Survival Reflection

For the survival unit, we started off with the book, The Old Man and The Sea. This was about a man who wanted to catch his prize fish, the marlin, just to avoid poverty. Just him, his boat, and his supplies, the old man heads out to sea facing the ocean and the different hardships it throw at him. Then we watched three Survivorman episodes, where Les Stroud had to use his own techniques and survival skills to help him along in his week-long journeys. The first episode we watched was titled "Alaska" where Mr. Stroud takes on the harsh yet beautiful wilderness of Alaska. Throughout his seven day time span, Les uses a variety of survival skills to help him along with many resources the Alaskan terrain has to offer. In the episode of Survivor Man, "Lost at Sea", Les Stroud endures the harsh environment of the bottomless ocean. Some of his biggest fears; drifting so far that his safety boat can't find him, starvation, heat stroke, and of course sharks. Les Stroud endures the harsh sun and poisonous wildlife that call this island their home in the episode of "South Pacific". He must survive the seven days with his diving gear and whatever equipment became available to him on the boat wreck. As this unit went on, we were given the option of three books. Either, The Lord of the Flies, Unbroken, and Into the Wild. My choice out of the three was The Lord of the Flies. This book was about a group of boys who survived a plane crash and had to learn how to survive by themselves until someone came to rescue them. The survival unit was my favorite unit of the year.