Reed Gold Mine

One night many thousands of years ago, Og and his hunting buddies were sitting around a fire that illuminated a small spot in what must have been a huge, dark, and very scary world. As long as the fire burned, wolves, bears and saber-toothed tigers remained at bay. But Og noticed a small wolf hovering at the edge of the light. He threw a small Mastodon bone at the wolf to scare it off. But to Og's surprise, the wolf picked up the bone and brought it back! Og repeated the toss several times and…

In Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog, the story is narrated by a loving dog, Enzo. Written by Garth Stein, the novel focuses on life from a dog’s point of view. The book is a special adaptation for young people of the New York Times bestselling adult novel The Art of Racing in the Rain. Taking place in present-day Washington, Enzo decides that when he dies and returns to Earth as a human that he wants to be just as great as his beloved owner. In the very first chapter of the novel, it…

The Naturalist work, “To Build a Fire” by Jack London excels in the Naturalist idea of determinism. This means that what could happen, most likely will happen. Through the character’s treacherous journey in the snow and frigid temperatures we can see two pieces of masculinity exemplified by our author, the fighter’s mentality, and man’s stubbornness. The main character’s masculine fighter’s mentality demonstrates his will to never give up, and shows men’s perseverance through a Naturalistic view…

The " big bad wolf". Once upon a time there was a lonely wolf. This wolf roams around in the woods all day every day. His name was Benard Wolfington. His parents left him when he was a young pup, so now he stays here in these woods not knowing anywhere else to go. Travelers pass through the woods, from time to time, and Benard tries to talk to them but they ignore him and carry on their way. This upsets the wolf. When the wolf gets upset he lets out a howl and the wind from his breath blows the…

Robert Flaherty’s Nanook of the North is a silent ethnographic documentary following a family of Inuits living in the Arctic Circle. Regarded by some as a turning point for documentaries, it serves as a ground for debate around representation and ethics of documentary film. In 1922 Flaherty set out to record the previously unseen lives of the Inuit in snowy Alaska as they struggle to survive in such a harsh environment. Flaherty spent 16 months living with Inuit where he staged sequences of them…

Jon Krakauer, the author of Into the Wild and Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist intertwine worlds of fiction and nonfiction through the personal aspects of pursuing a journey of self-discovery. Krakauer, a journalist, reports the events leading up to the death of Christopher McCandless, who embarks on a foreign path to Alaskan territory. McCandless cuts ties with his material lifestyle and relies on his newfound wits to persevere and endure the ways of the wild. Coelho depicts his…

1. Buck: Buck's archrival and the original leader of Francois's dog team. 2. John Thornton:The man who rescues Buck from Charles. 3. François: One of the two Frenchmen who are Buck's first new masters. 4. Hal: Mercedes brother. 5. Dave: One of the dogs that serve on the dogsled team with Buck. 6. The man in the red sweater: "a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed." 7. Spitz: Spitz is a fierce animal a “devil-dog.” who is used to fighting with other dogs. 8…

In excerpt of Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen he uses various literary devices to stress the idea that winning the race is as essential to Abraham Okimasis as breathing. By using characterization of the location and vivid imagery, Highway conveys a tone of dramatic suspense during the last leg of Abraham Okimasis’ race. To introduce the reader into the last leg of the race Highway decrives the harsh conditions that were taking place. Highway describes the air as” so crisp, so dry [as] Abraham…

Call of the Wild by Jack London is a well written book. First the author writes using interesting vocabulary words, and writes in a way that makes you want to keep going. When the author wrote, When he flung himself against the bars, quivering and frothing, they laughed at him and taunted him. They growled and barked like detestable dogs, mewed, and flapped their arms and crowed (pg 33), I was anticipating what was going to happen next. Using descriptive language, it makes the book more…

of Guadalupe Hidalgo was California. Flakes of gold were found floating along the American River at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. After news got out, people from across the sea traveled to America looking for wealth in the mines of California. The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the California Gold Rush that will lead to an increase in population, immigration, and innovation in technology. The Gold Rush helped America’s economy by the creation…