Man Vs. Wild

The past several weeks in class we have been discussing about The Lord of the Flies, which is a book where many British schoolboys are stranded on and island and have to survive until they are rescued. This book and our discussions closely relate to a TV show titled Man Vs. Wild. In this show Bear Grylls is left in the wilderness with only several common items and has to survive and find his way out. In one episode Bear is adrift at see on a life raft in the ocean. Much like the children in The Lord of the Flies who crash into the ocean and wash up on a deserted island. He is adrift at sea for a long time and has to make fresh water and catch fish off his raft. He soon turns up on a deserted island where he has to build a shelter and find food. He knows that the essentials to living are food, fresh water, and shelter. He knows which fruits and plants on the island are poisonous and which have the most nutritional value. Ralph, in The Lord of the Flies, also knows that the essentials are food, shelter and fresh water. He tries to lead the others to build a shelter and help find more food and water but when Jack rebels Ralph doesn’t get to build his shelter and find more food. Jack takes most all the kids to his clan and Ralph isn’t left with enough people to build his shelter. Bear also knows another essential to survival is fire and he always keeps one going for warmth and for the smoke for rescue. Ralph understands this and tries to make the others understand but they refuse to keep a fire on the mountaintop burning. This is one of very few ways to get rescued on a deserted island. In the end Bear is rescued due to the smoke from his fire. Bear and Ralph are much alike because they understand the essentials of survival and they know that smoke and other things needed to be done to survive and be rescued on a deserted island.