To withstand any obstacle that causes you to survive you need to be mentally tough. For example, when you are stranded on an island and you don’t think you can survive, you got to tell yourself you can survive this challenge. These 3 quotes came from the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Cornell. “...A certain cool headedness…” pg.2. …show more content…
When Pilot Chesley Sullenberger was about to crash and he decided instead to land his plane with over 200 people in it on the Hudson River, he stepped out of his comfort zone and became brave. “On his four days, Arron had to amputate his arm to finally escape the large boulder that had trapped him for 127 hours.” (Terrie Rupper). Arron could have just given up and died right where he was trapped, but instead he was brave enough to cut off his own arm, which many of us wouldn’t have the guts to do that. “Bahia was holding on to debris from the plane that had crashed, she had been holding onto it for over 9 hours.” (CNN). "Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds. Then he leaped far out into the sea.” (Richard Cornell pg15). Any of them could have waived the white flag, but all of these people showed grit and showed their bravery in their obstacles. Arron, Bahia, and Rainsford explained in their story how they survived because of bravery. The final trait you need to survive is