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The wind howls like a pack of wolves on the prow, sending chills down spins of all those who face its powerful blows. Through the thin walls and old winds, it seeps into the homes of those who already struggle to stay warm. The wolves go after the weakest of any heard, and humans belong to the list of their victims. This reality lives in the parts of the world that have communist entities as their powerhouses. In the collection of essays, “How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed” by Slavenka…

Would you be able to survive in the wild? The Call of the Wild is an adventure fiction story about a dog named Buck who gets taken to the Yukon at the time of the gold rush. Buck changes from a domestic pet to being a wild animal. He has many different owners over the course of the story but eventually he meets the one he loves the most, John Thornton. The theme throughout the story is survival of the fittest. Buck learned how to survive by watching other dogs. Buck first got to the Yukon he…

There is a book and movie called Where The Red Fern Grows. The book was made in 1961, the movie was made in 1964. In the book a boy saves up money to get his dogs, he trains them, and goes to a contest. He wins the contest and brings home two cups one silver the other gold. He and his dogs get into a fight with a mountain lion the mountain lion died and so did the dogs. In the book it started off with Billy coming home from work and he takes in a dog. In both the movie and the book billy…

The stage directions tells us a lot that you may wonder about in the world of the play. Priestly hints out that “[it has to be set in] the dining room of a fairly large suburban house.” This suggest that the Birling family is rich but not fully rich because they are not living in a mansion so they are not the upper class in the class system. The word ‘fairly’ is an adverb the writer as put the word fairly in because it conveys that Mr birling is a business man who still works this helps the…

should answer the phone. He decided that he should just leave it alone, but for some reason he felt like he was mysteriously connected to the phone calls. Suddenly, Smith blacked out and became unaware of everything. A few hours later, Smith was woken up by Agent Nelson and some of his coworkers. He was extremely confused, but then he remembered the phone calls and wished that he was still asleep. Agent Nelson asked him questions, but Smith just mumbled something about not feeling well. He…

An inspector calls: a critical evaluation By Wiktor Wojdyla In this evaluation I will be looking at two contrasting characters in “An inspector calls” and how J.B. Priestly uses that to make us feel sympathetic for them. An inspector calls is a play written in 1945 by J.B. Priestly. It is set at the begging of the 20th century (1900-1915) and has themes surrounding responsibility, class, age and gender differences. There also different types of contrasting characters such as Eric and Sybil…

survival everyday of it. The Call of the Wild by Jack London. In the fictional story The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, Buck is a normal dog living a laid back life with his master Judge Miller when a greedy gardner kidnaps him and sells him to a gold miner in the Yukon as a sled dog. Bucks only hope for survival is to have faith in his masters and embrace the call of the wild. Struggle for mastery - The theme of struggle for mastery is heavily used in the story the Call of the Wild. When…

Buck is the main character in The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Buck lived on the land of Judge Miller in Santa Clara Valley, California. He has lived all four years of his life here. He is the son of Elmo, a large St. Bernard and Shep, a Scotch shepherd dog. Buck is strong, loyal, kind, and independent. Buck escorts the Judge's daughters on long walks, goes swimming or hunting with the Judge's sons, or plays with the Judge's grandsons. Because of this he is not considered just an ordinary…

Depending on level of prank, prank can be either funny or serious. When I was in eighth grade, there was a girl who always fell asleep in my social studies class. One day, before the class bell rang, my teacher decided to play a joke on the girl who fall asleep. While the girl was having a nap, my teacher made all the classmates to leave the room quietly. After the bell rang, we went inside the classroom and as expected, saw the girl looking puzzled. After knowing that the whole classmate played…

How does Priestly present Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls? The most perplexing character in J.B Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls is Inspector Goole. Priestley introduces Inspector Goole as a realistic straight forward police inspector. He presents the Inspector into the play using different methods: the language he uses, stage directions, mannerisms, and name through his entrance into the play and his political views and beliefs. Priestley introduces the Inspector as very commanding and…