24 Carat Gold

San Francisco lives within one of the world’s most overlooked mistakes, a faultline that runs straight along the borders of California, putting all of its great cities within the hands of potential catastrophe. Famous writers Jack London and Mark Twain both recollect the events they witnessed during an earthquake known as the “great earthquake” that took place along this faultline, both narratives titled “The San Francisco Earthquake”. Although both essays possess the same title, each grasp…

The topic that I am going to write about is Chinatown. Chinatown is a place that attracts so many tourists and it is true that everyone is not able to visit China. However, whenever I go to Chinatown, I learn the culture of China and I feel like I am in China. However, I do not know the history of Chinatown; thus, I am wondering why San Francisco has a Chinatown. As a result, my first research question is why it has a Chinatown and what is the importance of Chinatown in California? In addition…

The book The Call Of The Wild is a classic fiction novel by Jack London. The book begins in the fall of 1887 and continues on in the 1890’s. In 1887 towards the beginning of the book Buck is in California. Towards the end of the book Buck is in the icy, cold, and isolated Klondike region of Alaska. The point of view in this book is third person limited. The point of view helps the story because it vividly describes the actions of all characters which makes it easier to understand the plot.…

How to build a fire a fire is a story about a man and his dog who are traveling through Alaska on a search for gold. Though, the only mistake was that the man was foolish and didn’t listen to the old timer who told him it was dangerous. Because of this, the theme of the story is, “better safe than sorry.” The first that developed the theme was when the main character didn’t listen to the old timer who told him it was too dangerous to go alone and that he was going to die. This shows the theme…

III. Analysis of To Build a Fire Shared between the Seasons of Fall and wintry weather Temperatures can variety among zero and -24 Degrees Celsius in Klondike, Yukon Territory. This is tested to be quite fatal if by myself and unprepared. As a child, London becomes born right into a wealthy circle of relatives and did tough labor for awhile. Later on, he purposely has become homeless, although for reasons unbeknownst to anybody, and lived that way till he was 19. In 'To Build a Fire' the…

With more than 300,000 people from 80 countries passing through, Angel Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, was a busy station in the 1900s. Few of the immigrants that passed through Angel Island were greeted with smiles and a warm welcome. Those from countries like Russia, Japan, Australia, China, Mexico and many others “found themselves in the island's detention barracks upon arrival”. Among these was a young, poor Chinese man traveling under a false name who wanted a better life.…

In the beginning of the Gold Rush in 1848, Chinese immigrants, mostly poor China-men sought a better economic life in the United States. When Chinese American first arrived in California they were welcomed for their exotic customs, interesting clothing and strong accents. Soon, the white working class grew old of the Chinese because of the potential threat they posed for their livelihood and work, which lead to discrimination against the Chinese. Politicians that ran for office in California…

Persevering to Fight for Loved Ones Fighting and protecting the people you love needs a lot of persevering. In The Call of the Wild, Buck gets saved by his last owner and Buck fights to protect him, using his love for the owner. Buck saves the owner's life more times than he can count. He also saved him from debts. In reality, my nana protects my mom, aunt, and her dad with her courage to keep them safe. My nana had to use courage and her voice to stop the fighting from happening. They both…

packet shows a clipper ship going on the ocean as someone is mining for gold in a gold mine, and they are saying that going over the mountains would take a long time so just go around South America to get there quicker. But the one thing that they didn 't look at was how dangerous and treacherous the voyage that they were about to take just to get a little bit of gold that was left behind that others didn’t mine. So to them gold was worth risking their lives just to go around to California by…

I find London’s description of the Wild and its laws to be exotically unique. How London juxtaposes the malevolent Wild’s hatred for life and its attempt to allure “restless men” into “submission”, forces me to believe that danger is imminent for two men trudging in the Yukon (49). The havoc of the disappearance of Bill and Henry’s dogs reminds me of the plot of the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I imagine anyone in their right mind would be just as scared as Bill if some…