat isn’t 100% guaranteed death, there is a big chance that rescue will not come in time and all that bailing would have been for nothing. Also drowning just doesn’t seem like a fun way to spend my afternoon. I’d rather take the option with 100% chance of survival over an option with a 99% chance of survival. You never know if you could be that

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