The Fires of Jubilee The novel, The Fires of Jubilee, written by Stephen B. Oates is a well- crafted biography of Nat Turner and his rebellion. Throughout the novel you will realize how brilliant Nat Turner really was. You will also come to the conclusion that his experiences shaped him into the man he eventually became. Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800 in South Hampton County Virginia to his mother Nancy, on a plantation owned by Benjamin Turner, a wealthy man.…
In the book Fires of Jubilee, the author Stephen Oates, does an amazing job of describing the life of Nat Turner. Oates begins the book by telling about the childhood of Turner. Nat Turner was born on October 17th of 1800. Turner was born into slavery. When Nat was born his mother tried to kill him rather than having him to see him grow up a slave.…
“Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas and “ The Santa Ana” by Joan Didion are both pieces of literature that intersect each other and give different views about The Santa Ana winds. These winds were named after the foehn wind of Austria and Switzerland. Which causes many side effects that are considered to be unpleasant. These winds are proven to be dry hot, strong and have a high speed, that brush through the deserts of California to the Southern part of this state. Due to their different views on this subject, their purposes differ from each other.…
The poem “Verses Upon Our Burning House” by Anne Bradstreet expresses Puritan values, which were piety, courage, and industry, because in the poem Anne is witnessing everything that she owns going up in flames. The items that she furnished her house with where very important to her and it shows the reader how industrialized her and her family has become. When she says “Then, coming out, behold a space, The flame consume my dwelling place.” and “That laid my goods now in the dust.…
The short story by Jack London, To Build a Fire, is a story centered around a man who decides to go into the Yukon alone. Some mistakes are made out of carelessness and fearless. In order to fix the problems that occur from his mistakes, he must take responsibility and take control of the situation. After all that can be done, his final destiny is chosen by a dog he choses not to kill. These simple mistakes and overcoming are what make this story so intriguing.…
From the stories I've read in this smester I love the story titled "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. This is because this story makes me think that the things that are common and easy to do under normal conditions are difficult to do under certain conditions and become vital to the life or death of a person. This story tells of someone who understands the importance of fire in traveling in the open in cold weather, this character has also prepared a match to easily make fire when needed.…
“To Build a Fire” written by Jack London was a wonderfully written piece, which was written at a time of London’s life where all he could rely on was the faith that his writings would deliver him from his financial woes. His efforts did not go unnoticed with this particular publication as it was recognized as his best short story. Understanding his life which would be considered a “rags to riches” portrayal, I am under the belief that “To build a Fire” was the story that catapulted his career as a writer and why he is known as such a prolific writer of his era and in my opinion rivals some of the writers of the 21st generation. Reading London’s about life gave me a better understanding of what led him to become such as great writer. He like…
My favorite short story from this term is "To built a fire" by Jack London. The central theme of the story is that foolish confidence leads to bad results and it is simple and relatable for me. Also the detailed description of building a fire in freezing temperatures such as "He worked slowly and carefully, realizing his danger. Gradually,as the flame grew stronger, he increased the size of the sticks with which he fed it " (London, n.d., p.65) caught my attention. The story makes me look back my life the decisions that I made and I feel fortunate to not be in the posion of the man who built the fire.…
Deadly Fumes According to NFPA, National Fire Protection Association, a house fire occurs every 85 seconds and causes a death every 161 minutes. In 2014, NFPA reported 1,298,000 fires in the United States. These fires caused $11.6 billion in property damage, but most importantly 15,775 civilian injuries and 3,275 civilian deaths. Most fire deaths transpire due to smoke inhalation, not by burns.…
Could you imagine America turning into an authoritarian-totalitarian dictatorship country where you are collected with people from the same social class and put into an area/state (not all areas are peaches and cream either), all while your kid(s), 18 and under, are getting drawn through a lottery and sent out in an arena with 23 other kids to fight till one victor is left standing? I would not want to live there. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the second book to The Hunger Games trilogy about a girl named Katniss Everdeen from District 12, the lowest and poorest district out of the 12 Districts; the higher the number the inferior the District, who teams up with her old members from the first book and more to take down the Capitol…
I recently finished the second book in The Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. I would recommend this book to anyone in grade four or above because it is graphic in some parts but not over the top. I would especially recommend this book to people who are not confident in the science fiction/dystopian genre but want to try it out. I rated this book a 10/10; it is probably one of my favourite books of all time. I enjoyed this book more than the first one in the series which is unusual as the first books are typically the best.…
Flames engulfed the house, windows broke, smoke exhaled. My mother received a call that her house was burning down. She stopped what she was doing, worried her kids were inside the house. She frantically dashed home. She arrived crying and screaming that her kids could be inside the house.…
Book Review: The Fires of Jubilee Summary of the Fires of Jubilee Oates presents a thorough study that is an accurate portrayal of a mysterious man who lived during a defining moment in American history. The author starts by giving a comprehensive biography of Turner and makes a real effort to show what can lead a man to commit the controversial actions he did. Of interest is that Turner believed that he was ordained by God to free slaves from bondage through a violent uprising. Thus Turner invoked select passages of the Bible to justify the killing of women, men and children (Oates, 14). Specifically, in 1831, the insurgents led by Nat went on the rampage from one farm to another in Virginia slaughtering tens of whites using axes and other weapons and in some cases decapitating children (Oates, 3).…
In Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen has a relationship between Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne. Gale is her childhood best friend and Peeta is her Hunger Games partner. Throughout the book she demonstrates possible signs of romantic love which creates confused feelings within her. The relationship Katniss has between the two is altruistic love. Their relationships also demonstrate levels of trust.…
Righteous Acts Moralism is a controversial subject that is questioned when reading different great works of literature, and those questions mainly deal with the characters and if the acts they do are moral or immoral. The different characters and themes provided in the book, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, display how morality and freedom is oppressed in their utopian society. No one can hide from or stand against the President and his awful ways, but as the citizens of the districts work together, there is a promising sight of a noble and equal nation. Although the story may have ended morally sound, it was reached by many principles of right and wrong.…