Sanger Survival: The Most Dangerous Game By David Raymond

How is survival defined? Is it in a literal sense? Perhaps a mental way. However, it’s defined surviving is something most people try to do. Survival isn't always easy. When one’s right to survive is threatened, how they act can determine life for themselves as well as others. Richard Connell, Shakespeare, and David Raymond have all wrote about survival, yet in each story, the characters survive in different ways. There are many different types of survival. It can be experienced in different ways, not always meaning to stay alive. No matter the type, survival isn't always easy and may require drastic measures and difficult choices.

Survival many include risks. It’s a pretty obvious fact. In Richard Connell’s “The Most dangerous game,” Sanger

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet wish to survive not in the typical sense of alive vs dead, but in the terms of being together. They wish to survive together, to be together, whether it's in life or in death. Romeo and Juliet took many risks so they could achieve this goal. They went behind their parents’ backs and got married, but due to not telling their parents Juliet was going to wed another man. Her great dislike of the marriage is verbally expressed by Juliet when she says “ O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, from off the battlements of yonder tower; Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears; Or shut me nightly in a

Imagine you are in class or at work and every all texts looks scrambled, or like strange markings. Not fun right? Surviving with a mental disability is hardly never easy, whether it's Panic Disorder, Autism, Dyslexia, or any other disability life can be challenging. David Raymond, author of “On being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read” has just that problem. He is dyslexic. For him, reading has always been a struggle, as well as other school tasks like writing. He was constantly bullied and picked on by other students, always being asked to spell this or to read that. Raymond states “I can't find the words to express how bad it really was. I wanted to die. I’d come home screaming, “I’m dumb. I’m dumb- I wish I were dead.” (On being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read, Raymond) He had extremely poor self-esteem and did for a long time until he went to a camp for children with reading problems. It was there he learned he had a higher IQ than 90% of the population. That didn't solve his problems tho. He struggled immensely with HW and often required the help of someone else. He always felt bad about how he had to use up someone else's time as well. However, he persevered through it, kept on going through his struggles and now has plans for