Yukon

Setting is an important concept in any work of literature, but plays a prevailing role in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London. This short story is set on a trail in the Yukon where the man, against the locals’ advice, ventures into sub-freezing temperatures with a dog as his only companion. The time portrayed in the story is important to the setting because it was before modern technology, such as cell phones, so the man could not simply call for help. He had to continue to fight nature, the cold,…

not fake”(Fedarko, Kevin). Many people try to cross severe terrain, whether for recreation and for work. The conditions can become extreme and survival is not guaranteed. In “To Build a Fire” a fiction story by Jack London, a man tries cross the Yukon to reach his camp. He goes through many obstacles and has to face many challenges. In “Learning About Survival Where Aron Ralston Outwitted Death” a short story by Kevin Fedarko, a man crosses the Canyonlands National Park. He struggles to survive…

engaged and on the edge of their seats to see what will happen next. In the story "To Build a Fire" there is a man out in the frigid Yukon with his dog, when the man is met by an old-timer at Sulphur Creek; he is warned about the dangers of going into the Yukon alone. The man ignores…

Jack London was born in San Francisco, California and on the date of January 12 ,1876. When Jack was 30 years old, he was a famous author of Call of the wild, The Sea Wolf and White Fang which were all great books. Jack‘s stories are about great questions of life and also wrote about the great struggle of life and death. Each and every story Jack wrote was wrote quite passionately and he also based them off of personal events while he was sailing in the Canadian sea. The topic that will be…

food over clothes. His clothes were frozen and he used the fire to cook food. He made the mistake of not taking someone with him when he went on the trip. He made a lot of mistakes, in which led to his death. The young man went unprepared to the Yukon. He didn’t bring extra supplies. For example, his socks and shoes were frozen and he went barefoot in the snow. So he had nothing to wear while he was walking barefoot. Because the man did not ask anyone about it, he didn’t bring enough to survive…

places were heading to the Northland in hopes of striking it rich. Unfortunately for Buck, he was the kind of dog people were looking for to pull their dogsleds. As a result, he was taken from his sun-kissed home in California to the harsh, snowy Yukon environment. The theme of power of the primitive appeared throughout the novel as Buck retrogressed to adapt to the harsh cold and the law of club and fang. When Buck arrived in the Northland, he had to adapt to the harsh snow…

striking it rich. Unfortunately for Buck, he classified as the variety of dog people were looking for to pull their dogsleds. As a result, Manuel, a gardener, abducted Buck from his sun-kissed home in California and entered him into the harsh, snowy Yukon environment. The theme of power of the primitive appeared throughout the novel as Buck…

Schriever 3 monotonous nature of navigation, raises doubt in the crew’s minds. The common theme is that o f self- contemplation, and fate. They “ all doubtless possessed this sense of the situation in their minds”, and “the ethics of their condition was decidedly against any open suggestion of hopelessness” ( Crane 98). However, there are outbursts from the crew that question their situation, and potential fate. One crewmember cries aloud , “why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the…

are inferior to the unrelenting and unforgiving power of nature. Provided that the environment has no indifference to its inhabitants, London displays the cruel setting of the Yukon through…

strike it rich at the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-97 located in the Canadian Yukon. While there London noticed that his teeth were looser and that his gums were bleeding which were common signs of scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, which is indicated by bleeding swollen gums, and healed wounds opening up again. Scurvy was very common for malnourished sailors during the 18th century. After he left the Yukon he was homeless in New York where he participated in Kelly’s Army, a…