The night before. the lottery, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them in the box, and it was. then taken to the safe of Mr. Summers' coal company and locked up until Mr. Summers was ready to take. it to the square next morning.
Full Definition of SURVIVALIST. : a person who advocates or practices survivalism; especially: one who has prepared to survive in the anarchy of an anticipated breakdown of society. â survivalist adjective. See survivalist defined for English-language learners.
Self preservation is essentially the process of an organism preventing itself from being harmed or killed and is considered a basic instinct in most organisms. Most call it a survival instinct. Self-preservation is thought to be tied to an organisms reproductive fitness and can be more or less present according to perceived reproduction potential. If perceived reproductive potential is low enough, self-destructive behavior(the opposite) is not uncommon in social species.