World Gold Council

moonlight or glimmering Borealis, leaping gigantic above his fellows, his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack.” (London 108) In the adventure novel The Call of the Wild written by Jack London, the main character, a dog named Buck finds himself in the Yukon, a primitive place due to the greed of mankind during the gold rush. In the book Buck ends up in a primitive land where he has to adapt to the new environment. Buck, the domesticated pet…

A feat that only two-million people have achieved since 1912. An award that takes a tremendous amount of perseverance and hard work. In my case, it began in 2004 and I accomplished it in 2015. My greatest achievement, earning the rank of Eagle Scout, signifies my transition into adulthood. Throughout my life, I have been extremely determined and strived to be the best at everything I do. To accomplish this in scouting, required becoming an Eagle Scout. Ever since I was a Tiger Cub in 2004, I…

The Call of the Wild is an amazing book and I would recommend reading it to other people. The book was written by Jack London. This book type is historical fiction. This book is placed in Yukon, Canada, in the 1890s Klondike Gold, when strong sled dogs were in very high demand. This book is written in third person point of view. The protagonist is Buck, a half saint bernard half scotch shephard dog, and the antagonists is the man in the red sweater, and including the other men Buck was passed…

White fang faced many challenges and has a had a hard time for most of his life. When White Fang was a young cub he was the only one who survived his litter. His other brother and sister pups had died from starvation and the cold. White Fang barely made it as a pup. His mom was shot by a dog musher but before she died she showed young White Fang where she had grown up at indian type village. This is where White Fang found his first owner, Grey Beaver. Grey beaver gave White Fang shelter, food,…

There were two men Henry and Ben. Henry and Ben were delivering a body through the Youkon and to civlization they were traveling by dog sled they had six dogs. They were being hunted down by a pack of wolves and were low on supplies. And as normal they stopped When they awoke the next morning they noticed that they had seven dogs then the next day they only had five dogs as the nights went on. Then one night they saw a she-wolf and they figured out that the she wolf was luring their dogs in…

Have you ever read the book The Call of the Wild By,Jack London? If not you should, there is a lot of struggle for mastery in the book between Buck and Spitz. Buck used to be a house dog but very rapidly changed into a full out wolf. Buck was claimed as a oversized or “Giant” wolf. Buck went through a lot of masters and he eventually became his own master later in the book. Than there's Spitz, Spitz is a strong,sneaky, untrustful lead dog. Buck and Spitz always seen eye to eye. Spitz was the…

The short story by Jack London, To Build a Fire, is a story centered around a man who decides to go into the Yukon alone. Some mistakes are made out of carelessness and fearless. In order to fix the problems that occur from his mistakes, he must take responsibility and take control of the situation. After all that can be done, his final destiny is chosen by a dog he choses not to kill. These simple mistakes and overcoming are what make this story so intriguing. In the short story the…

For the man and the dog in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” fire is the key for survival. Fire provides warmth, light, and, most of all, reassurance that there is hope of survival in the subzero winter of the Yukon. Survival—usually in the Yukon, like in “To Build a Fire”—is a common theme found in London’s works. The dog in London’s “To Build a Fire” primarily serves as a foil to the unnamed male protagonist. For much of the journey back to camp, the man is confident, but the dog is anxious…

The character, the man from “To Build a Fire” was arrogant in his decision to face the wild alone. Throughout the story the man’s character is overly confident because he did not listen to anyone’s advice. This man was not very smart when he prepared for the trip. I also think that he was not a very patient person. He just left on a trail think he could beat everybody there. I don’t think that he cared that much about the dog that was with him either. At the end of the story, he was not…

Characterization The man is curious, falls through the ice, and needs to warm up or he will freeze to death. These are just a few words and scenarios to describe the story, “To Build a Fire.” There are three types of characterization such as protagonist and antagonist, flat and round, and lastly static and dynamic. In the story, the main character is a protagonist. The cold “did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun,” (London 80). He had walked and camped out in the snowy…