Personal Narrative: My Escape From North Korea

(h)What qualifies someone to be a survivor? (b)In many situations the survivor has traits that differ from someone else in that situation. (t)What makes someone a survivor IS bravery, persistence, and knowledge.

(T)Therefore, Hyeonseo Lee would be qualified as a survivor for example in (E)"My escape from North Korea" Hyeonseo Lee was detained by the Chinese Police because of accusation's that she was north Korean Lee stated that "Someone had accused me off being north Korean, so they tested my Chinese language abilities, and asked me tons of questions. I was so scared. I thought my heart was going to explode. If anything seemed unnatural I could be imprisoned and repatriated. I thought my life was over. But I managed to control all the emotions

(e)Aron’s arm is stuck in a rock and tries to convince himself to cut his wrist off at 8 pm he tries to loss the rock but to no effect “I realize I’m arguing with myself, and yield to a halfhearted chuckle. This is crazy. But I know that I could never saw through my arm bones with either of the blades of my multitool, so I decide to keep picking away at the boulder. Tick, tick, tick, … tick … tick, tick. The sound of my knife tapping is pathetically minute,” (Saturday, April 26, 8 P.M.) (a) Realizing that he might have a chance to escape from the canyon and goes for it but fails to loosen the rock. (e) For example in page 4 at day five: Wednesday, April 30, 9 A.M. "that belief, that boy, changes everything for me". (a) This inspires him to continue his life instead of letting himself dying. (L) Aron's persistence made him able to survive his

Rainsford mostly uses traps to slow Zaroff down his first trap injures Zaroff forcing him to retreat and bringing one of his dogs. (E) After setting up another trap and hearing it work relief follows thinking that he had won but then out of the blue " well done, Rainsford," the voice of the general called. "your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best dogs. Again you score. I think, Mr. Rainsford, I'll see what you can do against my whole pack. I'm going home for a rest now. Thank you for a most amusing evening.” (page 22, lines 639-643). (A) Rainsford using his knowledge about traps got Zaroff's best hound making him unable to track Rainsford without having a dog to lead him. Zaroff declares that he would be leaving and bring a pack (E) Rainsford was running away from the approaching pack of dogs when he was going to put a trap to kill Ivan "they would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold of a springy young sapling, and to it he fastened his hunting knife, with the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling. Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels."(page 23, lines 660-664). (A) Rainsford uses this trap to stop Ivan and