I Am Still Alive

Jess is now fully immersed in the present. Her notebook detailing the “before and after” circumstances of her current situation is now wrapped up and stored inside the burnt cabin. She has spent the past few days revisiting the cabin to rummage for items, and she manages to catch two fish. She also finds one of her father’s old fishing traps. Jess thinks about going hunting and tries to set up her rifle, but the ammunition doesn’t match the barrel, and she finds that the other rifles are burned beyond use. The first frost hits the ground, and Jess knows that winter is coming, which means she is running out of time to complete her preparations for winter. She luckily finds one of her father’s old tarps, which she uses to prevent water damage to her shelter. When a fox steals one of her fish, she realizes that she also needs a way to protect her food from wild animals. When she sees a man she doesn’t recognize fly in and look around the campsite, she feels like she should call out to him, but she has no idea whether he is there to kill her, so she remains silent, wondering if