Survival Related Texts
I have studied 4 texts from a survival genre. I have looked at connections within the overall topic of ‘how people act in a survival situation. I found a connection between two of these texts and another connection between the other two texts. The first connection was ‘the will to survive and determination to stay alive can overcome the power of nature and negative thoughts when in a life or death situation’, this connection was shown by the characters in the film ‘Touching the void’ directed by Kevin MacDonald and the film ‘127 hours’ directed by Danny Boyle. The second connection was ‘how mistakes and underestimating nature can become deadly in a survival situation’, this connection was shown by the characters in the book ‘To build a fire’
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In this short story a man began a walk with his dog on an increasingly cold and grey morning. He was hiking in the Yukon track in Alaska. He turned off the main track and continued to walk. The fact that there was no sun in the sky and that the temperature was very low didn’t worry the man. This was because he was new to the area and was uneducated about it. The ground was covered in several feel each of thick ice and snow. He knew that it was 50 degrees below zero but this also did not faze him. As he continued he spat and realized that with a crack his spit froze in mid air. He now knew that it was definitely less than 50 degrees below zero, but not how much less. He had plans to meet some friends at the old claim and that’s all he thought about. He would arrive there just after dark. He came to a creek bed where he walked beside and over the frozen stream. He was aware that it was very dangerous and that if his feet got wet he would get frostbite. He stopped for lunch where he built a fire and ate the small amount of food that he had. The man pressed on. After a few hours of walking he hadn’t seen any dangerous places to fall through the ice so was u aware that he was about to fall through the ice into the freezing water. When he did so he got wet up to his shins. He swore and cursed. His estimated time to meet with his friends of 6 o’clock would be delayed by an hour because he would have to build a fire and dry out his boots and feet. When he fell through the ice it showed that he underestimated nature. This was because he was completely unaware and almost ignorant of the fact that where he was walking was dangerous. He made the mistake of walking on the ice where the river was without being cautious enough. When he fell through he would be subjecting his feet and legs to frostbite, which could kill him in his case.
In this short story a man began a walk with his dog on an increasingly cold and grey morning. He was hiking in the Yukon track in Alaska. He turned off the main track and continued to walk. The fact that there was no sun in the sky and that the temperature was very low didn’t worry the man. This was because he was new to the area and was uneducated about it. The ground was covered in several feel each of thick ice and snow. He knew that it was 50 degrees below zero but this also did not faze him. As he continued he spat and realized that with a crack his spit froze in mid air. He now knew that it was definitely less than 50 degrees below zero, but not how much less. He had plans to meet some friends at the old claim and that’s all he thought about. He would arrive there just after dark. He came to a creek bed where he walked beside and over the frozen stream. He was aware that it was very dangerous and that if his feet got wet he would get frostbite. He stopped for lunch where he built a fire and ate the small amount of food that he had. The man pressed on. After a few hours of walking he hadn’t seen any dangerous places to fall through the ice so was u aware that he was about to fall through the ice into the freezing water. When he did so he got wet up to his shins. He swore and cursed. His estimated time to meet with his friends of 6 o’clock would be delayed by an hour because he would have to build a fire and dry out his boots and feet. When he fell through the ice it showed that he underestimated nature. This was because he was completely unaware and almost ignorant of the fact that where he was walking was dangerous. He made the mistake of walking on the ice where the river was without being cautious enough. When he fell through he would be subjecting his feet and legs to frostbite, which could kill him in his case.