Sahara And Robinson Crusoe Essay Research Paper

Sahara And Robinson Crusoe Essay, Research Paper

Survival n 1: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: endurance] 2: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the

environment [syn: survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]

(survival in WordNet . 1.6) http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl.term=Survival

The theme that will be explored in this essay will be survival when

times get tough, physically, mentally. The two books that will be

involved in the discussion will be Clive Cussler’s Sahara and Daniel

Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. In both cases the leading characters show

signs of breaking down and quitting because of physical, but also their

mental stress. Robinson Crusoe, and Sahara relate in many ways, as do

the main characters, and will be two good books to compare the survival

of both Dirk Pitt and Robinson Crusoe. The three criteria that will be

talked about in this essay will be the survival physically. Did both

characters have hard times to pull out of . . The next type of survival

is mental survival, it comes a close second to physical survival and

both characters show signs also of this type. With mental survival the

physical component must first be stable and accomplished, that is when

you can then work your mind into better thoughts and ideas. The third

criteri! a that will be looked at is, how the characters were changed

at the end of the book looking at it through post-traumatic stress

disorder. Both characters show signs of physical survival and it is

believed that physical is the most important type of survival because

you must first be physically healthy and strong before you can even

walk or talk or think. Mental survival is strongly needed and is

required in tough times

Each type of survival is different in it’s own way, but first physical

stability must be achieved to be able to survive the elements and their

challenges to then master the other type of survival such as mental

survival. In Robinson Crusoe the rain is pouring down and the wind is

blowing strongly. Robinson says that this is the strongest, fiercest

storm that has ever blown in on him. He is deathly ill and writes this

in his diary.

The ague again so violent that I lay abed all day and neither ate nor

drank. I was ready to perish for thirst but so weak I had not strength

to stand up or to get myself any water to drink. (Defoe 96)

Dirk Pitt also had some rough times in the book Sahara. Crawling in

the desert, he has had nothing to drink or eat days, or for days to

come. This is what he remembers from that dreary day on dusty desert

floor.

Pitt found it odd that he couldn’t remember when he last spit. Though

he sucked on small pebbles to relieve the relentless thirst, he could

not even recall when he felt saliva his mouth. His tongue had swelled

like a dry sponge and felt as if it was dusted with alum, and yet he

found he could still swallow. (Cussler 373)

Both characters show that they can overcome the important battle for

survival, and both characters are devoted to their lives and strive to

live. They both accept the challenges of the weather, and what the

landscape puts forth. In Dirk’s case it is the overheated scorched

Sahara desert that is ringing his bell, and in Robinson’s case it would

be the hurricane that is blowing in off the water, making him cold,

sick and also making him hallucinate from his state of illness. The

two men may not be in very good shape but they pull out of their sick

and desperate states. Both men later in the chapter or book get well,

and overcome their sickness and unwell being. Therefore, in both cases

the men need to be in good physical shape to live with their

difficulties of their surroundings.

The next topic that will be compared and discussed will be the survival

that must go on to survive mentally in the times of dismay and

trouble. It is believed that this type of survival is second to none

when it comes to troubled times. To be stable mentally means first you

must have to stable physically. To survive the elements and the

troubled times that both characters show in the books Robinson Crusoe

and Sahara, the characters had to be a bit adventurous, and had to look

deeply for what was there but not able to be seen with the naked eye.

In Robinson Crusoe’s case he needed to go out and search for food to

eat and preserve, and animals to eat and to train as well.

I found different fruits, and particularly I found melons upon the

ground in great abundance, and grapes upon the trees; the vines had

spread indeed over the trees and the clusters of grapes were just now

in their prime, very ripe and rich. This was a surprising discovery,

and I was exceeding glad of them. (Defoe 109)

Robinson Crusoe ventures out on his island and makes a discove

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