World Gold Council

In 1967, my great grandmother settled in San Francisco from Nicaragua, a small country in Central America. The atmosphere of San Francisco at this time was one of acceptance and peace, stemming from the Summer of Love and the Haight-Ashbury culture. Coming from a poverty-stricken country, and having visited before, the Bay Area was an opportunity for a new life, better conditions, and job possibilities not available at home. Unfortunately, lack of a basic education and understanding of American…

down at his hands in order to locate them, and found them hanging on the ends of his arms” (London 109). The man is unable to have tactile recognition; he is disconnected from his hands. It is ironic that now he is realizes his disconnect from the world. “He has been disconnected all along, and finally he dies of it” (Hilfer 3). Ultimately, the man is overconfident and unable to see his real place. This lack of perspective or awareness and his supposed autonomy are his cause of death. These fall…

Gold Rush and Vancouver History course has started at Wildwood. Eamon "We learned about a lot of things, like the struggles of miners and the natives, how peoples searched for gold, and the route to the gold mining area. In the 1850s, the natives found gold in nearby rivers, but they didn't care about it because, for them, gold was worthless. But when they noticed that the white settlers craved for gold, the natives brought gold to trading posts, and bartered them for tools. Soon, words got…

Driving down the frozen icy dark road, too early in the morning to see the snow covered sign flash by. Parking as close as he could to the wooden cabin, sitting in the car, packing all of the equipment he needed as he grabs his brothers' bucket list and checks to see what's left "Last item on the List," David says to himself Carelessly pulls on his beanie with his wavy ginger hair poking out. With the Snow crunching under his feet, Swiftly walking towards the wooden tavern. As the door swings…

The Call of the Wild was written in 1903 by Jack London. The United States was rapidly developing while this novel was being written. The current state of the world greatly affected this novel and this novel went on to make an impact in many ways. The novel focuses on an incredibly strong and intelligent dog named Buck and his various transformations as the novel progresses. Buck starts out as a pampered dog living an easy life and he ends as a ferocious beast living in the wild. Buck is…

The book The Call Of The Wild is a classic fiction novel by Jack London. The book begins in the fall of 1887 and continues on in the 1890’s. In 1887 towards the beginning of the book Buck is in California. Towards the end of the book Buck is in the icy, cold, and isolated Klondike region of Alaska. The point of view in this book is third person limited. The point of view helps the story because it vividly describes the actions of all characters which makes it easier to understand the plot.…

An animal, like a wolf, has to learn to adapt very quickly to its surroundings. Even though it is a predator, it still will be prey to some other animals. White Fang is a fiction book for young adults by Jack London, that is about a young wolf going through life and learning to adjust to the life of a domestic dog. The theme of White Fang is that change is hard. You can’t just adjust right off the bat, it takes patience and time. There are many instances that prove this theme true. In Chapter…

heartbreak as he writes of the flames that engulfed the city. London adored the streets, the architecture, the “factories and warehouses, the great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels and palaces of the nabobs” that are now wiped from the world. His love is not explicitly stated, but can be felt through the short, choppy sentences that resemble the feeling of choking sobs of grief after losing something held close to the heart. London’s choice of choppy syntax within his text emit…

The topic that I am going to write about is Chinatown. Chinatown is a place that attracts so many tourists and it is true that everyone is not able to visit China. However, whenever I go to Chinatown, I learn the culture of China and I feel like I am in China. However, I do not know the history of Chinatown; thus, I am wondering why San Francisco has a Chinatown. As a result, my first research question is why it has a Chinatown and what is the importance of Chinatown in California? In addition…

How to build a fire a fire is a story about a man and his dog who are traveling through Alaska on a search for gold. Though, the only mistake was that the man was foolish and didn’t listen to the old timer who told him it was dangerous. Because of this, the theme of the story is, “better safe than sorry.” The first that developed the theme was when the main character didn’t listen to the old timer who told him it was too dangerous to go alone and that he was going to die. This shows the theme…