English Topic Sentences

Mahmoud

Survival in extreme situations can deeply affect someone’s mental state, often leading to fear, hopelessness and loss of identity.

Josef

The emotional cost of survival can be just as hard as the physical pain, since fear, trauma and loss last for a long time.

Isabel

Refugees are often forced to leave everything behind when home becomes unsafe, showing that survival often comes at the cost of comfort, safety and identity.

Thesis

Gratz shows that people only leave their homes when they are forced to, and that survival means going through tough emotional and physical struggles as well as losing their old life.