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    First, Buck and White Fang both save their masters. For example, Buck saves John Thornton from drowning and wins him $1,600 so he can strike rich in the Klondike, and White Fang saves Jack Conroy when the gold mine caves in on him and helps him strike rich when gold dust is revealed on White Fang’s paws. Since Buck and White Fang both save their masters and help make them rich, the dogs are the same in that way. Second, the dogs were in different places when their masters were attacked…

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    Being in extreme environment can be dangerous but using your knowledge is the best solution out of this situation. This is what the characters in LIfe of Pi by Yann Martel and “The Story of Keesh” by Jack London did. In both stories, The Life of Pi and “ The Story of Keesh”, the characters use their intelligence, knowledge and good judgement to survive in extreme environments. In “The Story of Keesh ", Keesh shows many survival skills in his village in the Arctic. For example, to the villagers…

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    It is not easy to survive in the wild. It requires a special type of character and willpower to make it out alive. Not only does this book illustrate how to survive out in the wild, it shows what characteristics that a true leader of the pack needs. The alpha male in this pack, White Fang, deals with the cold winter and barely any food; to continue living, this little wolf must learn to survive and thrive in his environment. As a little cub, White Fang develops a niche for figuring things out, a…

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    to fall drastically on ice, one will also have to try not getting killed by a vicious Alaskan animal on your journey through the frigid place called Alaska. The geography of Alaska makes it difficult to explore and settle both during the Klondike, Gold Rush, and today because of: walking on one's two feet throughout the travels, walking…

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    Survival of the Fittest is not only a great theme, but a theme that occurs throughout the whole book! Buck has faced many horrible things to learn about that only the fittest survive in the wild. In this essay I will be going over some examples of what Buck faced and what he had to do to survive. He had to fight for dominance but also to be the lead sled dog. Buck is very fit to be the lead sled dog, but he has a challenger just as strong as he. He also learned that if you don't steal food from…

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    pieces, the swart half-breed standing over her and cursing horribly” (London 17). The adventure novel The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, was based on Buck the main character who got dog-napped, and taken to the Yukon. Buck needed to survive the Yukon gold rush, and soon learned that from the death of one of his teammates on the dogsled team. Buck wanted to survive in the Yukon and stay fit for that. To explain the theme survival of the fittest Buck tries to be fit to survive in the Yukon. Buck…

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    In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, I think that the most influential thing to Buck was the wild. First, he had to learn to survive. Second, he had to learn to behave around other dogs and use his instincts. Lastly, the wild took over him. Those are the reasons why I believe the wild was the most influential on Buck. The first reason why I believe the wild was the most influential on Buck is because he had to learn to survive in the wild. He had a hard time transitioning from being an…

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    In the short story, “How to Build a Fire,” the author (Jack London) crafts two characters. One is static while the other one is dynamic. The story takes place in the coldest parts of Alaska. A man followed the gold rush there, and finds himself in the middle of Alaska alone with a dog. The dog always thinks of him as the food and fire provider. While the dog doesn’t change the whole story (stays static) the man’s idea of the trip and his thoughts and mind change (dynamic). In the story the dog…

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    There was a plane crash and a teenage boy survived it, but now he has to figure out can he survive his first winter in the wildernest. In the book Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen, a boy that used to be in the city has to survive the winter in a forest in Canada. Brian has to learn different ways to hunt to keep him alive even though he does not like killing animals. Brian has to use everything around him to stay alive in a very cold winter. It is a good thing Brian is intelligent. Brian…

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    as seems to happen so often in history, prejudice and greed once again raised its ugly voice. As a result, the hardworking and once admired men became the “enemy” of men who felt the color of their skin madethem superior and more entitled. If the Gold Rush never happened, the harsh and unfair pressure of racism may not have oppressed the hard working Chinese immigrants and condemned so many of them to a harsh life of poverty and ill…

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