Alan Damian
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-1A
4 December 2019
Survival Is Not Selfish
Do you believe people must be selfish on order to survive? This is the central question of this essay. Survival does not require people to behave selfishly because people who survive live because they keep a cool head, not because they are selfish, and people need a reason to survive; this is often thinking about other people. Most survival stories prove that people who survive live because they stay calm and don’t panic.
If people do not panic, they also might have higher rates of survival but not all the time, the best search and rescue professionals are people who have survived in a crisis. “It takes you out of yourself: it helps you to rise above your fears now you’re a rescuer, not a victim” (Gonzales 331). This proves that survival is not selfish because people who to save others are better able to stay calm and line. Another example that supports this is that doctors and nurses have higher rates of survival than others because they are helping other people. Purpose is a big part of survival, but it must be accompanied by work. Grace without good works is not salvation. The survivor plans by setting small, manageable goals and then systematically achieving them.
People need a reason to survive and, helping other people gives people or reason. Gonzales writes, "That lesson was driven home again and again; Kerns was able to save himself” (Gonzales 331). This helps prove that people stay calm when they are in a crisis and they are panicking. Another piece of evidence is Survivors who lived for others. People who survive often say that they did so for someone else. “Many people who survive alone report that they were doing it for someone else (a wife, boyfriend, mother, son) back home” (Gonzales 332). People try to save themselves because they try to get home to their families and is not selfish. Although it’s clear that survival is not selfish, not everyone agrees.
Some people argue that people shouldn’t assume they are capable of saving others; because it could cost them their lives. This is wrong because the research shows that people who help others have higher survival rates. Gonzales cites doctors and nurses. It is clear that survival is not selfish.
Because people who survive live because they keep a cool head, not because they are selfish, and people need a reason to survive is not selfish. If people do not panic, they might have a better chance of surviving. And people who think of others are less likely to panic. Also, people who survive terrible situations often say it is because they were thinking of others. So, is survival selfish? Obviously, not.
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Works Cited Page
Gonzales, Laurence. Deep Survival. Collections, edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen,
Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, & Lydia Stack, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, pp. 325-334
Argumentative Essay Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
Read it, took notes, make an essay revised it, made corrections
2. What qualifies this paper as an argumentative essay? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
I had to debate if survival is selfish or not. The requirements were to take notes and write an essay I meet them by working hard.
3. Explain how you found at least one of the quotations from the essay and tell me why you chose that particular quote. What did it do for your paper?
I found a quote by going and looking in the book, I chose that quote because I liked it. That quote helped my paper a lot and I got a good grade.
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-1A
4 December 2019
Survival Is Not Selfish
Do you believe people must be selfish on order to survive? This is the central question of this essay. Survival does not require people to behave selfishly because people who survive live because they keep a cool head, not because they are selfish, and people need a reason to survive; this is often thinking about other people. Most survival stories prove that people who survive live because they stay calm and don’t panic.
If people do not panic, they also might have higher rates of survival but not all the time, the best search and rescue professionals are people who have survived in a crisis. “It takes you out of yourself: it helps you to rise above your fears now you’re a rescuer, not a victim” (Gonzales 331). This proves that survival is not selfish because people who to save others are better able to stay calm and line. Another example that supports this is that doctors and nurses have higher rates of survival than others because they are helping other people. Purpose is a big part of survival, but it must be accompanied by work. Grace without good works is not salvation. The survivor plans by setting small, manageable goals and then systematically achieving them.
People need a reason to survive and, helping other people gives people or reason. Gonzales writes, "That lesson was driven home again and again; Kerns was able to save himself” (Gonzales 331). This helps prove that people stay calm when they are in a crisis and they are panicking. Another piece of evidence is Survivors who lived for others. People who survive often say that they did so for someone else. “Many people who survive alone report that they were doing it for someone else (a wife, boyfriend, mother, son) back home” (Gonzales 332). People try to save themselves because they try to get home to their families and is not selfish. Although it’s clear that survival is not selfish, not everyone agrees.
Some people argue that people shouldn’t assume they are capable of saving others; because it could cost them their lives. This is wrong because the research shows that people who help others have higher survival rates. Gonzales cites doctors and nurses. It is clear that survival is not selfish.
Because people who survive live because they keep a cool head, not because they are selfish, and people need a reason to survive is not selfish. If people do not panic, they might have a better chance of surviving. And people who think of others are less likely to panic. Also, people who survive terrible situations often say it is because they were thinking of others. So, is survival selfish? Obviously, not.
Page Break
Works Cited Page
Gonzales, Laurence. Deep Survival. Collections, edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen,
Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, & Lydia Stack, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, pp. 325-334
Argumentative Essay Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
Read it, took notes, make an essay revised it, made corrections
2. What qualifies this paper as an argumentative essay? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
I had to debate if survival is selfish or not. The requirements were to take notes and write an essay I meet them by working hard.
3. Explain how you found at least one of the quotations from the essay and tell me why you chose that particular quote. What did it do for your paper?
I found a quote by going and looking in the book, I chose that quote because I liked it. That quote helped my paper a lot and I got a good grade.