Trapped By Aron Ralston Analysis

The most important thing for humans is to survive. But people need certain traits in certain conditions to help them survive. These protagonists have traits which are very hard to find in a human being. The most dangerous game by Richard Connell shows that being smart can help in many different situations. The story “Trapped” by Aron Ralston shows if a person is determined they can do anything. The autobiography of Hyeonseo Lee shows that having hope can help people survive and go through life.
When it comes to determination Aron Ralston would be one of the first person some people can think of as he never gave up and was determined to stay alive even though his hands were decaying under a boulder inside a canyon. “Sip after sip of acidic urine has eroded my gums and left my palate raw”, (Trapped by Aron Ralston, Day six, Paragraph 1).Many people would want to die instead of only drinking their own urine for three days. As Aron Ralston finished his water supply, all he could drink as his own urine which is horrible for your kidneys and mouth it can erode a person’s gums. But Arin was still determined to live

The survival trait she possesses is having hope and never giving up. “I could have never imagined that it would take 14 years to live together”, (Ted Talk, 2:48, Hyeonseo Lee). First of all Hope is not something everyone has, it’s a very important trait. Some people give up really fast but people who have hope don’t. Hyeonseo Lee never thought she would leave her family for 14 year. But she kept hoping and eventually she lived with her family. “But I had to spend almost all my money to bribe the border guards in Laos”,(Hyeonseo Lee,8:41).Even though Hyeonseo Lee gave all her money away for her parents and that still didn’t guarantee her parent’s freedom and she till kept going because she had hope unlike other people who would just give