Caste Away
1.5 YOUR OWN IDEAS A. Select just one of the opening lines .use the words to begin your own desert island story.
I found myself lying on a sandy, palm- fringed beach. It was clear that, I was the only survivor of my flight squad. The German anti- aircraft missiles had shot us down. I looked around for any survivors, but none were there to be seen. I was alone in the island surrounded by water on all sides. I was devastated because there was no one who could help me. I thought, I had lost my mind, I couldn’t think properly. I remained in the same confused state of mind for couple a days. Then the hunger and dehydration became unbearable .I had to do something to survive. So, I went into the island’s jungle. I searched endless for any source of food or water but none seemed to exist. It was quite demoralizing but, I decided not to lose hope and kept on searching .This mental attitude proved to be the key aspect of my survival. Through perseverance, I was able to find coconut trees. I used the coconut flesh as food and drank its water which provided me with energy. I felt rejuvenated. Being a fight squad member, I always carried a survival knife. Now I had to think fast and find myself a shelter. Luckily, I had spotted a cave nearby. So, I decided to use it as shelter but there was no insulation to protect me form the cold. I collected some firewood from the jungle and used my survival knife which had a small compartment for some match sticks, a compass and sewing pin. I used the matchsticks to light up the wood which kept me warm at night. The next day, I decided to find a way through which, I could contact my fight squad base so that, I could be rescued. I kept on thinking and suddenly realized that my plane had a tracking device. But I didn’t know where my plane had crashed but I kept on searching and eventually found the beach where my plane crashed after; I had ejected to escape the crash. I found my plane total wrecked on beach but
I found myself lying on a sandy, palm- fringed beach. It was clear that, I was the only survivor of my flight squad. The German anti- aircraft missiles had shot us down. I looked around for any survivors, but none were there to be seen. I was alone in the island surrounded by water on all sides. I was devastated because there was no one who could help me. I thought, I had lost my mind, I couldn’t think properly. I remained in the same confused state of mind for couple a days. Then the hunger and dehydration became unbearable .I had to do something to survive. So, I went into the island’s jungle. I searched endless for any source of food or water but none seemed to exist. It was quite demoralizing but, I decided not to lose hope and kept on searching .This mental attitude proved to be the key aspect of my survival. Through perseverance, I was able to find coconut trees. I used the coconut flesh as food and drank its water which provided me with energy. I felt rejuvenated. Being a fight squad member, I always carried a survival knife. Now I had to think fast and find myself a shelter. Luckily, I had spotted a cave nearby. So, I decided to use it as shelter but there was no insulation to protect me form the cold. I collected some firewood from the jungle and used my survival knife which had a small compartment for some match sticks, a compass and sewing pin. I used the matchsticks to light up the wood which kept me warm at night. The next day, I decided to find a way through which, I could contact my fight squad base so that, I could be rescued. I kept on thinking and suddenly realized that my plane had a tracking device. But I didn’t know where my plane had crashed but I kept on searching and eventually found the beach where my plane crashed after; I had ejected to escape the crash. I found my plane total wrecked on beach but