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Connor PetersonMiss. CotaSurvivalOctober 19th, 2013The Tools of a True Survivor Jeannette Walls had a horrid childhood that truly brought out the survivor in her. Jeannette had troubles with her family, friends and siblings but she was non hindered by the difficult situations and the choices that she had to make. In order to survive she to had be capable and use what she had to her advantage and also learn to adapt to any situation. by dint of it all she had the drive and shoot for of a true survivor. Her survival tools of Ingenuity, Adaptability and settle helped her to grow into the person she is today. Ingenuity is one of the survival skills that Jeannette possessed end-to-end her childhood. She continued to find new vogues to accommodate herself in antithetic situations. One some(prenominal)(prenominal) example is when she made herself braces because her parents could not collapse them. Since she did not have the money to get them, Jeannette invented a clever way to make homemade ones. These braces (worn only at night so no one would know) were made from rubber bands and a coat hanger. In the survivor tool kit it describes ingenuity with, you find novel uses and applications for normal objects(324). Jeannettes braces clearly exemplify this quote. Ingenuity is also exposit as, Bricolage the art of building things from whatever materials are available.(324). Jeannette used everyday objects such as rubber bands and a coat hanger to make a abstruse set of braces. Besides from making braces, she also made her own catapult. Bullies would adjudge rocks at Jeannette and her brother on their walk home from school and whence ride away on their bikes. Having limited resources, Jeannette used an abandoned mattress and more or less springs she found as ... ...n high school and she was striving for big goals, workings hard to achieve them, and overcoming countless obstacles. Even when her father stole that swinish bank money she did not give up. Her purpose in look helped transfer her into adulthood. Without this determination and sacrifice, seceding into a successful adult would have been much more challenging.Each survivor has a set of tools at their disposition that can be used throughout their lifetime. Jeannette was able to overcome lurch odds to with her ability to use almost anything to her advantage and by organism able to bend to the situation around her and constantly change. And finally, by having a drive in life that is simply incomprehensible, a drive and purpose so deep we cannot even begin to fathom its depth. Jeannette used these techniques to entrance her life and overcome every obstacle that stood in her way.