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Don't Overestimate your Capabilities “Day have broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the Yukon trail and climbed the edge of the high earth-bank, where a big and little traveled trail led eastwards through the fat spruce timberland”. That was what an example the story uses literary elements like imagery in the story “To Build a Fire by Jack London”. This story is told about this man was walking on the Yukon trail in Alaska. It was very cold outside like…

social unrest and economics pressures in China, one of the main reasons for them to immigrate to the States was to seek economics opportunities so that they were able to send money back home for their families. At first, they were attracted by the gold rush in California, later many of the Chinese men chose to take up low-skilled jobs, such as: manual labourers in construction, agriculture, manufacturing…

Nature is usually seen more as the setting, rather than the antagonist in a story. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” there is a never ending battle between nature and the four different living entities, whether they be current or past experiences. This portrays nature as more of an opposing character, rather than it being a part of the setting. By using the four characters, the man, the dog, the old-timer from Sulpher Creek and the boys, London is able to portray how nature impacts them all…

Buck call of the wild Ernesto Galarza Barrio Boy New directions. The other side of the sky is about a woman who has to make a living in a hard cruel world. Barrio boy is about a boy who moves from mexico to the U.S. Call of the wild is about a dog who is taken and sold to be a sled dog. They all have to meet their goal. People take The call of the wild was based on a dog named Buck. He used to live in california with his original owner. A group of men came and took Buck and sold him as a sled…

realize that nothing was grabbing him it was just the sword and he was nervous so he put the sword through his jacket. The setting in “The Path Through the Cemetery” was in Russia, because when the man challenged Ivan he said he would give Ivan “five gold rubles’ and rubles is the currency in Russia. Also it is winter because in the story it was a windy cold night and also when he stabbed his coat and got stuck he froze to death so that means it was cold enough for him to…

Make it through the winter. Brian’s winter is a book about a boy who is stranded in the wilderness. Brian Robeson is the main character but there are other minor characters like , the animals, brian's mother, the pilot, David Smallhorn, and the Smallhorn children. The whole book takes place in the canadian wilderness near a small lake. The themes of the book are survival and loneliness. Brian Robeson was on his way to see his parents when the pilot has a heart attack and loses control of the…

Imagine being stuck in the coldest environment possible. It is so cold that your limbs can barely move and the condensation from your breath freezes. This is what it’s like in the harsh Yukon climate, the setting of “To Build a Fire,” by Jack London. In the story, a man’s three biggest mistakes were ignoring the old man from Sulphur creek’s advice, having bad judgement, and travelling alone. One mistake the man made was ignoring the old man’s knowledgeable advice. The old man on Sulphur…

Do you just love dogs? I mean, who doesn’t? If you do love dogs, then I recommend you read the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild is about a big, fluffy dog named Buck. It takes place in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush, when people from all places were heading to the Northland in hopes of striking it rich. Unfortunately for Buck, he was the kind of dog people were looking for to pull their dogsleds. As a result, he was taken from his sun-kissed home in California…

The Call of the Wild revolves around the story of Buck, a St. Bernard, Scotch shepherd mix, who fights to survive in the unforgiving life of a sled dog. Kidnapped and beaten into submission, Buck learns quickly that these men are his masters and not his owners. The punishments are brutal but they don’t just some from those that own him now but even his sled dog teammates who teach him, in a less than sympathetic manner, how to work as a sled dog. Buck is quick to learn all the ways of a sled dog…

Gold Rush Californians from all over the world have had their dreams of fortune crushed once they realized all of the gold had been taken right under their noses. Bret Harte, the author, wrote many tales including the “Luck of Roaring Camp”, ”Outcasts of Poker Flat”, and “Bulger’s Reputation” in his book “Bret Harte’s Gold Rush” that are based off of his experiences as a prospector. The miners in “Luck of Roaring Camp” tried their best to change their habits, however they eventually failed to…