Otway Burns

underbrush below the trees, drying them out and priming them to burn” (Darling). The new fire line these firefighters were building was causing them to walk right into these Gambel oaks. Firefighters usually have a safety zone, but these firefighters were so determined to get rid of this fire that they kept digging the fire line further away from their safety zone and were also moving deep into this vegetation that was ready to burn…

complete between 4,000 and 5,000 prescribed fires annually. Approximately 99% of those burns were 'successful,' in that they did not report escapes or near misses. This can be viewed as an excellent record, especially given the elements of risk and uncertainty associated with prescribed fire." So this report analyzes when prescribed fires went out of control and gives us the statistic that 99% of those burns were successful. So you could use that as proof and evidence, if you're writing in…

Have you ever been in a trip to the outdoors or done a job outdoors? Well if you have this is a article that will prepare you for further experiences in the outdoors. Have you heard of all the forest fires that have taken out hundreds and thousands acres of land per fire. Just imagine all of the fires per year and how much land gets destroyed by them. Well just picture this you can help prevent a lot of those fires just by giving a buddy a hand with their fires or putting your fires out. Just by…

to represent this thought of balance. Poets, such as Robert Burns and William Blake, were known for taking simple ideas and thoughts and challenging the reader’s mind to think beyond the page. This idea is often…

Forest fires occur frequently in Canada, in fact, approximately 10,100 fires annually. Forest fires can help replenish the landscape however, they can possibly pose a threat to local communities. For example, the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire had left the town in ashes and caused over 1.8 billion dollars and 4,700 hectares of damage. Wildfires are caused mainly as a result of human impact rather than natural sources such as lightning. Fires should be managed but just to a certain extent, where the…

Robert Burns, a Scottish poet and lyricist was born January 25 of 1759 and died July 21 of 1796. He is known for his writing on Romanticism poetry and his way of portraying feeling and emotion throughout his writings. Two of his famous poems A Red, Red Rose and Ye Flowery Banks (Bonie Doon) are examples of romanticism, which was an intellectual movement that originating Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Burns’s poems are full of emotion such as happiness, sadness, anger and despair.…

this mouse displays that he has no control over his own strength. This incidental death foreshadows that there may be more casualties coming. In the poem To a Mouse by Robert Burns, he states, “The best laid schemes of mice and men often go askew” anticipating that regardless of George’s best plans, something may go wrong. Burns’ poem was a big inspiration for Of Mice and Men. Reading back, foreshadowing is used throughout the entirety of the book, and much like the quote from the poem, the…

mice and men/ often go awry” (Burns 38). Steinbeck adapted this quote from Robert Burns to write his novel, Of Mice and Men, indicating similar themes such as companionship. Dreams of the characters are also mentioned in both works, along with how they are not achieved at the end. The characters and their personalities also tend to resemble each other between the works. John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men shows many allusions to the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns through unachieved dreams,…

3. Of Mice and Men (1937) The novel Of Mice and Men is specifically a drama of dreams of a pair of have-nots but in a broader perspective, it is a beautiful "study of the dreams and pleasures of everyone in the world" (Lisca, Steinbeck .qtd 1958: 139). George and Lennie are migrant agricultural labourers. Their dreams and aspirations connote to those of millions of have-nots who are living the life of underdogs. They do not dream of a utopian change in their life status. They only want economic…

Tragic Friendship Killing your best friend is tragic, but it might not always be the wrong decision. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie have a long lasting relationship. They both aspire to have a farm with a garden, rabbits, cows, and chickens. Due to disastrous events, Lennie and George will never have the opportunity of owning their dream farm. George is justified in killing Lennie because it’s for Lennie’s own good, he spared him a harsh death, and he prevented…