Many people have discussed about what is needed in order to survive, some believe that shelter is the most important thing and other food and water. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, the soldiers are forced to use their animal instinct to survive. They constantly search for food and water, and did not let anything come in their way of attaining survival. Staying in war for so long, the soldiers began to forget about their life back home, girls and their families and friends. The men worry they will not live a normal life because of the horrific experiences and horrors of war.
However, George could walk away from Lennie at anytime, but he chooses to stay loyal. George knows that Lennie holds him back, "If I was alone I could live so easy" (11), easy is exactly what life would be like without Lennie. Without Lennie George could hold down a job, buy his own farm, and start a family. Although he’s aware of this, he knows Lennie stands no chance in the real world. George’s loyalty even causes him to put his life on the line for Lennie, “So we sit in an irrigation ditch under water all the rest of the day.
We can’t live off charity all our lives! You can’t go on expecting other people to look after us. “(Lawson 137.) Matt was also wise enough to know that eventually the community would stop providing them with their crops and food. People were not doing much better than the Morrison family; sooner or later people would not be able to feed their family and the Morrison's.
His mental and intellectual health is also affected because he now has no contact with anything but the wilderness and needs to change his mindset on how to find food and how to survive. The last main health dimension is social health, which is affected greatly because he is alone and has no contact with any other humans. He does not like the way his health is deteriorating by the lack of food and exposure to the elements. He is frightened and is physically weakened. On page 6, during a dream he mentally moved away from the woods, “he started to think in terms of the city again”.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a compelling story of Chris McCandless going out into the wild to find truth in himself and all around, as he does not find peace and love in his own family. Chris had long dreamed of leaving onto a journey for himself, so he would no longer be pressured by all that had been around him for all of his childhood, “Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.”. Here Chris speaks of all to be found in the world, as when we stay and live in one place, time goes without any adventure and excitement, trapped in the society Chris wanted so much to be out of. He was simply searching for what was not available in society.
The narrator tells us that for many years he thought of buying a farm in the Concord countryside. He considered many sites and even exercised his Yankee shrewdness by haggling over the price with several farmers. But he followed his own advice, as expressed in "Economy," and avoided purchasing a farm because it would inevitably tie him down financially and complicate his life. Besides, he reasoned, why did he need to own a farm? All that is of real value to the individual in living on a farm — close, personal contact with the spiritually invigorating influences of nature — can be had for nothing.
“Soldier’s Home” Independence is the state of being free from the control of another, which not many are able to obtain. In the short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway, the main character’s actions underlies this theme. The short story begins with a Vietnam veteran, Krebs, who is trying once again to re-incorporate to his hometown after being away so many years at war. After living in foreign countries for so long, Krebs has grown unaccustomed to his town’s social aspect and has no real direction that he wants to pursue for his future. Krebs had this routine of watching the many girls that walked down his street, but never actually wanting to talk to any.
In Cold Mountain Inman has his goal to reach, which is to find the love of his life Ada. “He stepped forward slowly. Then he saw Ada’s fine face atop some strange trousered figure, like a mannish boy.” (Frazier 428) This--being a physical, material goal—is impossible to succeed unless the objective is reached. Then and only then is the goal complete, no exceptions. This is not the case in Into the Wild.
They relied heavily on “living of the land.” This meant that they thrived of the vegetation and wildlife as a source of food, and relied on natural housing, such as a cave to inhabit. They did not have an idea of what there was no need for technology or medical aid because of the simple lifestyle they have led. They seemed to be very thin, before the settlement, because of the hunting. If a male was to come back empty handed from a hunting trip the whole tribe would have to starve till the next, hunting trip. Another point is that the aboriginals never over ate they ate what was necessary.
As a child, I grew up in the migrant environment. It wasn't easy moving back and fourth to different states, dealing with school and having to work in the exhausting fields is not an easy task to do. Growing up I was aware of my parents struggles to sustain our home and needs. I then realized that education is imperative to economic well-being, despite having little of monetary value my parents never gave up on my sister and I. The fact that my parents grew up in a time that working was the only option being that they were not educated.