Summary Of Saroo Brierley's 'Lion'

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In the book Lion by Saroo Brierley, chapter 3 captures Saroo’s remarkable flight or fight instincts as a five-year-old living on the streets of Calcutta. After Saroo nearly drowned in a river, a crowd formed around him, “Maybe I felt overwhelmed by all the people pushing up close to stare at me, or just humiliated or annoyed with myself for having almost drowned a second time, but I leaped to my feet and ran away as fast as I could. I went far along the bank until I couldn’t run anymore, vowing to keep out of the river” (67). Saroo’s first urge after being surrounded or overwhelmed by a group of people is to run rather than fight, which is a smart choice as a young boy with no way to defend himself. Saroo was walking the streets one day when