Klondike Gold Rush

Thirty or forty other huskies approach, and Curly lunges at her assailant. She tumbles off her feet, and the other dogs rush in, trampling her. The men come and fight off the dogs with clubs and an ax." (spark notes.com) Eventually Curly dies minutes later and Buck realized that to survive in this new world, he will have to make sure he doesn't go down in a fight. This also…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Survival in an extreme environment may be hopeless, but Keesh from “The Story of Keesh” and Pi from “Life of Pi” had the will, courage, and good thinking to survive the extreme environment they were put in. Keesh was able to survive in that extreme cold for 13 years. He was also able to kill bears not just with his strength, but with his brain. Pi was also able to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger on his boat. Pi used his brain to think about where there could be food and…

The Man in "To Build a Fire" By Jack London The main character in the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London is referred to as the man. The man is a chechaquo, which means newcomer. The story describes his travels through extreme weather. As the man walks he has two accidents. He falls through the ice and gets his feet wet. Then, he makes a fire under a tree that is covered in snow. The snow melts and falls in a plop onto his fire putting it out. The weather is extremely cold and…

In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London tells of a man and a dog who take a treacherous journey through Yukon, Alaska. In the story the man and the dog attempt to travel while the weather is fifty degrees below zero. The dog accompanies the man on his trip back to the camp of which he is staying at. The man and the dog must adapt to the weather, their limited amount of food, and a lack of a heat source just like we have to adapt to certain situations in sports, conflicting cultures, and…

“The last tie was broken. Man and the claims of man no longer bound him” (London 106 ). In the story “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London, a dog named Buck a ruler of a demesne in the Santa Clara Valley, California with his beloved owner Judge Miller. One walk with a trusted man is all it took for a dognapping to happen to this king. Buck a scared dog without idea of what's in his future. The struggle for mastery is real. The Yukon, a frosted snow globe with one thing that Buck has never…

For example, they both save their masters from death, Buck saves John Thorton from drowning, and White Fang saves Jack Conroy when the gold mine caves in and they strike gold. Another example is that both dogs become free after their troubles and hardships.. One example of how they are different is that Buck joins a wolf pack and runs away after his master was killed, but White Fang is set free by Jack…