Klondike Gold Rush

There have always been stories about animals that bring up children. One of the most famous is the story of Romulus and Remus; the twin boys who were raised by a wolf. When the brothers grew up they founded the city of Rome. While this is a legend, there are many modern stories about children being raised by wolves, which are believed by many people. In an Indian jungle in 1867 a boy was found by some hunters. They said he was living with wolves – he was about six years old. He was named Dina…

sleds, or just yourself in below seventy-five degree weather sounds pretty similar, right? Yes, it does however, they can also be complete opposites. The Call of the Wild by Jack London is about a dog and his journies through the Yukon during the gold rush as a sled dog. The main character, Buck, faces many struggles and difficulties along with many victories and successes. To Build a Fire, also written by Jack London is about a man who is brand new to the Yukon, who is traveling by himself…

“To Build a Fire” “Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up every possibility of love, contentment, or even common sense” –C.S. Lewis. In the story, “To Build a Fire,” a man displays a lot of pride in his abilities to survive the severe cold climate across the Yukon wilderness. With this sense of arrogance, the man seems to do everything in his will throughout the journey to successfully master the inclement weather in which ultimately was a fatal mistake before the man even began the travel.…

White Fang is a novel detailing the life of a wolf cub who faces many trials throughout his life. This book was written by Jack London. It is set in the Yukon territory of Canada in the 1880s. This story is fictional and told in third person point of view. This point of view helps the reader understand not only the thoughts of White Fang, but others around him. The protagonist of this story is White Fang. There are many antagonists in this book. One of these antagonists is White Fang himself.…

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: Buck and White Fang “As for life, it is a battle and a journeying in a strange land,” noted Roman Emperor, General, and philosopher Marcus Aurelius in his famous book Meditations. This observation is certainly true for two renowned literary characters. The canine characters Buck from the Jack London book The Call of the Wild and White Fang from the movie White Fang, based on another Jack London book, share many similarities but also experience many important differences…

The Call of the Wild is a Buck has been living a life of luxury and pride for the last 4years, but when a trusted gardener secretly sells him in a gamble, Buck becomes part of the gold rush in Canada. Never having experienced anything like the gold rush and the piercing Canadian environment, Buck has a rough time adapting, but he quickly catches on and learns the law of ‘club and fang’. Buck journeys along several owners and sees the scenes of various deaths. Buck’s journey is a hard but he…

“Something was there with him, in him, around him. He could feel it. Some other thing was there.” The author uses descriptive language so the readers can feel Brennan’s connection with Coyote Runs spirit. In the novel, Canyons, by Gary Paulsen, the author uses figurative language and descriptive writing to describe the relationship between Coyote Runs and Brennan. One technique the author uses to connect the relationship between Coyote Runs and Brennan is descriptive language. In the story, the…

Nature has always tested man. Often man fails to conquer nature. Whether it be extreme temperatures or lack of experience, the man often learns a lot about himself through this struggle. Jack London’s short story, “To Build a Fire,” is a tragic story about a man who decides to travel alone throughout the bad environment of the Yukon in sub-freezing temperatures and he falls his journey. Because of the unforgiving power of nature. During his journey, the man gets his feet wet as he falls through…

belief in naturalism. Throughout the story, different symbols such as a moose, fire, and Koshkoosh demonstrate this principle. He had also used the season to further develop his belief. The Inuit tribe was placed in the Klondike region of the Canadian Yukon territory. The Klondike…

In the book Call of the wild by Jack London is about dogs who are being taken away from their homes and they are getting sold to other people all around the world . There is one dog his name is buck he had lived with the same people ever since he was a puppy but then one day a man kept wondering around the property and he took buck. When he took buck he placed him in a room with other dogs and they basically fought each other until one was dripping blood or almost dead. When they finished…