A true survivor can only depend on himself. The novel is a story about four characters each with different views on surviving. Every man in the world can relate to one of the three secondary characters in the novel . Men can relate to Lewis Medlock for his primitive views, Drew for his rationality, or Bobby for his lack of ability to survive. Many people say that Lewis is the man that most men want to be like, Drew is the man that most men are like, and Bobby is the man that most men fear becoming. Lewis is the man most men want to be be ....