Survival is something that is achieved by creating the circumstances that are needed. For example, Bobby's instinct tells him to follow the others and then he can forget what happened. If others do not know the events then maybe it did not happen. The memory of a dead soldier can and will survive in the life of another. A dying woman remembers freedom and life in the notes of a song.
Survival is something that is different to everyone and everything.
It is so powerful that it seems to be its own creation making the survivor its creator and vice-versa. Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group, Inc. 1970. L. The Whole Motion .