Beast in Disguise

DUE: Monday, 4/3 @ 7.30 AM.

In The Call of the Wild, we've seen Buck start to develop from being a pampered, adored pet into being an uncivilized, instinctive beast. He's stolen food, he's been in ferocious altercations with both men and animals that have ended in bloodshed and even death. So, he's come a long way. Which leads to the question, "How do you think you would do if humankind suddenly descended into an uncivilized, primal state?" Imagine, if you will, that there's been some sort of terrible disaster (nuclear holocaust, devastating flood, catastrophic earthquake, etc. etc.). There is no longer any technology that works, there is no governmental structure, no working medical services, etc. etc. We do have weapons (obviously, they'd still be laying around), and if you are willing to loot and pillage, you can get food and whatnot from any buildings that are left standing. Would you be able to defend yourself? Your family? What would your survival strategy be? If you had to, would you be able to kill someone else to protect yourself or someone you love? Would you be a leader, or a follower?

As for me...
I think that I'd probably be in trouble at first, but only at first. I'd spend a few days just being furious that the disaster had happened in the first place. Then there would probably be some shock, and a lot of crying on the outside, and I'd have to get over that. I'm pretty fit physically (overall), so I think I could handle myself in struggles. I'd be so angry that I'd use that fury to protect myself and others. That's another thing; I'd be competely consumed with protecting the people that I love. This could be my immediate family, extended family, and any body else who happened to be around that mattered to me. My strategy would be to stay as close to them as possible every single second, and I'd definitely have to be the leader or else I wouldn't be able to function. I don't take orders well in situations like that, or in general. I'd stick with my family and definitely heinously murder anyone who threatened them. I honestly don't think that I'd have any issues with that if it came down to it. I'm not sure what that says about me...it's not like I'd go on a killing rampage for the fun of it...but if someone hurt someone I loved...well then I'd have to handle business. Being fairly strong for a female would come in handy (except if I had to fight some massive body-builder woman), and being a fairly fast runner would also be good unless Marion Jones (fastest woman alive) was messing with me. I'd try to make friends with the people who were physically more dominant that me. I'm pretty smart, so I think I'd be able to figure out how to get food and stuff. I'd try robbing some grocery stores first, and then I could hunt and fish. I'd also dig stuff out of gardens. So, on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest survival rate and 1 being the lowest, I think I'd be like an 8.