This week on survivkor….

On episode 4 of Survivor it starts off with Jacqueline loosing against her boyfriend in the first obstacle and she is sent to exile island along with Drew from the opposite team. While on the Island Drew confides in Jacqueline that he is thinking about throwing the next competition on purpose to start weeding out some of his own team mates, specifically targeting the girls.  Once Drew and Jacqueline returned and participate in the next challenge, it is obvious Drew throws the win. Since Drew believes he is an essential leader of his tribe he tries to get his team members on his side to agree to vote off Kelly a seemingly nonthreatening contestant, but has been obviously irritated with Drew’s ego. During the elimination- lots of conflicts were brought up and discussed, including Drew’s idea that the girls were going to be aligning against the men and although they were smaller in number had to be dealt with.  Ultimately all the girls vote Drew off and get him eliminated.

What makes this show so entertaining is the meshing between all of the different people. Not only are there different sexes, but ages, cultures, careers, and relationships. Many of these things play a part in how the members interact with one another, form alliances, and create a strategy.  There is a number of firefighters on the show, in good physical condition and dominate personalities. Some people are trusting and feel betrayed. For instance Jeremy thinks to be in an alliance with Keith, both firemen, and feels betrayed by Keith when he learns Keith started a rumor that Jeremy posses an immunity. What Jeremy believed to be a break in their trust, Keith did not.  Another part of the show that sticks out in my mind is when Alec, Drew’s twin brother is talking about the differences in their growing up he claims that their father would go to Alec when he needed things done, and points out that Drew is the lazier of the two and always has been.

All of these different races, genders and beliefs are just a few reasons that contribute to the diversity in the team members. All have their own perspective of how they view different situations and conflicts should be handled. Some personalities are bigger and more aggressive than others and those seem to be the ones being voted off more frequently. Not everyone is perfect and it is easier to see the flaws in those who constantly speak their minds and everyone begins to decide for themselves who should stay and who needs to go.