Klondike Gold Rush

Artist in Greenland Dominating the landscape is a large, shimmering iceberg, which towers over a field of snow and contrasts with a vibrant blue sky. Clustered in the foreground is a painter and his team of sled dogs, who stare at the viewer from their position on the snow and give a sense of life to the otherwise desolate, but beautiful, landscape. Painted in oils by American artist Rockwell Kent in 1935 (with the addition of several figures in 1960), Artist in Greenland is a vibrant modernist…

The book Never Cry Wolf By: Farley Mowat came out in the 1960’s. The book is about how Mowat comes out to explore the forest of northern Canada. He calls it Wolf House Bay. Then he meets this wolf pack that he will be spying on for a couple of months. He soon gets really attached to them and starts to give them names like Lupine, Uncle Albert, Angelina, and George. Farley Mowat uses a lot of logos in his writing to persuade everybody that the wolves are not savage killers. When he made it too…

Geronimo (Apache chief) leads attacks into Mexico. The U.S. then places soldiers near his reservation, so Geronimo and some of his people escape to their stronghold in Mexico and build an army. Geronimo flees the reservation again when he hears rumors he is going to be arrested. Then the U.S. army sends a large force against Geronimo's 24 men. He surrenders and is sent to prison in Florida. He dies on a reservation as a prisoner of war. Little Wolf (Northern−Cheyenne chief) who helps lead a…

Jack London the writer of an amazing book called Call of the Wild. The story is about this family, and their dog got kidnapped but their gardener and this dog was named Buck. He struggles to survive as a sled dog. He goes through two owners, and he finds the one. His name was John Thornton. Unfortunately, while Buck was hunting down a moose the Indian group named the Yeehats killed John and died. And then Buck joins with a pack of wolves, and every year Buck goes back to where his beloved John…

Alex Ramos July 18, 2016 English 301 Professor T. Marchak Analysis to build fire Fire consuming species In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London he begins his fictional character in harsh elements of the winter cold. In these elements, the man is isolated from anyone. The man is attempting to reach a campsite miles away by a certain time. The cold condition causes spit to freeze before hitting the ground. None of the facts of nature seemed to worry the man. The man traveled with a…

Would you be able to survive in the wild? The Call of the Wild is an adventure fiction story about a dog named Buck who gets taken to the Yukon at the time of the gold rush. Buck changes from a domestic pet to being a wild animal. He has many different owners over the course of the story but eventually he meets the one he loves the most, John Thornton. The theme throughout the story is survival of the fittest. Buck learned how to survive by watching other dogs. Buck first got to the Yukon he…

Hypothesis: Majority of male grizzly bears go fishing early in the morning while the female grizzly bears and their cubs go fishing around the evening. By the evening, most of the male grizzlies bears are all fed up and less likely to be present near the river area. Female grizzlies go looking for food during this time to protect their cubs from aggressive male grizzly bears. Design: First I will randomly pick out 15 photos from 9:00am- 11:00am and pick another set of 15 photos from 4:00pm-…

A man and his big native husky named Pepper are passing through Klondike Yukon.The man and the dog are traveling in the Yukon to get back to camp. On the way there the man builds a fire every few feet they travel back to camp. The man faces a few obstacles but he still manages to try and make his way back to camp.Jack London created a story called ‘’To Built a Fire’’ he made the story about a man and his husky passing through the Yukon to get back to camp.The setting in to build a fire has an…

1. Buck: spoiled/stolen/learns quickly/smart/fast/strong/leader/the wild calls him/loves john thorton/ after John Thorton was killed he wnet into the wild/joined a wolf pack 2. John Thornton/saved Buck from Hal because Hal was beating him/ Bucks last owner/loved Buck and Buck loved him/ Had a connection with Buck/ noticed something more wild about Buck/ killed by the Yeehats 3. François: Sled leader/likes Buck/ worked for canadian government/ partners with Perrault/sold Buck and the team to a…

Many consider nature the victim of mankind. Clearing rainforests, overfishing waters, and stripping the soil, people constantly exploit natural resources for personal benefit. Humanity destroys innocent nature for corrupt and selfish purposes. However, it is mistaken to only label mankind as predatory—nature preys ruthlessly upon mankind. Nature renders people powerless through natural disasters, violent weather, and extreme temperature. People are the true victims and nature the real villain.…