A severe storm has crippled a small ship, the S.S. Guppy(random name), and the only remaining lifeboat has room to fit only seven people. You have no hope of reaching civilization, but there's a fairly good chance that you can make it to one of the many small, uncharted, and unpopulated islands in the area. You may have to remain on such an island for years. Your task is to choose which seven people should be allowed on the lifeboat, and hence, be allowed to survive. 1.Dr. Dane: thiry-seven, Ph.D. in history, college professor, in good health, hobby is botany, enjoys politics, married with one child(Bobby) 2.Mrs. Dane: thiry-eight, obese, diabetic, M.A. in psychology, counselor in a mental health clinic, married to Dr. Dane, has one child. 3.Bobby ten, mentally retarded with IQ of 70. 4.Mrs. Victor: twenty-three, ninth-grade education, cocktail waitress, worked as a prostitute, married at age sixteen, divorced at age eighteen. 5.Jean Garcia: three months old, healthy 6.Mary Evans: eighteen, trade school education, wears glasses, artistic 7.Mr. Newton: twenty-five, starting last year of medical school, suspected homosexual activity, music as a hobby, physical fitness nut. 8.Mrs. Clark: twenty-eight, daughter of a minister, college graduate, electronics engineer, single now after a brief marriage 9.Mr. Blake: fifty-one, B.S. in mechanics, married with four children, enjoys outdoors, much experience in construction, quite handy, sympathizes with anti-black views. 10.Father Frans: thirty-seven, Catholic, priest, active in civil rights, former college athlete, farming background, often criticized for liberal views 11.Dr. Gonzales: sixty-six, doctor in general practice, two heart attacks in the past five years, loves literature and quotes extensively. Please no drama on this thread, and there is no wrong answer.
1 - The art of Botany; can cultivate plants and identify island plants as edible or poisonous. 2 - She works in psychology, can help keep a unified state of mind within the group when things turn ill. Also, for 1's sake. You never leave family behind. 3 - No matter how clever, or state of mind, she is a child. She has her whole life ahead of her nobody can take that away. 5 - Reference to 3. 9 - Works in construction, will get hands dirty and is happy to help forge a living any place. Jack of all trades, master O' none. 10 - Farming background, can work the land for produce. Can work with 9 to set up a sort of abode on an island. 11 - Doctor of general practice. Can work with 1 to identify herbs with healing properties, to make poultices and other such remedies.
1 - His knowledge and botany hobby could come in handy. 2 - No particular purpose, but if 1 is on the list, she is included, because as some person above said, "you never leave family behind." 3 - Retardness might not come in handy. Still, like I said above, "you never leave family behind." 5 - Young and healthy, could have a bright future. 7 - Medical expertise could come in handy. 9 - Construction experience could come in handy. 10 - Having a priest around is always cool, right?
1,2,3, 5, and the other doctor, and other person associated withthe word botany. And the artistic fellow. We can handle our on prayers. And I'm not catholic so... -pushes priest off board-