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from different states into California for seeking “Gold” as their new future lives. According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, it was an agreement between two countries…

was encouraged. As time passed more and more people immigrated to America because of the wondrous opportunities available. As America kept developing, an exodus amount of immigrants migrated over to America and assisted during the Gold Rush in 1849. Following the Gold Rush, America enforced stricter immigration laws causing people to become irritated with the justice system involving the citizenship status of individuals. Usually you have to be living in America for a certain amount of years…

topic sentence evidence explanation needs improvement connection to evolution American Dream Essay John Crevecoeur once described Americans as “countrymen, who, when convulsed by factions, afflicted by a variety of miseries and wants, restless and impatient, took refuge here,” (pg. 399). Crevecoeur characterizes the first settlers’ struggle and perseverance for the American Dream as it was brought about in America. This dream compelled Americans to escape their harsh reality and to look toward…

“To Build a Fire” written by Jack London was a wonderfully written piece, which was written at a time of London’s life where all he could rely on was the faith that his writings would deliver him from his financial woes. His efforts did not go unnoticed with this particular publication as it was recognized as his best short story. Understanding his life which would be considered a “rags to riches” portrayal, I am under the belief that “To build a Fire” was the story that catapulted his career as…

THE POWER OF INSTINCT The Call of the Wild a dog story, Buck a splendid California ranch dog. He was stolen and sold into Alaska, to become a sled-dog in the gold rush. “In the primitive” he quickly learns “the law of club and fang” jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. His first experience on the Alaskan coast brings home the nature of the eternal struggle. A friendly dog was knocked down in a fight and instantly “she was buried screaming with…

In the short story, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, a man is hiking with a dog through the Klondike towards a camp containing other travelers in below seventy-five-degree temperatures. Throughout the story, he experiences many obstacles along his path due to nature and his own misdoings. He is unable to identify and interpret the correct measures to take, making his trek much more difficult, and this, along with the glacial temperatures, is what ultimately results in the man's death. Because…

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During 1815 to 1860, many people came to the West for different reasons. For example, Spanish came to North America to aggressive Native American’s territory, Chinese people came to the West to seek the gold. Because of the coming of these people they brought new creatures to the U.S. like horse and also brought in different cultures and more trade opportunities, which plays a key role of the West’s development. What was the impact of the horse on Native American economy and culture? When the…

The movie, the Last of the Mohicans, begins with the introduction of three of the main characters Hawkeye or Natty Bumppo, his adoptive Mohican father, Chingachgook, and Chingachgook’s biological son, and Hawkeye’s adoptive Mohican brother, Uncas. All three characters are introduced as hunters, where they hunt and kill a buck. Their introduction also leads to the introduction of other characters. These three characters travel through the woods after their hunt, to a family, whom they know,…

Jack London’s story To Build a Fire is a story that shows a man vs. nature struggle of a man that is a newcomer to the world of cold. This man is on the Yukon trail towards a group of men during the second gold rush. The man is accompanied only by a wolf-dog. He is warned by an older, wiser man that he should not travel the trail without a companion. The man is stubborn and tells that man he will be all right. Although the man is naive and alone, he is positive that he will be fine as long as…