One may be stranded on an island perhaps with water, food, or even fire, but can be missing one thing that allows a human to stay alive for the longest time he can in surviving alone, sanity! With sanity, a person has control over his actions and resources. Without sanity, a person is actually safer in a place with fewer resources, as he will have fewer ways to hurt himself. For example, if you’re stranded in a desert with absolutely no resources and no sanity, it will be harder to hurt yourself than in a place where you have more resources that you can use in the wrong way without sanity. Therefore with sanity you will not risk your life for things that are worthless. In the movie Cast Away, Chuck spent 4 years alone on an island in the middle of no where. He found remains from what was in the plane, including a volleyball. He was so lonely and became so insane to the point that he developed feelings for it and a relationship with it! Chuck almost drowned himself to get his volleyball “friend” back. He had water, but could have died using it for a ridiculous and worthless reason without realizing it! Sanity will give you time to reflect before you act, less chance to feel depression, and you will be aware enough to regain your hope and your will of life, finding a reason to live! In the book Hatchet, Brian is stranded alone in the Northern Canadian Wilderness. In less than 54 days, he actually tried committing suicide using his hatchet from what has happened to him and his many failures in making tools for survival. He felt useless and used his tool of living to kill himself. Also, he lost his hope because of insanity and his fast horrible reaction to it. Sanity is very hard to keep in times like this, which is why so many people don’t make it!
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