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Creation Myth There once was a peasant in a small Viking village called Thorpe. His name was Alvan. He was poor so he had to hunt for all of his food. That meant that he had to spend most of his harsh winters in the vast forest to support himself. Every winter, the wind blew stronger and the air got colder. One winter, Alvan was tracking a bear that was big enough to feed him for months, but was fierce enough to kill him in one swing. He was determined to kill the giant beast.…

The fiction novel Call of the Wild written by Jack London, the theme is survival of the fittest. This theme is basically that an organism or group that is better suited to an animal or group that is less suited. The text states “It was a record run. Each day for fourteen days they had averaged forty miles. For three days Perrault and Francois threw chests up and down the main street of Skaguay and were deluged with invitations to drink, while the team was the constant centre of a worshipful…

In Zambia, a dog named Ruger was considered a bad dog; he was aggressive and would frequently bark at people. However, his overall personality made him very easy to train, and he would go on to arrest more than 150 poachers as Zambia’s first anti-poaching dog. Ruger’s life started in Blackfeet Reservation, Montana. When he was very young, Ruger’s owner shot his brothers and sisters, but he was able to escape. Eventually, Ruger wound up in a shelter,, where he was noticed by a trainer. This…

Chinese Prospectors at the Gold fields The Gold Rush (1851 – 1914) sparked a huge influx of miners onto the goldfields from Australia and from overseas. The gold rush brought a variety of different races, one of which was the Chinese. 7000 Chinese miners arrived at the NSW gold fields in 1852. (Sydney Living Museum). Most Chinese who joined the Australian gold rush left their families and home behind. (The Original Gold Rush Colony: Anti-Chinese Racism). This was difficult for the Chinese as…

was free to roam the property as he pleased. His life was going pretty good until a gardener who was working for the estate kidnapped him and took him to Alaska. In Alaska at the time the gold rush was just picking up and strong dogs were in high demand. The dogs were used to haul sleds and carry heavy loads of gold. This experience was all new to Buck because he had never seen snow; let alone been subjected to such cruelty. He made a friend on the ship on the way named Curly who ended up…

He had it made he could eat whenever he wanted, had a warm/cool place to live but it all changed in the end of Chapter 1 when a Garden helper named Manuel steals Buck to go to the Yukon for the gold because he needed money for his gambling habits. He got a ship with another dog that was headed to Alaska he had no idea what snow was! Buck has watched and learned from other dogs how to live like digging a hole to stay warm in and pulling a sled…

Jack London portrayed Naturalism perfectly in “To Build a Fire”. Naturalism was showed in this story how humans had to constantly worry about nature at every corner and be aware at an any time it could take their life. Jake London used naturalism to show how Nature would not stop for anyone and in a battle verse humans Nature would always be the winner. Along with Naturalism London showed the idea of Darwinism, in the story it was survival of the fittest and making one wrong move could cost the…

In his article Crystal Beards and Dantean Influence in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire (II)”, author Russell Hillier makes the argument that London’s ‘To Build a Fire’ is not only highly allegorical, but is largely influenced by the works of Milton, specifically Dante’s Inferno. While it is widely known that London used much his personal experience in the bitterly cold and unforgiving Klondike when writing the story, it is equally obvious that London chose to incorporate certain parallels to…

To Build A Fire: Theme Analysis When it comes to nature, a lack of common sense, or failure to take sound advice, can lead to life or death consequences. In “To Build A Fire,” by Jack London he depicts a vivid example of this. Despite warnings against venturing out into the frigid negative 50 degree temperatures of the Yukon alone, the main character, accompanied by his wolf-dog, decides to anyway. While the dog's instincts tell it that it is much too cold to travel, it follows the man…

The book winter’s Bone written by Daniel Woodrell is a multifaceted story that looks into the world of small town methamphetamine that uses and gives the reader a vision from inside the circumstances. Throughout the story of Ree Dolly who is the main character, readers learn many things concerning Woodrell’s own life which is growing up in the Ozarks. Wood ell paints an image of the condition during the eyes of someone who is really fighting to stay alive in (Egan page 5-10) that world, and…