The Yukon Trail

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…

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…

White Fang is a novel detailing the life of a wolf cub who faces many trials throughout his life. This book was written by Jack London. It is set in the Yukon territory of Canada in the 1880s. This story is fictional and told in third person point of view. This point of view helps the reader understand not only the thoughts of White Fang, but others around him. The protagonist of this story is White Fang. There are many antagonists in this book. One of these antagonists is White Fang himself.…

When an author writes a story, there will always be a central message that the work is made to convey. This message is the theme, and there can be multiple themes in a work. Usually the theme has to be inferred if not directly stated in the text by the author, leading to several different interpretations of theme in one piece of literature. In the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, many themes are conveyed, such as man vs. nature, power of positive thinking, and city vs. nature, that give the book…

The short story, “To Build a Fire”, is about a man who is traveling through the Yukon to meet his boys at the camp on Henderson Creek. The man decides to ignore a local man’s advice about not traveling alone during the harsh winter, and his ignorance cost him his life. Personally, I strongly dislike the main character because he is extremely bland and overconfident. The main character doesn’t show any emotion about what he is feeling or what is actually going through his mind. I guess this could…

This was too much, and again he ran wildly along the trail. The dog, wearily, ran beside him. The man was unaware of where he was going; he had been hoping that maybe the dog could guide him to a camp, but the dog failed to ever take the lead. The man, exhausted, fell to his knees weak, the dog pausing and looking back at the man. The dog was hesitant, unsure of whether or not it should leave the man behind. Following its instincts, the dog sauntered away. The man slowly raised his head to see…

One theme from "To build a fire" is listen to people who are more wiser.This can be helpful if you fall in a hole your teammate can build you a fire. One way this theme is developed is the anciesters dont think it's safe to travel alone.The reason they believe that is if you die you can get help.Unlike the man he and the dog traveled together.The dog was really cold,but instead of the man building a fire he kept on walking.Eventually,it got really cold and the man saw a hole.He wantd the dog…

Simon’s decision was courageous because he went through harsh conditions, to save his friend’s life. First, with no food, water, or gas, Simon made a bold decision to stay with his partner and face the extreme, deadly weather. Even being dehydrated and frostbitten, he still made a plan to help Joe descend from the mountain. No matter how much the cold was unbearable, Simon still had the courage to keep up with his partner and make sure they both will survive. Then, the blizzard came hitting them…

The Last Great Adventure Imagine what life would be like in the last few years of the 19th century. The great state of Alaska had recently, within the last 30 years in history, become admitted to the United States Union. America was on the verge of beginning the Industrial Revolution where rapid urbanization was about to become commonplace. Although people were flocking to cities to so said create their own version of the American dream, others set out for the gold rush. They were looking…

primary stages of growing to adapt to the harsh environment of the Yukon. When Buck got to the Yukon, he was not expecting a big difference between Santa Clara (his hometown) and the Yukon, but he was wrong. He had to adapt to the small amounts of food he got, how fast he has to eat his food, the cold weather, and the “savage” humans and dogs. In “The Law of the Club and Fang”, Buck is starting to learn the basics of living in the Yukon. He is learning to eat faster, gain more strength, get…