"Choose two items you would take to a desert island if you were stranded there."
The thing about desert islands is that there are so many variables: fauna, flora, size of the island, etc. For this scenario, I imagine being stranded on an island that is slightly smaller than the island of Manhattan, so I have areas to explore. I'm surrounded by palm trees and other fruit-bearing plants and soft white sands. Basically, my deserted island is pretty sweet, besides for being deserted. I would bring a survival key chain I have, consisting of a small piece of rope and a piece of flint. To me, fire is the most essential to my survival. With fire, I can cook food (assuming that I can find meat), boil water to make it drinkable, and have campfires to keep myself warm if need be. The keychain is an obvious choice for me, but my second item is not so easy to choose. I would probably bring a book or a book series. I want something that will help me from going insane from solitude. I would love to bring multiple books, so I don't finish one and have to re-read it over and over again, but I feel like that is cheating. I think an educational book would be good, but it would need to be something interesting to me as well. I think Carl Sagan is my best bet for something interesting, educational, and most importantly, understandable. I have yet to read Cosmos, so maybe that would be my first choice. If I had a single book that contained his entire literary collection, that would be ideal. And that's it. Those are the "two" items that I would bring to a deserted island: something for my survival and something my for sanity.
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