Deliverance

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sees life as a game that you must
constantly challenge if you are to survive. Drew sees life as a struggle that
should never be challenged. Then there is Bobby who sees life as something he
does not have to worry about because their will always be someone their to help
him through it. All three of these characters possess traits that can be
identified in every man.

First there is Lewis, a middle aged man that is at the prime of his life, and
fears nothing. He is the strongest character in the book. He is, "� a
physical-conditioning perfectionist with misplaces survival-of-the-fittest
instincts and cave-man yearnings"(Warren). Lewis is the man that most men want
to be like because he needs no one to survive but himself. He constantly
demonstrates a primitive life-style that no longer exists. The primitive life-
style he demonstrates is one of survival. Lewis is an attractive character for
males because of his need for no one. He needs no one to life his life for ...

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job. Drew is often seen as a self-made-man that has
been living in the city too long and has forgotten how to be independent. He
has spent so much of his time using rational thought that he can no longer use
his primitive survival skills. This is most evident after they kill the first
mountain man. Drew says, "Put the body in one of the canoes and take it down to
Aintry and turn it over to the highway patrol" (121). Drew believe that they
should go to the police, and depend on them to do the right thing; however, the
others know that if they do that they will all be faced with murder charges, and
might go to jail. Drew can not believe that they want to hide the body from the
police ...

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