Comparison of Clive Cussler's Sahara and Daniel Defoe's Robinson CrusoeThe theme that will be explored in this essay will be survival when times get tough, physically and mentally . The two books that will be involved in the discussion will be Sahara by Clive Cussler and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. In both cases, the main characters show signs of collapse and abandonment due to physical, but also mental, stress. Robinson Crusoe and Sahara are relatable in many ways, as are the main characters, and will be two good books to compare the survival of Dirk Pitt and that of Dirk Pitt. Robinson Crusoe. The three criteria we will talk about in this essay will be physical survival. Did the two characters have difficulty getting by? . The next type of survival is mental survival, it comes right after physical survival and both characters also show signs of this type. With mental survival, the physical component must first be stable and accomplished, this is when you can then work your mind towards better thoughts and ideas. The third criterion that will be looked at is how the characters were changed by the end of the book looking at post-traumatic stress disorder. Both characters show signs of physical survival and it is believed that physical survival is the most important type of survival because you must first be healthy and physically strong before you can even walk, talk, or think. Mental survival is highly necessary and is required in difficult times. Each type of survival is different in its own way, but physical stability must first be achieved to be able to survive the elements and their challenges, and then master the other type of survival, such as mental survival. In Robinson Crusoe, the rain is falling and the wind is blowing hard. Robinson says it was the strongest and most violent storm that ever blew through him. He is seriously ill and writes this in his diary. The fever is still so bad that I stayed in bed all day and neither of us ate nordrank. I was ready to die of thirst, but so weak that I did not have the strength to get up or get water to drink. (Defoe 96)Dirk Pitt also had a tough time in the book Sahara. Crawling in the desert, he has had nothing to eat or drink for days, not for days. This is what he remembers from that gloomy day on the dusty desert floor. Pitt found it strange that he couldn't remember when he had last spit. Although he sucked on small pebbles to relieve his incessant thirst, he could