The Gold Rush

In Jack London’s classic book The Call of the wild a major theme is kill or be killed. In the Beginning of the book, it is kill or be killed. First, Buck goes two days and nights without eating or drinking while being transported north, foreshadowing his toughness. Buck witnesses curly die. For example, curly loses a fight with a husky and is brutally slaughtered by the encircled group of huskies eagerly watching the fight. Sense buck witnesses curly’s death he learns the law of fang. Dolly…

in the film is gold. Majority of the characters in the film desire to have gold and will do what it takes to become wealthy. A popular scene involving gold in the movie is when Yubaba counts her gold towards the start of the film when Chirio asks for a job. There are plenty of more scenes involving gold such as the water spirit leaving behind gold specks and No-face freely handing out gold to the workers.This demonstrates that the director wanted to make sure his audience knew gold was involved…

Alta is a ski area in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County and they just added a new trainee to their Alta Ski Patrol rescue team and when Lucy is on Puppy Patrol she takes her job seriously. If you’re ever caught in an avalanche, the first responder that will come to your aid will probably have a cold wet nose, wearing a fur coat and running on all fours. Lucy being a trainee still has a ways to go before she can join the ranks of her other four-legged friends as an official…

The constellation I have chosen to study for this assignment is that of Lupus. Lupus is Latin for “wolf” and is located in the southern hemisphere and was one of the 48 original listed by Ptolemy, a second century astronomer, despite previously being an asterism associated with Centaurus. In mythology, it is thought that Lupus represents the African dog of the first King of Arcadia. It wasn’t until Ptolemy called the constellation “Lupus” that the constellation was associated with the wolf as…

Since 1848 when the gold was first discovered in California, waves of immigrants from around the world traveled to mine for gold, especially Chinese. Chinese immigrants arrived by all means of transport; and despite barriers, they flooded into the United States. In 1880, according to the “Background Timeline of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion”, the Chinese population in the America passed one hundred thousand and seemed to still increasing rapidly. Such large number of “foreigners” raised the…

In To Build A Fire, the man’s attitude towards the land changes drastically as the situation becomes a matter of life or immediate death. In the beginning of the story, the man is very confident in his ability to survive the journey in the wilderness, despite being a chechaquo or “newcomer in the land.” (Allen et al., 2012, p. 82) He was not prepared with the necessary equipment or knowledge for this journey. He didn’t protect his cheeks or nose, which would eventually suffer from frostbite.…

Jack London's life was as rugged and adventurous as the tales he told. Born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, he grew up in and around the docks of San Francisco and Oakland, California. At 13 he left school to help support his family. But normal occupations did not appeal to him, and he joined a gang of men who illegally caught oysters at night and sold them the next morning. At only 15 years of age, Jack London was one of the most successful oyster pirates working San Francisco Bay. London…

The history of Chinatown must be considered harsh. However after decades of struggle, Chinatown rose inspiring a symbol of resilience. They thrived and prospered even after the toughest moments. Although the citizens believed that the immigrants didn’t belong in San Francisco, that was in the distant past. Chinatown now represents the symbol of the immigrants struggles, and their strength during adversity. For the San Francisco community, the April 29, 1906 quake must have had dramatic…

Author Jack London wrote "To Build a Fire," the tragic tale of a man's struggle to overcome nature in the most extreme conditions. In it an unnamed man and his dog encounter many unfortunate mishaps on their journey through the Yukon Wilderness. However, it quickly turns out that this story is not only about a man’s journey with his dog, but rather it becomes more of a battle between instinct and intellect. The traveler’s arrogant disregard of nature and lack of instincts ultimately lead to his…

Have you ever been in a life or death situation that required you to trust your instincts? In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, a very prideful man had to surive through the dangerous terrain and unspeakably cold climate. He learns to not be so prideful the hard way. “He was bound for the old claim on the left fork of Henderson Creek, where the boys were already. They had come over across the divide from the Indian Creek Country, while he had come the round-about way to take a look at the…