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    Call Of The Wild Essay

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    The American classic that I have chosen to read and write a report about was The Call of The Wild written by Jack London. My passion for dogs motivated me to read this American classic. I have two dogs—a Chihuahua and a Golden Retriever. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to read a book about dogs. The story shows the perspective of the main character, who is a dog named Buck. In addition, I thought I could learn some things about the behavior of dogs and the way they think. Also…

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    In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Portraying leadership is an important essential. For the reason, Buck represents it throughout the story. By being his own leader in a domestic household, overcoming obstacles in the great outdoors of Alaska, and along with him overcoming other dogs to become head of the pack. Personal leadership will show through in times of need. During the time Buck was a domestic house dog, he had many forms of leadership in which one was, “Buck was neither a house dog…

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    The Excerpts Brian's Winter and And Call Of The Wild are both based on surviving.They are both at one point come across a point in their life where thing are not so easy for them especially in the woods . First off the excerpt Brian's Winter Brian is sleeping and thinks he is dreaming and in reality there is actually a back end to a bear in his face.” Oh maybe if i kick it i will yonder of”.Well not for the bear.In one sweep the bear takes the log off of the camp.The second sweep knocked…

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    In the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London, one important theme is that nature destroys those who do not adapt to its laws. Since the book takes place largely in the Far North, where the forces of nature are raw, harsh, and unforgiving, this theme is illustrated repeatedly. Up in Canada and towards Alaska, the driving winds, frozen lands, and vigorous work all demand adaptations. Anybody who can’t adapt is harshly punished. Examples of this theme include the deaths of Curly, Dave, Charles,…

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    The Man Without Imagination Every person has some humility, intelligence, or even imagination, right? However, the man Jack London portrays does not have any of those qualities. The “man” in To Build a Fire is exceedingly prideful, uncommonly dull witted, and lacked imagination. Through most of the story, the man was abnormally arrogant about everything. He was a chechaquo, a new comer, nevertheless, he believed he was more knowledgeable about the Klondike than anyone else (92). The man believed…

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    Jack London Dog

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    In this short story, by Jack London, a man is faced with the harshness of nature while attempting to travel through the wilderness in alarming cold temperatures. While the man seems quite at peace with the sever temperature, he becomes frantic as the story progresses. Throughout this journey, the man's only companion is his dog. As one reads through the story, it is inevitable to see the difference between the man and dog; therefor, it is simple to understand why the man dies and the dog lives.…

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    Jack London “ Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a good hand well”(“Jack London.” Brainyquote.com. Xplore Inc, 2016). This means that you shouldn't always look at the negative outcome in a situation, but to do right with what you’ve done wrong to fix the mistakes. Jack London was an author of short stories, political essays, and novels. He began his writing career in the early 1900’s as a kid. Jack began this career because of all the wild adventures he went on.…

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    In this amazing book Buck finds himself, with the help of his ancestors and memories. He has gone through all of these trials in his job as a snow dog, but he eventually gets free from that and overcomes that with a new relationship with the world. As Buck is getting stronger, mentally and physically, his dominant primordial beast is growing stronger as well. The dominant primordial beast and how it grows inside of Buck. ”The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce…

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    The main characteristics of a survivalist are displayed in the story “To Build A Fire” through the characters mindset and actions while facing the true severity of naturalism and realism. In this story, the main character travelled through the unforgiving and challenging landscapes of Alaska in extremely cold temperature conditions. He has his dog which was his companion. All throughout the play, he learned how to build a fire the right way by being observant to those times he did it the wrong…

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    Long ago there lived Beaver an animal with the most gorgeous of tail, it was Beavers pride and joy. He was careful to wash it every morning and every night. Each day he would spend hours and hours grooming it to a perfect shine. The more time that passed the more the Beaver loved his tail. But this story is not about the perfect tail it is about how the Beaver’s tail became flat. The beaver grew narcissistic about his tail and its beauty, this angered the other animals. How did not appreciate…

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