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Film viewing has advantages to people, especially to students. It gives us additional knowledge about the things under the sun. The best films to watch are those true-to-life-story films because those films contain facts that can be taught to the future generation. One of these films is “Alive: Miracle in the Andes.” It is a survival drama film which details the story of the members of Uruguayan Rugby Team and other passengers who were involved in the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed into the Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972. The relevance of this film to our present lesson in Biology is the life of every person who died during and after the plane crash. People who survived the day after the plane crash weren't able to adapt to the cold environment at the Andes Mountains that’s why some of them died few days later. Instead of traumatizing themselves, they immediately respond to the incidence by building a shelter for all of them and thinking of other ways on how to get out of there. Food scarcity led to survivors’ starvation. Without food, they became weaker and weaker until they die. They don’t have source of energy for life process. Because of their loss of energy, they can’t do anything, like sex, rather than to survive, survive, and survive. Due to their catabolism, they fed on the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow. Others refused but agreed afterwards because they chose to live. Every film has the conflict part that struck most viewers. The part of the film that struck me the most is the cannibalism of the survivors. Using a pointed glass, they cut thin sheets of flesh from the corpses and ate it directly even without heating. It is not safe to eat such meat because the bacteria in there might give them illnesses and diseases. They did it everyday to survive until the rescue operation team came. Some survivors provided themselves human flesh during their journey to a place where they can seek

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